Using the Libraries

This guide to the libraries in Trinity College will explain which library you need for your subject and where it is located, how to access books from the shelves, how to request and collect books from closed access and where assistive technology rooms are based in the libraries.

The Lecky Library

The Ussher

LibraryThe Berkeley Library

The Hamilton Library

BLU

Library complex

Berkeley - Lecky – Ussher (BLU)

Library Complex

The Berkeley Library - Main Entrance to BLU Complex

The Ussher Library

The Lecky Library

Drama

History of Art

Languages

Literature

Music

Business Studies

Economics

Education

Geography

Geology

History

Law

Official Publications

Psychology

The Hamilton Library

The Hamilton Library

John Stearne Library

Computer Science

Engineering

Health Sciences

Health Sciences

How to get to St. James’s Hospital:

Via Dublin Bus – Take the 123 bus from O’Connell St. or Dame St. This serves St. James’s Hospital. The

bus stops opposite the Trinity Centre

On Foot- From Front Gate, go up Dame St., past Dublin Castle and Christchurch Cathedral, up Thomas

Using the Library

Sometimes the library can seem like a maze.

Orientation tours & Information Skills training

Orientation tours take place in Michaelmas term. These cover the following:

Freshers Week General Introduction and Tour Getting to know the Library Getting the most from the Online Catalogue Electronic Resources: What’s available?

Questions and feedback will be encouraged and time will be allotted for hands-on practice.

Periodicals? Sure, go down the stairs across the yellow floor into the stairwell, take the lift or go down 2 flights of stairs to the basement. The journal you want is on the shelves on the far side of the room.

The Classification System

Books in the library are arranged on the shelves according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System. The Dewey system divides subjects into ten broad areas, called classes, numbered 000 - 999.

The Dewey System

The ten main classes of the Dewey system are: 000 Generalities  100 Philosophy and Psychology 200 Religion 300 Social Science 400 Language (collected differently in TCD, see

subject list) 500 Natural Science and Mathematics 600 Technology (Applied Sciences) 700 Arts 800 Literature and Languages 900 Geography and History

How do I find the books I need?

You will most likely be given a reading list for your course.

When using the online catalogue, you can enter a combination of the following in the box at the top of the Library homepage:

Enter keyword, title, author or subject

Or you can select Library Catalogue and search by any one of the following:

Title Author Subject Keyword

And then you can if you wish, limit the collection you wish to choose from.

When you select a book, you will be given a shelf mark.

If the book has ‘Open access’ or ‘Lending’ under location, this means you can find it on the shelves. The online catalogue will give you a shelfmark number – the Dewey number- which indicates its location.

If the copy you require is out on loan (date due) you will be given the option to reserve title, which means it will be kept for you when returned.

How do I find a book?

Assume you were looking for The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy on the online catalogue. The results indicate the following:

Library HoldingsLocation Call Number Status

Santry (use call slip)  P 44105  In 

Ussher, Lending  LEN 828.8 HAR L5.8;1  In 

Ussher, Open Access  ARTS 828.8 HAR L5.8  In 

The first location indicates that the book is available in Santry. This means you would have to request the book with a call slip. How to order from Santry/Stacks is explained below.

The second location indicates that the book is available on shelf in the Ussher library, and that you can borrow it.

The third location indicates that the book is available in the Ussher library on shelf but that you can only read it in the library as it is ‘Open Access’ but not ‘Lending’.

Locating this book on shelf

In a small collection an ‘Open Access’ or lending book might be easy to find simply by browsing the shelves.  But in larger collections there are often guides on the ends of the shelf units which can help you move through the collection faster.

A good tip for finding your call number would be to remember to locate the general classification number first. The following set of numbers will be more specific and these too will be arranged in numerical order, along with letters which will be in alphabetical order.

