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Biology: Books

How many books can I borrow?

Books are issued in several loan categories at Ulster:

 

Students

Staff

Renewals

2-month loan

12

25

2

2-week loan

4

4

2

2-day loan

4

4

None

  • 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 your campus library's Information Point for more information about borrowing, renewing and fines for late returns.

Where are the books shelved?

Books of interest in Biology are located at a variety of shelfmarks.

At Coleraine and Derry-Londonderry, larger books are kept in the Oversize Collection.
In this case, the shelfmark is prefixed by O or Oversize e.g. Oversize QH514.

Shelfmark Subject Area

Q

Science (General)

QA

Mathematics

 QC

 Physics

QD Chemistry

QH

Natural History (Biology)

QL Zoology

QM

Human Anatomy

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Anatomy of a Shelfmark

Oversize: At Coleraine and Derry-Londonderry larger books are kept in the Oversize Collection and are prefixed with an O or Oversize e.g. Oversize QH140.C25.

Pamphlet: A pamphlet is shelved in a box at the end of the run of books with the same shelfmark but is prefixed with the number 8

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Library Catalogue

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

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Using the Library Catalogue to search for a print book.

Searching for an ebook.

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