Stock, services and facilities

Plans

The Library is on 3 floors. A 'Self-guided tour and Library plan' leaflet is available at the Information Display in the library. This will help you to find your way around the library. Library floor plans are displayed on each floor. You can also download and view a copy of the plan online on the Library Guides page.

Books

Stock Location
Books In the Reading Room and Gallery
Pamphlets and oversize books In the Gallery
Older books Around the centre of the Gallery on the shelving opposite the bays
Dictionaries In the Gallery (Bay 17)
Standards In the Gallery (Bay 18)
Please note:

Serials and research material

Stock Location
Serials In the Lower Reading Room (LRR)
Some reports In the Lower Reading Room (LRR)
Bound volumes arranged in Library of Congress order In the Lower Reading Room (LRR) in rolling stacks
Current issues In the Lower Reading Room (LRR) on the display unit or in pamphlet boxes at the end of each title's bound volumes
Research material, including reports, conferences, postgraduate theses and archives In the Lower Reading Room (LRR)

Other materials and services

Material or service Location
Issue desk (where you can make routine enquiries) In the reception area, just inside the entrance
Subject Librarian's office In the Reading Room
Short Loan Collection (SLC) In the reception area, just inside the entrance
Photocopiers In the reception area, just inside the entrance
Networked printers (UoB access only) IS printers (1 b/w and 1 colour) - in the reception area, just inside the entrance; Faculty of Engineering b/w printer - in the Lower Reading Room

NB: all Queen's Building Library printers use PAS credits.

Exam papers In the reception area, just inside the entrance
Catalogue terminals In the Reading Room, Gallery and the Lower Reading Room
Book Return Box In the foyer, just outside the library. NB: this box is only open when the library is closed.
Computers In the Computer Room and the Lower Reading Room
Laptop sockets In the Reading Room and Gallery (see floor plans in the library for locations)
Card catalogue In the reception area, just inside the entrance