Finding Information

Finding books and journal articles

To find books and journal articles you need to search HOLLY (Harper Online Library) which searches most of our resources at once. 

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Finding print and e-books 

Print books are on both floors of the library. 

On the ground floor, in addition to the Main Collection, you will also find:

• The Reading for Pleasure Collection
• Wellbeing books
• Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Collection

On the first floor, the Main Collection continue and there are a limited number of print journals.

The borrowing page will tell you more about the lending system.

Searching for journal articles and conference papers

The best place to search for journal articles is HOLLY. You will find videos to help with this on the Video Guides page.

There are a some resources that HOLLY cannot search, but you can search the resources individually. Links to all the individual resources on our databases page. This database video explains a bit more about the databases on offer.

You can find out more on individual resources for your subject area on our subject guides pages.

More help

If you need more information about sources or search techniques, go to the study skills section.There are many ways to get in touch with us. Visit our Help and Support page to find out more.

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