Would you like to be alerted by email to new books received in the Library in your subject area? Just log into your Library Account on the Library Catalogue and save your search. See the instructions for Preferred Searches and email alerts here.
You can recommend a book for UCC Library to purchase. Click here and fill out the e-proposal form.
Use the Library Catalogue to find books and eBooks. Note:
Location: what floor it is on
Call number: where it is shelved - see the book's spine
Status: is it available or currently on loan?
UCC Library uses the 'Dewey Decimal' system. Geography books can be found on all floors of the Library. Use the Library Catalogue to locate books. Some useful numbers include:
You can search the catalogue here:
You can choose to search for e-books only on the E-journals & E-books page - see:
or browse by subject:
Most of UCC Library's eBooks can be located through the Library catalogue. A 'view online' link is provided to the eBook, example:
It is also possible to keyword search e-book databases. E-book databases relevant for Geography include:
This resource is an online collection of over 6,300 scholarly books of high quality in the Humanities. ACLS HEB is a collection curated by scholars for scholars. This collection was launched online in September 2002.
UCC Library has previously purchased full text access to 234 titles in the 2012 Earth & Environmental Science eBook Collection. This additional collection offers access to over 2,050 titles, which were published during the period 2022- 2025.
This additional collection is available until July 2026.
The Ebook Central resource now incorporates a subscription to the Academic Complete titles package, which provides UCC Library with full text access to over 239,000 ebooks, across a broad range of subject areas.
This resource provides access to more than 100,000 articles, plus an expansive collection of multimedia including images, videos, audio, interactives, and infographics.
Research Tools include World Atlas, a Comparison tool and World Data Analyst
Special Collections is home to UCC's unique collections of literary manuscripts, early printed books pre-1850, books from presses, collections donated from individuals, 18th - 20th century newspapers, theses, maps, pamphlets and microfilm. See the Special Collections Library Guide.
Check the Special Collections' website to learn more about specific holdings at Special Collections, UCC Library including impressive examples of historical maps.
