Birmingham Newman University Library: Applied Humanities: Books, e-books and chapters

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Guide to books and e-books

For books and e-books Library Search will:

tell you whether we have an e-book, a print book, or both and how many copies we have
tell you where you can find a print book on our shelves using the shelfmark
link directly to the e-book if it is available

Library Search can also allow you to search for books outside of the Birmingham Newman Library collection and order an inter-library loan.

Finding books in the Library

A 'shelfmark' or 'call number' is a number that tells you where a book an be found in the library. Our main lending collection is on Level 2. Each row of shelves has a poster on the end that tells you what shelfmarks can be found there.

You can use the table on this page to see the general areas that main topics in your subject are shelved. Sometimes, casually browsing the shelves can turn up some great resources!

A shelfmark with two or three letters preceding it means that the book is not shelved in the main collection.

SE means it will be in our School Experience Collection on Level 0
LH means it will be in the Local History Collection on Level 2
REF or JHN is for the Reference or John Henry Birmingham Newman Collections on Level 1. You cannot borrow books from these collections: they can only be used in the Library.

Shelf locations

Main subject	Shelfmark
Social Sciences	300-399
Politics and political science	320-329
Economics	330-339
Law and Justice	340-349
Government and Public administration	350-354
Social Issues and Services	360-369
Education	370-379
Literature and rhetoric	800-899
Literary theory	801
Writing and rhetoric as a discipline including guides to creative and academic writing	808

Last reviewed: 18 September 2024