In addition to the academic electronic books available to you via DkIT Library there are also lots of e-books freely available online. Some of the most popular sites are:
Dewey decimal classification is the system we use to arrange books in the library. Each book is assigned a call number which is a series of numbers followed by letters. The dewey decimal system arranges books by subject. The longer the number, the more specific the subject. Numbers are arranged numerically and letters alphabetically to help you easily find what you're looking for.
Library Layout
First Floor - Dewey numbers: 1 - 500
Second Floor - Dewey numbers: 500 - 1000
| Subject | Number range? | What floor? |
| Agriculture and Food | 500-650 | 2nd |
| Bioscience and Environmental Bioscience | 500-600 | 2nd |
|
Business Economics Law |
650-660 331-338 346-347 |
2nd 1st 1st |
| Computing | 000-099 | 1st |
| Creative Media |
300--399 740-823 |
1st 2nd |
| Engineering | 669-697 | 2nd |
| History | 937-990 | 2nd |
| Marketing | 658-660 | 2nd |
| Music | 780-790 | 2nd |
| Nursing / Midwifery | 610-620 | 2nd |
| Pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical science | 500-599 | 2nd |
| Social Care | 360-380 | 1st |
| Veterinary Nursing | 636-640 | 2nd |
The Library has both print books and ebooks. Generally, an e-book contains the same information as a print book.
Books are very useful for background reading and theory. For the most up-to date information you'll need to read journal articles.
We have a large number of print and ebooks available to you. You can find them by searching the catalogue or by logging in directly to one of our ebook collections.
In addition to searching in MultiSearch for quality information for your assignments you can choose to search specific databases directly. Many of these databases have additional search, save, and alert features you can use. Take a look at these features in any of the databases below.
The Health & Science Library team is available for 1 to 1 consultations on any aspect of your research or any of the new services we are offering this year.
Due to Covid-19 all appointments and consultations will be online until further notice.
