Locating Library Materials
| Library Collections | Call No. | Location |
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Circulation Collection All books in the Circulation Collection can be checked out of the Library for a loan period according to the Library Borrowing Regulations. The availability of an item is shown in the STATUS box in the Library Catalogue:
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Circulation Collection
A - G
H - K L - P Q - S T - Z |
4/F (Rm. L404)
4/F (Rm. L401) 1/F (Rm. L115) 1/F (Rm. L114) G/F (Rm. L019) |
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Circulation Collection
Large Book [QRT] A - Z
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Large books kept at the end of the collection on each floor
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| Remote Store 2 | Available on request | |
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Reserve Books Collection Contains books, and supplementary materials recommended by teaching staff for the courses they teach as well as study packs for external examinations. Reserve books are for short loans only. |
Reserve Collection
A - Z
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P/F
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Books on 7-day Loan Consists of textbooks, recommended readings and highly demanded books. |
Reserve Collection (7-day)
A - Z
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P/F
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New Book Display Contains the newly arrived books in all subjects. New books are refreshed weekly. |
New Book Display
A - Z
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Current Awareness Centre
(P/F) |
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PolyU Reads Contains popular books, best sellers and award winning books. PolyU Reads are on regular loan period. |
PolyU Reads
A - Z
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Current Awareness Centre
(P/F) |
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Reference Collection Contains handy and useful tools such as encyclopaedias, dictionaries, and handbooks, etc. Reference materials are not for loan and should be consulted in the Reference Section only. |
Reference Collection
A - Z
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3/F (Rm. L301)
Reference Collections |
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Serials Collection Consists of current periodicals and bound volumes, annuals, irregular serials and newspapers. Serials materials are not for loan. |
Serials Collection
Current Journals, A - Z
Bound Journals, A - QE Bound Journals, QH - Z |
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| Remote Store 1 & 3 | Available by request form | |
| Old Newspapers | 5/F (Rm. L501) | |
| Current Newspapers | Current Awareness Centre (P/F) | |
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Audio Visual Collection Consists of audio visual and multimedia materials in a variety of formats including DVDs, videocassettes, audio CDs and cassettes, instructional CD-ROM programs, slides, microforms, maps and charts, Audio Visual Materials are for short loans only. |
AV [+ format designation]
A - Z
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3/F (Rm. L303)
Media Services |
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University Collection Consists of materials published or issued by the University or of special interest to the University. University Collection Materials are for in-house use only. |
University Collection
A - Z
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3/F (REC Seminar Room)
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Theses & Dissertations, Standards, Exam Papers & Course Schemes, & Materials on Closed Reserve Selected materials in this collection may be restricted for use within the Library only. E-version of PolyU theses/dissertations, PolyU exam papers and Course Schemes, and most international standards are also accessible via the Library Homepage (www.lib.polyu.edu.hk). |
Circulation Counter (Theses / Standards / Closed Reserve)
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P/F (Request at Circulation Counter)
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Electronic Resources A wide range of electronic resources including e-books, e-newspapers, full-text e-journals, abstracts and full-text databases, e-learning packages, e-theses, VoDs, online audio and digital images are accessible via the Library Homepage (www.lib.polyu.edu.hk). |
Electronic Resources
Electronic Resources (Workstation [no.])
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Internet access
3/F (Rm. L301) (Workstations) |
