Stock, services and facilities

Books

Stock Location
General The main sequence of books are kept in the Reading Room to the left of the Issue desk room
Reference works These are kept at the beginning of the book sequence, starting at 01
Annual serial publications These are now shelved with the journals in the second room on the right
Floras These used to be housed in locked cupboards in the corridor outside the library. Please note: Many of these have been sent to our store. Keys and more recent titles have been added to our regular book collection
Short Loan Collection (SLC) Kept behind the Issue desk
New book display Kept at the entrance opposite the issue desk
Wiglesworth collection of ornithological books In the first room on the right (the Wiglesworth room)
Please note: books are arranged by subject using a custom-made classification scheme (a guide to the classification scheme can be found at the entrance to the Main Reading Room):

Journals

Stock Location
Bound and Unbound journals In the Journals Room (second room on the right)
Wiglesworth collection of ornithological journals These are now with the journals in the second room on the right
Please note: Journals are arranged alphabetically by title

Location of other materials and services

Material or service Location
Issue desk (where you can make enquiries and borrow SLC items) At the entrance
Public computers and Catalogue terminals In the Main Reading Room and Wiglesworth Room
Printer/Photocopier Under the windows in the Wiglesworth Room. Photocopier A is a combined printer and photocopier, which works on the Printer accounting server/ PAS system(UoB access only). Print and photocopier credit may be purchased at the Issue Counter, and online via My Bristol.