The Library Catalogue is a listing of most hardcopy resources that the Library holds, as well as listing UCC’s eBook titles.
1. Type your search terms into the dialogue box and you will receive a list of results.
Example of the type of result you might get back, showing bibliographic and location details:
2. Note the LOCATION and CALL Number of the book and go to the relevant floor.
3. The books are arranged in numerical order of the CALL Number. Check the end-of-shelf signs and find the range that has this CALL Number.
4. Once you find the full CALL number, the books are in alphabetical order of the letters e.g. WHEA for the example above. There may be more than one title with this call number so check.
Tip: If no copy of the book you want is available, you can Request one the the copies that are checked out. See the Reserve a Book tab for full details.
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U Short loan, one week and has a yellow label |
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f Folio – large books, shelved separately on each floor. |
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p Pamphlet – very slim item, shelved in main collection |
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R Reference, library use only. Will have a reference sticker on front |
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M Music Score, library use only and shelved near the AV area on Q+3 |
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N DVD or CD and shelved in the AV area on Q+3 |
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DM Research Masters thesis, library use only and kept in Q-1 Special Collections |
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DP Doctoral thesis, library use only and kept in Special Collections Q-1 |
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HS Brookfield Health Sciences Library |
Lynch 340.1 OCON, TT 759.3 NORT and are for library use only.
We have developed a searchable map of the library to help you find a books location.
Find the Call Number of the book you wish to find and this tool will show you where its shelf is in the Library.
The Library uses the Dewey Decimal System of Classification (DDC) for subject classification, which ensures that items are physically arranged in a logical sequence.
In the Boole Library the main collections are distributed across the three upper floors as follows:
Q+1 Science, Engineering & Food Science
500 - 599 General Sciences
600 - 699 Applied Sciences (Technology)
Q+2 Business, Social Sciences, Law.
000 - 099 Generalities & Computing
100 - 199 Philosophy & Psychology
200 - 299 Religion
300 - 399 Social Sciences
340 - 349 Law
400 - 499 Languages, including Language Dictionaries.
Q+3 Arts, Humanities, Multi-Media
700 - 799 The Arts
800 - 899 Literature & Rhetoric
900 - 999 Geography & History
In Boston Scientific Health Sciences Library - Brookfield, books are arranged according to the Dewey Decimal system but the majority of them lie within the Medicine subject range. i.e. 610 - 619.
