Both books and journals are the main sources of academic information. You will need to use both of these types of publication in your studies. Although many books and journal articles are available online, not all are. The information below explains how to find and access printed items (books and journals) from the Library.
Your reading lists are available online via the Blackboard course for your module. Your lists will:
Watch this short video to find out more about using your online reading list.
Search the Library catalogue Enterprise to find print and e-books held by the Library. It will show you where the books are located and whether there are any copies available to borrow.
Search the Enterprise catalogue now by typing your search into the box below:
Looking for a specific book?
For example, search for the highlighted words to find this book:
Lanham-New, S.A., Macdonald, I.A. & Roche, H.M. (eds) (2011) Nutrition and metabolism. 2nd ed. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
Looking for books on a topic?
For example, search for the highlighted words in this essay title:
What effect has climate change had on food security in Africa?
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You should locate and borrow books from the Library yourself. To find a book on the shelf you'll need the floor it's located on and the Call Number. The Call Number gives you the specific location of the book - the numbers indicate the subject of the book and the letters show you which specific place on the shelves to look for it.
If you can't find your book, please ask a member of staff. We're here to help!
Journals are a type of academic magazine, which contain short articles or papers written by experts. Reading them provides you with access to quality up-to-date research in your subject area.
Most journals are now accessible online, meaning you can search for articles on a specific subject by using certain online tools/databases. This is the easiest way to find journal articles and there's more information on this in the 'Finding online resources' tab of this guide. A few journals may only be found in printed format, and these may be located by searching the Library catalogue, Enterprise.
Searching Enterprise will show you which journals the Library has printed and online access to.
Search the Enterprise catalogue now by typing the name of a journal into the box below:
If you have a reference for a journal article, search Enterprise as follows:
If your search also retrieves books you can exclude these by selecting "Journal" from the Format limits on the left of the screen.
For example, to find the journal this article is in, search for the highlighted words:
Colbert, J. L. (1989) Effect of experience on auditors' judgements. Journal of Accounting Literature, 8, 137-149.
For further information about finding and accessing journals and journal articles, see the following guides:
Most books in the Library can be borrowed. You may collect them from the shelves yourself and take them to a Self-service Point to borrow. You'll need your Campus Card to borrow books.
All students may borrow up to 25 items at any one time for up to 6 weeks, subject to recall.
All items should be returned via the Book sorter, beneath the central staircase on the Ground Floor of the Library, or via the external Book Drop located to the right of the Library entrance.
See the link below:
Books are located on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Floors of the Library:
2nd Floor - computing, economics, education, law, politics, philosophy, psychology, social sciences
3rd Floor - art, linguistics & language, science and technology
4th Floor - history, literature, maps
Explore the links below for more detail:
Down at the London Road campus is the Special Collections Service. Their collections include rare books, manuscripts, records, letters, photographs, maps and drawings - they can be a great resource for your studies and dissertation.
