Library Guides: Built Environment: Books

Finding print books and eBooks in the Library Catalogue

The Library Catalogue is the best place to start searching for books and ebooks.

You can request or reserve books from any campus, whether they are on loan or not, using the "Reserve this item" button in in the Library catalogue ( two day loan and part-time loan material is excluded).

Where are the books shelved?

Here are some shelf numbers (shelfmarks) to get you started. However, you should always check the Library catalogue for specific shelf numbers, as books are not always where you might expect.

307.1	Planning and Development	690	Building
333.33	Real estate and valuation	691	Building Materials
333.79	Energy	692-694	Construction
333.794	Renewable and alternative energy	695	Roofs
343.4208	Construction law	696	Utilities
363.346	Disaster planning and management	697	Heating, ventilation, air conditioning
363.5	Housing policy	711.4	City Planning
620	Engineering	712	Landscape architecture
624	Civil Engineering	720	Architecture
628.92	Fire Safety
658	Business and management

How many books can I borrow?

Students can borrow 12 two month loans; 4 two week loans; 4 two day loans.
Staff can borrow 25 two month loans; 4 two week loans; 4 two day loans.

Two month and two week loan items can be renewed twice.

Contact Us for more information about borrowing, renewing and fines for late returns.

Reading Lists

Why not check to see if your reading list is available online?
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Reading Lists

e-Book Collections

Ebook Central
Multidisciplinary full text eBook collection.
Bloomsbury Architectural Library
Collection of resources to support the study of architecture, urbanism, and interior design. Includes Sir Banister Fletcher’s Global History of Architecture 21st edition.
Construction Information Service
Includes 300+ full text e-books from publishers including RIBA and Routledge.
ICE Virtual Library
Civil Engineering eBook collection.
IET eBook Ultimate Collection
Covering an extensive range of engineering and computing subject areas (1979-2021) including, cyber security, healthcare technologies and energy engineering.
Knovel Library
Knovel Library's eBook collection of 350+ titles covering Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, Nanotechnology,, Regulatory Information and Safety & Industrial Hygiene. Updated regularly, includes interactive content. Includes content from ASHRAE, ASM and ASME.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
This distinguished conference proceedings series publishes the latest research developments in all areas of computer science. Includes its subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics (LNBI).
O'Reilly Learning
Collection of online training courses, books, videos, and interactive tutorials across a ranging of computing , IT, Engineering, Construction,and related subject areas.
Oxford Reference Online
More than 350 online OUP dictionaries and reference works across a wide range of subjects.
Open Access and Freely Available Resources
Open access (OA) means unrestricted online access to peer-reviewed scholarly research, including books, journal articles and theses. Many databases and journal publishers will provide access to Open Access material. Look for the orange symbol or the words Open Access.