Mobile phones must be switched to silent mode while inside the library.
Articles left unattended on library premises are left at the owner's risk.
Food and drink are not allowed in the library, except bottled water. If you have a medical need to keep food with you, please speak to library staff.
Layout and classification
You can find a plan of the library and the locations of the different shelving schemes at the front desk.
The general reference section is on the ground floor of the library. A detailed map is available.
Collection information and shelfmark ranges can be found at the end of each book stack. If you are unable to find something, please ask a member of library staff for assistance.
Most of the collections on the ground floor use the Library of Congress Classification (LCC).
The South Asian and Hebrew collections on the lower ground floor use a bespoke library classification.
Korean books and books on Eastern Christianity are also on the lower ground floor. These have a prefix on the record (‘KSL’ and ‘ECL’, respectively) that identifies them as being part of these collections and not the general LCC sequence.