Following through with the ‘Lending’ example above

LEN 828.8 HAR L5.8;1 the book will be located by going through the following steps. Locate the general class of 800's (general) first (Literature and Languages). The 800s are on Ussher Level 1. Look next for the 828's which are more specific. The 828 books are ‘Individual Authors: Works and Criticism, arranged alphabetically by time period’. The numbers will increase from left to right

828.1828.12828.13, 828.2 etc.

Follow through until you reach 828.8, then look at the letters. These are also arranged alphabetically. Follow again from left to right until you reach HAR for Hardy.

The Stella Catalogue

The Stella Catalogue allows you to search using topics and groups of keywords. You can use it to find books related to subjects without looking for books by specific titles or authors. The catalogue provides a selection of books in your chosen field and also a diagram to allow you to narrow your search.

For example, if you write ‘Nineteenth Century Law’ you get a list of books and also a diagram similar to the one below.

Nineteenth century law

politicsrelig ion

state woman

fictionfamily

If you want to be more specific and look at a list of books that relate to the relationship between nineteenth century law and literary fiction, you can click on fiction and this will narrow your search

Book 1. Legal fiction: law in the novels of nineteenth century women novelists Loncar, Kathleen Year: 1995 Book 2. Victorian detective fiction and the nature of evidence: the scientific investigations of Poe, Dickens, and Doyle Frank, Lawrence 1933- Year: 2003

You can then click on a title and find where the book is available in the Library.

On registration you will be issued with a library password. Retain this carefully. Please note that you can change this password to one that you can remember more easily. You can use it to renew books on-line and to place holds on books which are out on loan.

Location of book collections by subject

BLU Subject Locations (alphabetically by subject)

Administration – Lecky, lower floor Anglo-Irish Literature – Ussher, level 1 Business Studies – Lecky, lower floor Classics – Ussher, level 4 Climatology – Lecky, lower floor Drama Studies – Ussher, level 1

Economics – Lecky, lower floor Education – Lecky, lower floor English – Ussher, level 1 French – Ussher, level 2 Geography – Lecky, lower floor Geology – Lecky, lower floor History – Berkeley, second floor History of Art – Ussher, level 2 Irish – Ussher, level 3 Italian – Ussher, level 3 Jewish, Biblical & Theological Studies – Ussher,

level 5 Law – Berkeley, first floor Linguistics – Ussher, level 1 Music – Ussher, level 2 Nursing – Ussher, level 1 Official Publications – Berkeley, first floor Paleontology – Lecky, lower floor Politics – Lecky, upper floor Psychology – Berkeley, second floor Reference & Bibliography – Berkeley, basement Religion – Ussher, level 5 Russian – Ussher, level 3 Social Studies – Lecky, lower floor Sociology – Lecky, upper floor Spanish – Ussher, level 3 Trade – Lecky, lower floor HL-243-1 onwards – Berkeley, basement Periodicals – Ussher Library, basement *Law Periodicals – Berkeley, first floor

Hamilton/SJR Subject Locations (alphabetically by subject)

Aeronautical Engineering - Hamilton Agriculture - Hamilton

Anatomy -Hamilton & John Stearne Medical Library

Applied Mechanics - Hamilton Astronomy & Allied Science - Hamilton Biochemistry - Hamilton Biology - Hamilton Biotechnology - Hamilton Botany - Hamilton Building - Hamilton Building - plans, specifications etc. - Hamilton Building materials - Hamilton Chemical & Related Technology - Hamilton Chemistry & Allied Sciences - Hamilton Civil Engineering - Hamilton Clinical Immunology - Hamilton & John Stearne

Medical Library Clinical Microbiology - Hamilton & John Stearne

Medical Library Communications Engineering - Hamilton Computer Science - Hamilton Construction in specific types of material -

