The Library at Queen's holds a wide range of print books and ebooks relevant to your studies or research. All are found or accessed using the Library Catalogue.
The print collections for your subject are held in the McClay Library. Books available for long term loan are located on on floors 1 and 2 while the Short Loan Collection on the ground floor, holds books which are on module reading lists and in high demand. Please see further information about borrowing and returning books, loan types and quantities.
E-books can be accessed both on campus and from home.
When you find a book in the Library Catalogue, you can look at the full record to discover the Subject headings. When you click on these you'll see a list of other books about the same topic.
The Library at Queen's holds a wide range of print books and ebooks relevant to your studies or research. All are found or accessed using the Library Catalogue.
E-books can be accessed both on campus and from home. EBSCO ebooks and Proquest Ebook Central cover a full range of subjects so are good platforms to start with. Publisher platforms and further information on how to search and use these book databases is available on the ebook guide.
Sometimes the Library at Queens may not have a particular book which you need, or not enough books on your topic of interest.
You can use Library Hub Discover (the combined catalogues of more than 170 major UK and Irish libraries) or WorldCat to find books on your topic of interest which are not available at Queen's.
If you identify a useful book, you may be able to request a temporary loan of the book from another library via the Inter-Library Loans service. Alternatively, if you would like to request that the book be purchased for the Library collection please Norma Menabney.
Library books are available in two formats: traditional printed books or electronic books (also known as e-books). Irrespective of format, all books have a number of standard features. Understanding these features will help you find content relevant to your studies. Often you will not be expected to read a single book cover to cover but rather navigate several books and extract relevant information.
Each print book has a shelf-mark which is a combination of letters and numbers. Break this down into sections to make it easier to find the book on the shelf.
Reading list books
The library makes every effort to hold the key texts that are on reading lists for your modules.
If there are books on your module reading list which you cannot find in the Library Catalogue, please let the library know by filling in our book form or emailing your subject librarian.