How to use the Library

Layout

| Where are my books? | Maps |

The older part of the library is called the Yates Thompson library, and the new part is the Horner Markwick library. The Yates Thompson library is on two floors, the Horner Markwick library also has a basement.

Books have been arranged according to an in-house classification system based on Tripos subjects. Please ask staff if you would like to know more about the classification system used. To find a book, consult the library catalogue – catalogue PCs are straight ahead of you as you come into the library, and maps have been posted on the noticeboard nearby. Alternatively, click here to view the maps.

Where are my books?

General reference books, dictionaries etc. for all subjects are in the Horner Markwick Ground Floor area, and bound periodicals for all subjects are in the basement.

Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic  
- Anglo-Saxon History Yates Thompson library first floor (450s)
- Anglo-Saxon, Celtic Lit. Yates Thompson library ground floor (600)
- Norse Horner Markwick library ground floor (700)
- Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Horner Markwick library first floor (890s)
Archaeology & Anthropology Horner Markwick library first floor (890s)
Architecture Horner Markwick library basement (950s)
Asian & Middle Eastern Studies Yates Thompson library first floor (590s)
Chemical Engineering Horner Markwick library first floor (819s)
Classics Yates Thompson library ground floor (500s)
Computer Science Horner Markwick library first floor (802s)
Economics Yates Thompson library first floor (300s)
Education Yates Thompson library first floor (370s)
Engineering Horner Markwick library first floor (819s)
English Yates Thompson library ground floor (600s)
Geography Horner Markwick library first floor (850s)
  Yates Thompson library first floor (300s)
History Yates Thompson library first floor (400s)
History of Art Horner Markwick library basement (900s)
Law Horner Markwick library basement (493-498)
Land Economy  
- Economics Yates Thompson library first floor (300s)
- Geography Horner Markwick library first floor (850s)
- Land law Horner Markwick library basement
Linguistics Yates Thompson library ground floor (600)
Mathematics Horner Markwick library first floor (800)
Medicine & Veterinary Medicine Horner Markwick library first floor (880s)
Modern Languages Horner Markwick library ground floor (700s)
Music Horner Markwick library basement (980s)
Natural Sciences  
- Biological Horner Markwick library first floor (860s-880s)
- Physical Horner Markwick library first floor (810s-840s)
Philosophy Yates Thompson library first floor (100s)
Politics, Psychology & Sociology
Yates Thompson library first floor (130s, 300s & 490s)
Theology Yates Thompson library first floor (200s)

 

 


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