Hamilton Cytology - Hamilton Dentistry - Hamilton & John Stearne Medical

Library Diseases - Hamilton & John Stearne Medical

Library Ecology - Hamilton Electrical Engineering - Hamilton Engineering - Hamilton Engineering : Motor Vehicles - Hamilton General Technology - Hamilton Genetics - Hamilton Geography* - Lecky, Lower Floor Geology*- Lecky, Lower floor Geriatrics - John Stearne Medical Library Gynaecology & Obstetrics - John Stearne Medical

Library

Health Promotion - Hamilton & John Stearne Medical Library

Machine Engineering - Hamilton Manufacturing - Hamilton Mathematics - Hamilton Mechanical Engineering - Hamilton Medicine*- Hamilton & John Stearne Medical

Library Microbiology - Hamilton Nursing*- Ussher, Level 1 & John Stearne Medical

Library Occupational Therapy - John Stearne Medical

Library Patents - Hamilton Pediatrics - Hamilton & John Stearne Medical

Library Pharmacology & Therapeutics - Hamilton & John

Stearne Medical Library Physics - Hamilton Physiology - Hamilton & John Stearne Medical

Library Public Health - Hamilton & John Stearne Medical

Library Radiotherapy - John Stearne Medical Library Speech & Language Disorders - Hamilton & John

Stearne Medical Library Statistics - Hamilton Strength of Materials - Hamilton Surgery - Stearne Medical Library Zoology - Hamilton

Borrowing

LEN (yellow spot on spine) 1 weekLEN 4 weeksS-LEN 1 weekMUS-LEN* (yellow spot on spine) 1 weekP-MUS-LEN* 4 weeksSJ 1 week

RES./COUNTER RES./PERM. RES. 5 hours

Borrowing rights

Students with a disability registered with DS may be entitled to an increased borrowing limit. This also allows access to material that is normally restricted.

Student ID cards are required for borrowing books. All ID cards look the same, but students registered with DS may be entitled to extra borrowing rights with no alteration to their cards. Students, once their records have been amended, can then borrow up to eight items that may include non-LEN/S-LEN (for example Arts or Stacks) when LEN categories are not available or in heavy demand. The system is set to allow you to further borrow up to four items from Reserve Collections (loan period 5 hours) for use within the library.

Normal loan periods (maximum of 28 days) apply and sanctions such as fines will apply in all cases.

Week loan material remains a 7-day loan. Week loan books not already reserved by others

may be renewed for up to a maximum of 8 weeks.

Automated Stacks Requests (ASR)

When you look up a book on the online catalogue, you may find that the book is in Stacks or Santry instead of just giving a Dewey number as above. You can order these on-line in a few simple steps.

Click on Request. Then you will see this page:

Fill in your College Username and College Network Login Password.

You will then be asked from which Library you wish to collect the item:

You will receive an email when the book is at the counter for collection. The item will be kept for you for three days for collection.

You will then need to bring the shelfmark number to the Library counter in order to collect the book.In the above example, the request can be placed. In some cases, with journals for example, there are books in Stacks and Santry that can not be ordered in this way. In these cases, you fill in a call slip as follows.

Call slips

The same slip is used for both Stacks and Santry services. Call slips are colour coded to denote the reading room in which you would prefer to collect your material.Blue for BLU, Pink for Hamilton, Green for Old Library, Orange for Tallaght Hospital and Yellow for St James.

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Collecting your orders from Stacks and Santry

The book or journal will be kept for you for three days for collection. You simply give your name and/or show your ID card to a member of staff at the desk. You can’t take items out on loan from Stacks or Santry unless you are a postgraduate or registered with the

Disability Service and entitled to extra borrowing privileges. When you return the item to the desk, give your name and they will return your call slip to you.

Stacks

If you order a book or journal from STACKS at the BLU counter, it will be available to you at the BLU counter approximately an hour and a half after you order it.

It may take longer for items to be delivered to other locations and you should check when placing your order when the item will be available for collection.

Santry

If the location denotes SANTRY (use call slip), the material will be delivered from the Library’s Book Repository (in North Dublin) to the following timetable:

If you order a book from Santry at the BLU counter before 9.45am, it will be available to you from 2.30pm that day.

