Books give an overview of your subject and provide information on core concepts and theories. They are a good starting point for your assignments. A Level textbooks are a good place to start your research for your assignments.
Search the library catalogue for the books you need, take a look at our recommendations for your subject or check out the reading list for your course
These are the main shelf marks / classification numbers for books that will be useful for your course, this includes biology, anatomy and physiology, psychology and health.
If you are unsure where to find a specific title you can always ask at the Library Information Desk or search the Library Catalogue.
| Anatomy and physiology | 612 |
| Biology | 570 |
| Caring for the Elderly | 362.6 |
| Drugs and Treatments | 615 |
| Diseases | 616 |
| Health and Wellbeing | 613 |
| Health Inequalities | 362.1094 |
| Health Promotion | 613 |
| Health Service in UK | 362.10941 |
| Mental Health | 616.89 |
| Psychology | 150 |
| Safeguarding | 362.7 |
| Social Welfare | 361 |
| Study Skills | SSC - Study Skills Collection |
You can borrow most items for 2 weeks.
Email reminders about your library use are sent to your College email account. To access your College email account go to the Student Portal. You will receive an email confirmation when you borrow an item, and you will receive an email confirmation when an item is due for return. PLEASE NOTE: if an item cannot be automatically renewed you will receive an email reminder telling you the item and date it must be returned by. If you do not return an item you will receive email reminders on the due date, 7 days after due date, 14 days after due date, and 28 days after due date.
If you do not wish to regularly check your College email account it is vital that you set up a forwarding rule from your College email account, so that any emails received will be sent to an email address of your choice. To find out how to do this, click here.
You can check the items that you have on loan on the 'My Account' tab at the top of the Library Catalogue.
When you put your search terms into the Library Catalogue, you search the description or summary of every book in the library including e-books. However, you can also search within the full text of e-books by going to the e-book platform website.
We buy e-books from two main suppliers which are listed below. Click on each of the links below and enter your search terms. The contents of all the e-books in the collection will be searched.
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This link opens in a new windowThe titles on Ebook Central have been selected by Academic Liaison Librarians to support subjects taught at the College. You can browse and search for titles on the Ebook Central platform or search for a title via the Library Catalogue.
This link opens in a new window This link opens in a new windowThe titles on VLeBooks (Browns Books) have been selected by Academic Liaison Librarians to support subjects taught at the College. You can browse and search for titles on the VLeBooks platform or search for a title via the Library Catalogue.
