The Library Catalogue is the best place to start searching for books, most (but not all) ebooks, non-book media (DVDs, CDs, microflm, etc.) and Ulster dissertations. Try it out using the search box below. Use the left hand results filters to limit by Format, to find various types of material.
To search by language, use the "More Options" beneath the search box to help you. For example if you want a book on "trees" written in Irish, you can search the Catalogue by typing in "crainn" at Keyword. Alternatively you can type in "trees", and "limit by language" selecting Irish as the limiting language.
Reading Lists on the Library website are electronic versions of the lecturers' reading lists which can include references to books, e-books, journals and e-journal articles, scanned articles/book chapters and websites. The list has been linked to items in the catalogue to speed up your searches.
Reading lists can be located in two ways:
This will take you to the searchable reading list screen. You can browse by faculty / subject area and view all the reading lists for that topic, or search by keyword or module code in the search box at the top right of the page. If searching by module code do not include spaces, e.g. enter LAW132 not LAW 132;
You may request or reserve books from any campus whether they are on loan or not, using the 'Reserve this item' button in the Library catalogue.
Choose where you want to collect the item and you will be notified when it is available to collect. (Two day Loan material is excluded).
Music books at Magee are shelved on the top floor of the Library.
Books with an 8 prefix to the class mark are pamphlets and are shelved in pamphlet boxes within the normal book sequence.
Magee Library's Oversize section (prefix 0) are shelved at the end of the overall book sequence located on the first floor on the left hand side when coming up the stairs. Reference books, with a REF prefix are also shelved on this side and can easily be identified by yellow shelfmark labels on the spine of the book.
Items with a SCO prefix are Scores. They are located with the rest of the music stock on the top floor in two sequences - Dewey and Library of Congress.
Non Book Media collection material has an NBM prefix. It consists of CDs, DVDs, LPs, etc. and can be located on the ground floor near the self-issue machines. While CDs and (most) DVDs can be played on any of the library PCs, we would ask that you use headphones so as not to disturb other library users. Other equipment, such as region-free DVD/Blu ray players, TVs, record player and cassette player are also available in the Non Book Media Technology Room on the ground floor. Remote controls and headphones may be borrowed from the Information Point.
Here are some shelf numbers (shelfmarks) to get you started.
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In Coleraine Library, Music books are located in Reading Room 1.
Books with an 8 prefix to the class mark are pamphlets and are shelved in pamphlet boxes within the normal book sequence. Books with an 0 prefix are oversize and are shelved at the end of the overall book sequence in the oversize book section in Reading Room 2.
Here are some shelf numbers (shelfmarks) to get you started.
| Shelfmark | Topic |
| M | Music - General |
| MC | Music Theory |
| ME | Practice of Music |
| MG | Aesthetics, Appreciation & Study |
| MH | History, Criticism & Biographies |
| ML | Music Scores |