English: Books

The Library's book collection can be accessed using the mySearch. When you find a print book, note down the details of the shelfmark, including the letters after the number e.g. 823.912 CHR.

E-books can be accessed by clicking on the full-text link in the book record. 

Renew books

All items will be loanable for one week initially and will be automatically renewed every week for a further 7 days each time, up to a maximum of 99 times. However, if an item you have on loan is reserved or recalled for another borrower, it will not be renewed. Please return such items as soon as possible and within 7 days of a recall notice. If reserved or recalled items are not returned you will be prevented from borrowing more items and you may be charged for a replacement.

Reserving books

Our reservations service allows you to reserve a book or DVD when all copies are out on loan.

When a copy becomes available, we will put it aside for you and send you an email to let you know it's here.

Please see the sections below on how to place a reservation and where to collect it from.

Library e-books

Library e-books are ordinarily viewed through a web browser. This means they can be viewed on any device and don't have to be downloaded (see below). There are many advantages to using e-books including

Full-text searching - Search within the text of all the e-books held in a particular collection for a subject or keyword. This is an efficient way to find relevant information on a particular topic.

Bookmark, Highlight and Annotate - All notes can be saved so that next time you sign into an e-book all of your notes will be there

Please note that some e-books only let a few people access them at any one time

All e-books will allow you to download a fair usage amount (often around 5%) as an unrestricted pdf file. 

In some cases you will be able to download the entire e-book for a limited period. Click on the images to get instructions for doing this.

Books on the library shelves are arranged according to the Dewey classification system. Each book is assigned a number which relates to its subject and locates books on similar topics together. The classification or shelfmark can be seen on the book's spine.

The classification numbers that relate to English can be found below.