If you order a book from Santry at the BLU counter before 1.30pm, it will be available from 6pm that day.

If you order a book from Santry at the BLU counter after 1.30pm, it will be available to you from 2.30pm the following day.

It may take longer for items to be delivered to other locations and you should check when placing your order when the item will be available for collection.

All books requested from Stacks and Santry are held at the counter for three days only and then sent back. Be certain to collect your requested titles within that three-day period.

Assistive Technology Resource Rooms in the College Libraries

The Assistive Technology Resource Rooms, located in the Ussher, Hamilton and John Stearne libraries may be used by students registered with DS. The following assistive technology is available in these rooms:

Installed in all ATIC rooms

Inspiration Mindmapping software Lucid Dyslexia self-screening

software Jaws Screen reader Read&Write 7.5

Zoomtext

Additionally installed in BLU ATIC room

CCTV Magnifier Duxbury Braille software Law spell checker Geography spell

checker

Additionally installed in Visual Impairment room (BLU ATIC room)

Duxbury Braille software Scanners

Additionally installed in Hamilton ATIC room

Large monitors

John Stearne ATIC room

Large monitors

On campus locations of ATIC rooms

The BLU library complexFrom

Arts Block

The Hamilton Library

Main DeskEntrance from Hamilton

Access through Berkeley Library

The Subject Librarian

The Subject Librarian has responsibility for overseeing all subject related resources offered by the library - from database management to journals. They are familiar with many information sources relating to their subject speciality.

Subject Librarians

Business, Economics and Social Sciences - Ruth Potterton 896 1151ruth.potterton@tcd.ie

Classics - Elizabeth Gleeson - 896 1674 elizabeth.gleeson@tcd.ie

Computer Science – Susan Boyle - 896 1805 boyles1@tcd.ie

Drama and Theatre Studies - Terry McDonald - 608 2733 tmcdonld@tcd.ie

Education – Geraldine Fitzgerald - 896 2985 ftzgey@tcd.ie

Engineering – Susan Boyle - 896 1805 boyles1@tcd.ie

English, Irish, Linguistics, Russian - Isolde Harpur - 896 1660 imharpur@tcd.ie

French, German - Terry McDonald - 896 2733 tmcdonld@tcd.ie

History - Anne Walsh - 896 1666 anne.walsh@tcd.ie

History of Art - Sue Tucker - 896 2733 stucker@tcd.ie

Italian, Hispanic Studies - Sue Tucker - 896 2733 stucker@tcd.ie

Jewish, Biblical & Theological Studies -Brian O'Connell – 8962985brian.oconnell@tcd.ie 

Law - Elizabeth Gleeson - 896 1674 elizabeth.gleeson@tcd.ie

Maps - Paul Ferguson - 896 2087 paul.ferguson@tcd.ie

Mathematics – Susan Boyle - 896 1805 boyles1@tcd.ie

Medicine - David Mockler - 896 2109 mocklerd@tcd.ie

Music - Roy Stanley - 896 1156 roy.stanley@tcd.ie

Nursing – Greg Sheaf - 896 2928 sheafg@tcd.ie

Official Publications - John Goodwillie – 896 2342 john.goodwillie@tcd.ie

Psychology - Elizabeth Gleeson –8961674 elizabeth.gleeson@tcd.ie

Philosophy – Brian O Connell - 896 2985 brian.oconnell@tcd.ie

Sciences (Anatomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Clinical Speech & Language Studies, Dentistry, Immunology, Microbiology, Pharmacy, Physiology)Stephen Bucks – 896 1805 bucks@tcd.ieDavid MacNaughton - 896 1805 macnaugd@tcd.ie

Sciences (Botany, Chemistry, Community Health, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Genetics, Physics, Zoology) Pat Creamer - 896 1805pat.creamer@tcd.ie