
Floor 3 - Arts and Humanities, PC Zone, Group Study Rooms, Photocopiers Floor 3 floor plan
Floor 2 -Law, Official Publications (including European Documentation Centre), Education Collection, PC Zones, Group Study Rooms, Helpdesk, Student Development Zone, Photocopiers Floor 2 floor plan
Floor 1 - Social Sciences, Sciences, Medicine, Engineering and Management, Graduate School Reading Room, PC Zones, Group Study rooms, Library Seminar room, Photocopiers Floor 1 floor plan
Ground Floor - Reception & Service Desk, Express Zone (including Short Loan collection), Help Zone, AccessAbility Zone, IT Training Rooms 1 + 2, Self Service Book issue and return, Information Librarians GF floor plan
Basement - Printed Journals, Kirby & West Special Collections Suite, Group Study Rooms, Multimedia Room, Photocopiers Basement
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A Visual Guide to the David Wilson Library ![]()
The Library's subject Shelf Marks are arranged as follows:
| Books | Location |
|---|---|
| 001-329 | floor 1 orange zone |
| 330-339 | floor 1 blue zone |
| 340-349 | floor 2 yellow zone |
| 350-369 | floor 1 blue zone |
| 370-379 | floor 2 yellow zone |
| 380-399 | floor 1 blue zone |
| 400-499 | floor 1 blue zone |
| 500-549 | floor 1 blue zone |
| 550-699 | floor 1 yellow zone |
| 700-799 | floor 3 pink zone |
| 800-899 | floor 3 orange zone |
| 900-999 | floor 3 blue zone |
| 941E-973E | floor 3 yellow zone |
| LAW REF | floor 2 yellow zone |
| OFF PUBS REF | floor 2 yellow zone |
| REF 001-699 | floor 1 yellow zone |
| REF 700-999 | floor 3 yellow zone |
| REF 2CA - REF 2Y (Education REF) | floor 2 yellow zone |
| REF E - REF QL (Education REF) | floor 2 yellow zone |
| 2C - 2Y (Education Books) | floor 2 yellow zone |
| AA-AZ - Transport History | floor 3 blue zone |
| ABS | Retrieval Service |
| AC - QRA (Education Books) | floor 2 yellow zone |
| BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | Herbarium, Adrian Building |
| CD-MUSIC | Ask at Service Desk Ground Floor |
| CD-ROM | Ask at Service Desk Ground Floor |
| CHEM DEPT | George Porter Building |
| Citizenship Collection | floor 2 yellow zone |
| D20-D99 | floor 3 yellow zone |
| DISSERTATION | Express Zone Ground Floor |
| English Local History Collection | floor 3 yellow zone |
| E-RESOURCES | Online |
| EP | Special Collections Retrieval Service |
| EXAM PAPERS | Express Zone Ground Floor |
| F 001 - F 339 | floor 1 yellow zone |
| F 340 - F 349 | floor 2 yellow zone |
| F 350 - F 699 | floor 1 yellow zone |
| F 700 - F 999 | floor 3 yellow zone |
| F AA - F AZ | floor 3 yellow zone |
| F D20 - F D99 | floor 3 yellow zone |
| F FAIR | floor 3 yellow zone |
| F GEOL | floor 1 yellow zone |
| F M.A. | floor 1 yellow zone |
| F MUSIC | floor 3 yellow zone |
| FAIRCLOUGH | floor 3 yellow zone |
| FF AA - FF AZ | floor 3 yellow zone |
| FF 001 - FF 339 | floor 1 yellow zone |
| FF 350 - FF 699 | floor 1 yellow zone |
| FF 700 - FF 999 | floor 3 yellow zone |
| FF D20 - FF D99 | floor 3 yellow zone |
| FF M.A. | floor 1 yellow zone |
| FF MUSIC | floor 3 yellow zone |
| FF OFF PUBS | floor 2 yellow zone |
| FM 1 - FM 22 (French Memoirs) | Retrieval Service |
| LAW REF | floor 2 yellow zone |
| L/R | floor 2 blue zone |
| LAW/STATUTES | floor 2 blue zone |
| LMS | Retrieval Service |
| LOCAL HISTORY | floor 3 yellow zone |
| MAJUT | Retrieval Service |
| M.A. 001 - M.A. 999 (Maths Association Books) | floor 1 blue zone |
| MC | floor 2 blue zone |
| MF | floor 2 blue zone |
| MFi | floor 2 blue zone |
| MS | Special Collections Retrieval Service |
| Music 2-4 | floor 3 pink zone |
| OFF PUBS | floor 2 orange zone |
| OFF PUBS REF | floor 2 yellow zone |
| PACK (Education Resource Packs) | Resource Collection floor 2 yellow zone |
| PAMPHLET | Ask at Service Desk Ground Floor |
| PAMPHLET AA-AY - Transport History | floor 3 blue zone |
| R,RBm,Rbs,RBt,RF,RN | Retrieval Service |
| R1 - RQT (Education Resource Books) | Resource Collection floor 2 yellow zone |
| RES SER | Resource Collection floor 2 yellow zone |
| RESOURCE | Resource Collection floor 2 yellow zone |
| SC | Special Collections Retrieval Service |
| SE | Retrieval Service |
| SHORT LOAN | Express Zone Ground Floor |
| T | Ask at Service Desk Ground Floor |
| THESIS | Retrieval Service |
| UNIVERSITY COLLECTION | Retrieval Service |
| UNIVERSITY PRESS ARCHIVE | Retrieval Service |
| WALKER | Retrieval Service |
| X | Express Zone Ground Floor |
| XX | Ask at Help Zone Ground Floor |
| YOO - YEGM | floor 2 yellow zone |
| ZOOLOGY DEPT | Adrian Building |
| Journals | Floor |
|---|---|
| PER 001 | Basement green zone |
| PER 003 | floor 1 yellow zone |
| PER 020 - PER 330 | Basement green zone |
| PER 340 | floor 2 blue zone |
| PER 350 - PER 942 | Basement green zone |
| PER AA | Basement green zone |
| M.A. PER (after PER 510) | Basement green zone |
| OVERSIZE PER | Basement green zone |