Type of Material | Location | Loan? | In iDiscover? | How to obtain |
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Books (classes A-T and 4) |
Open shelf – Reading Room or Reference Area |
Yes |
Look on the shelf – a copy of classification scheme available for reference and on intranet |
|
Books (classes A-T and 4) |
Apply Librarian |
Yes |
Complete blue request slip |
|
Books (classes 1-13) |
Open shelf – Reference Area |
No |
Look on shelf |
|
Journal – bound |
Periodicals Room or Apply Librarian1 |
No |
Yes (no exact location) |
Consult Periodicals Holdings file for location |
Journal – recent issue |
Periodicals Room2 |
No |
Yes (no exact location) |
Shelved in alphabetical order of title |
Journal – current issue |
Rack in Reference Area3 |
No |
Yes (no exact location); daily list |
Stored in alphabetical order of title |
Series |
Periodicals Room |
Yes |
Shelved in series number order |
|
Pamphlets and Official Publications |
Apply Librarian |
Yes |
Complete a blue request slip |
|
Photocopies of articles and book chapters |
Apply Librarian |
Yes |
Many, or look in card catalogue under author for older material |
Complete a blue request slip |
Material on temporary loan |
Apply Librarian |
varies |
No – list on intranet |
Complete blue request slip |
Undergraduate dissertations |
Apply Librarian |
No |
Yes; do a keyword anywhere phrase search on “dissertation tripos”, or by author, date, etc. Also still on cards, up to 2002, under Cambridge… |
Complete blue request slip |
M.Phil. Dissertations |
Apply Librarian |
No |
Yes; do a keyword anywhere phrase search on “dissertation environment / gis / quaternary” as appropriate, or by author, etc. Also still on cards up to 2002. |
Complete blue request slip |
PhD theses |
Not held here |
No |
Ask in UL Manuscripts Room |
|
Reading Lists |
Hard copies not held |
No |
No; on intranet under relevant course information |
Look on intranet |
Tripos papers |
Apply Librarian |
No |
No – not catalogued |
Ask at Issue Desk |
Apply Librarian |
Yes |
No – listed on the intranet |
Ask at Issue Desk |
1 – except ‘Economic and Political’ Weekly – ask for as kept in office.
- Books must be re-shelved when finished with.
- Closed access material must be returned to the Issue Desk.
- Periodicals and Reference Material may only be removed with the EXPRESS permission of Library staff. Anyone caught doing otherwise will be subject to a fine or other disciplinary action. They will also activate the alarm.