Welcome to Library Facilities
This guide introduces you to library facilities
at the University of Nottingham.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is
Welcome to the University of Nottingham
library facilities. The following guide
provides an overview of the services and
facilities available to you during your stay
at Nottingham. If you require any further
information, please do not hesitate to
contact a member of library staff.
1. Library sites
Library facilities are comprised of a number
of different libraries located across the
various University campuses. Separate
guides are available for each individual
library. The five main libraries are:
 The Hallward Library, covering the Arts,
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law.
 The George Green Library covering
Science and Engineering.
 The Greenfield Medical Library covering
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.
 The Djanogly Learning Resource Centre
located at the Jubilee campus covering
Education and Computing.
 The James Cameron-Gifford Library at
the Sutton Bonington campus covering
all aspects of Biosciences, including
Agriculture and Food Sciences.
There are also separate libraries for
Business and Music. In addition there are
Nursing libraries at the Derby Royal
Infirmary and Mansfield King’s Mill sites,
and a library serving the Graduate Entry
Medical students at the University of
Nottingham at Derby (Derby City General
Hospital).
2. Information Services website
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is
The Information Services website provides
up to date information about our library
facilities, including opening hours,
borrowing regulations and contact details.
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The site also acts as a gateway to a wide
range of electronic resources, including
UNLOC and the eLibrary Gateway (see
below).
3. UNLOC (University of
Nottingham Library Online
Catalogue)
UNLOC is our web-based computer system
that allows you to search for books, reports
and journals that are held across library
services. It is also possible to reserve
items and make Inter-Library Loan
requests for items not held by library
services. Please consult the full UNLOC
guide (IS2009), for further details. Please
be aware that some of our specialist
collections and older material are not
searchable via UNLOC.
4. eLibrary Gateway
The eLibrary Gateway provides a single
access point to a range of electronic
resources, including databases, electronic
journals, library catalogues and web
subject gateways, some of which are
subscribed to by Information Services.
The eLibrary Gateway is available from
the Information Gateway menu at
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/is
or through the student portal. For further
information, please consult the eLibrary
Gateway: Accessing Subject Resources
guide (IS2018).
5. Newspapers and weeklies
These are provided in libraries, and listed
on UNLOC with locations.
6. Theses and dissertations
Theses are listed on UNLOC under author
and title. To search these by subject, use
the advanced search. Searching all fields,
type ‘University of Nottingham Theses’ into
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the first box. Check the AND option and
type subject keywords into the second box.
Some dissertations, written as part of a
Master’s or Diploma course, are also added
to library stock. Like theses, they are
entered under author and title – staff will
guide you in tracing them by subject.
7. Service Points
All libraries have Service Points where you
can ask for help and advice on any topic.
Don’t be reluctant to ask for help – it can
save a lot of wasted time and frustration.
Individual subject librarians are responsible
for particular subject areas. They and their
staff will be able to help you find and
search the relevant information resources
for your needs. Subject librarians also
provide information skills teaching to
schools, courses and individuals.
8. Self Issue Machines
Self issue and return machines are
available in the following libraries – the
George Green Library, the Greenfield
Medical Library and the DLRC and Business
libraries at the Jubilee Campus. Self issue
and return machines are also available in
the Short Loan Collection at Hallward
Library.
9. Other services
All libraries provide access to self-service
photocopying facilities and some to an
acetate printing service. Most libraries also
offer access to video playback machines.
10. University Bookshop
There are four bookshops around the
campuses. The shop in the new Portland
building covers new and second-hand
books in Arts and Social Sciences, Science
and Engineering. Other shops serve the
Queen’s Medical Centre, the Sutton
Bonington Campus and Jubilee Campus.
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