Welcome to the Hallward Library
This guide introduces you to the Hallward
Library.
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1. Services on Level 2
Lending Desk All borrowing and returning
of books is done here, except for the Short
Loan Collection. Please keep us up-to-date
with your address whenever you move.
Apart from loans and returns, the lending
desk also deals with reservations and
queries about membership and opening
hours. Material from the Hallward Library
Store is collected for readers once an hour
(Mon – Fri: 9.30am - 4.30pm) and less
frequently in the evenings and at
weekends. Material requested from
Central Store can also be collected here.
The Short Loan Collection is situated to
the right of the Lending Desk. It contains
books in heavy demand which can be
borrowed for short periods during the day,
overnight, or for the weekend – see the
separate leaflet available at the Short Loan
Counter. It also holds photocopies of many
periodical articles mentioned on your
reading lists and a large collection of
videos. Short Loan items may be reserved
in advance using the library online
catalogue (UNLOC).
Inter-Library Loans If your research
requires material not in our own library you
can use this service. Please see guide
IS2005 Availability of the Inter-Library
Loans Service for details of quotas, charges
and authorisation needed by
undergraduates. Applications for these
loans are normally made on the library
online catalogue (UNLOC) in the library, or
remotely over the internet. Library staff
will be pleased to give you guidance when
you are making these applications.
from the Lending Desk or from the ISCRA
service point. Remember that all
photocopying is subject to the Copyright
Regulations.
The Reference Collection contains
general encyclopedias, directories, atlases,
street plans, dictionaries and other quick
reference works. Subject bibliographies
and specialised reference material are kept
in the reference collections on other levels.
Microfilm copies of various newspapers,
including The Times and Financial Times,
are available. Printed indexes to these
newspapers are kept nearby.
The IS Computer Resource Area (ISCRA)
has 48 PCs and two pre-paid laser printers.
It provides access, for those registered, to
networked facilities including electronic
information sources, UNLOC, internet,
email, word processing and other software.
The ISCRA is open 24 hours, with Smart
Card access outside normal library opening
hours. A service point is staffed at core
times during the day (Monday to Friday)
for the purchase of copy credits and
general IT assistance.
Occasionally, the ISCRA will be
block-booked for teaching purposes and
such information will be displayed in
advance on the entrance doors.
The IS Training Room and the
Conference Room are situated to the left
of the entrance.
Photocopying Self-service machines are
available on this floor. The machines are
all card-operated, using credited Smart
Cards or copy cards purchased from the
Lending Desk. Copy credits can be
purchased from the kiosk located nearby,
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Useful telephone numbers:
(off campus prefix = 95)
Lending Desk:
14555
Counter Supervisor:
Lynn Brown
14580
Inter-Library Loans:
Alison Stevens
14556
Short Loan Collection:
Enquiries:
Supervisor:
18905
Ciara Kearney
14544
Level 2, Service Point for general
enquiries:
14514
or,
14557
2. Services on Level 3
Books and periodicals on this floor cover
Geography, Planning and Anthropology (GGV), Economics, Economic History (H-HJ),
Psychology (HL), Sociology, Applied Social
Science (HM-HX), Politics and
Constitutional History (J-JZ), Law (K-KY),
Architecture (NA). Books are arranged on
the shelves in classified order. Oversize
books are shelved in a separate section at
the end of the main book sequence.
Planning and social work dissertations are
kept at LZ and Architecture dissertations at
NZ.
Periodicals are arranged in broad subject
groups and are shelved alphabetically by
title within each group.
There are a further two self-service cardoperated photocopiers located on this
floor. Copy credits can be purchased from
the kiosk located on Level 2, from the
Lending Desk or from the ISCRA service
point. Remember that all photocopying is
subject to the Copyright Regulations.
The Reference Collection contains
material marked 3/ before the class
number. It contains the reference and
bibliographic tools for the specific subjects
represented on this floor. Atlases
(geographical, economic and statistical) are
kept on atlas stands near the entrance to
the floor. Indices, directories and
encyclopedias in law and social sciences
are shelved along with the bibliographies.
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General reference works are kept on
Level 2.
The Documents Division contains
national and international statistical
sources, British government publications
and publications from the major
international bodies. The Division also
houses the European Documentation
Centre with its collection of European
Communities publications. The Documents
Division card catalogues (containing entries
for the older material) are near to the
Enquiry Desk. (Most Documents Division
material added after 1995 is entered only
in the library online catalogue. Please ask
at the Enquiry Desk if you would like help
in using the Documents Division.)
There are several workstations provided
for accessing the library online catalogue
(UNLOC). Further ISCRA-style workstations
are available, linked to the printers in the
IS Computer Resource Area on Level 2.
Microforms, including microfiches and
microfilms, are located near the Reference
Collection and reading machines are
provided nearby.
Lockable carrels (normally available only
to postgraduate students) and a group
study room are located on the floor. These
can be booked at the Lending Desk on
Level 2.
Useful telephone numbers:
(off campus prefix = 95)
Level 3, Service Point for enquiries:
14560
Subject Librarians:
Law:
Laurence Bebbington
14568
Social Sciences:
Susan Heaster
14579
Staff are at the Service Point for enquiries
during the day (although not during the
evening and at weekends) and will be glad
to help you with any queries or difficulties.
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3. Services on Level 4
Books and periodicals on this floor cover
Philosophy (B-BJ), Theology (BL-BX),
History (C-F), Fine Art (N), Philology (P),
Classical languages and literatures (PA),
European languages (PB-PF + PH),
Slavonic languages and literatures (PG),
African and Asian languages and literatures
(PK-PM), General literature (PN), Romance
literatures (PQ), English literature (PR),
American literature (PS), Germanic
literature (PT), and Bibliographic studies
(Z). Books are arranged on the shelves in
classified order. Oversize books are
shelved in a separate section at the end of
the main book sequence. M.A.
dissertations from a number of
departments are kept at PZ oversize.
Periodicals are arranged in broad subject
groups and are shelved alphabetically by
title within each group. New issues are
displayed in the central area for one week.
Most are then shelved with their backrun; a
few (as listed nearby) are shelved behind
the display shelves.
can be booked at the Lending Desk on
Level 2.
Useful telephone numbers:
(off campus prefix = 95)
Level 4, Service Point for enquiries:
14561
Subject Librarian:
Mary Dawson
14584
Arts and Humanities staff are at the
Service Point for enquiries during the day
(although not during the evening or at
weekends) and will be glad to help you
with any queries or difficulties.
The Reference Collection contains
material marked 4/ before the classmark.
It comprises subject and biographical
encyclopaedias, dictionaries, bibliographies
and language dictionaries. Historical and
linguistic atlases are on atlas stands near
the entrance to the floor. More general
reference works, such as general
encyclopedias and biographical
dictionaries, are kept on Level 2.
There are several workstations provided
for accessing the library online catalogue
(UNLOC). Further ISCRA-style
workstations are available, linked to the
printers in the IS Computer Resource Area
on Level 2.
Microforms, including microcards,
microfiches and microfilms, are located at
the end of the Current Periodicals section
and reading machines are nearby.
Lockable carrels (normally available only
to postgraduate students) and three group
study rooms (two with multimedia viewing
facilities) are located on the floor. These
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