Tips, information and resources to help you with your studies.
Need a book that's not in the Library?
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Due to Covid-19 all appointments and consultations will be online until further notice.
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 |
Electronic books can be read online via your PC, laptop or mobile device.
Advantages of using ebooks:
They are available 24/7
You can access them on and off campus
You can search within the full-text for your topic
We have a large number of ebooks available to you which you can find either by searching the catalogue or by logging in directly to one of our ebook collections.
Textbooks are useful introduction to a topic, they will give you an overview of the subject.
Reading Lists are a good starting point, you will find reading lists for each module on Moodle.
Edited books bring together expert knowledge from a range of different people. These books have detailed information on a subject and can add depth to your research into a topic.
Biovalorisation of Wastes to Renewable Chemicals and Biofuels by As well as 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.
