welcome to edinburgh university library’s main library virtual tour
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Welcome to Edinburgh University
Library’s
Main Library
Virtual Tour
The Main Library is in
George Square.
Main Library
There are 12 other libraries you can use too
Getting In
Get through the entrance turnstiles by swiping your library
card.
Don’t forget to bring it!
Finding your way around
Video screens advise on opening hours, computer availability and library news.
There is a Floor Guide near the entrance and
on each floor.
Self-Service
Self-issue is available on the ground, 2nd, 3rd
and 4th floor.
There are easy to use self-service
machines for borrowing and
returning books.
Information Services (IS) Helpdesk
Get general advice on all IS Services from staff at the IS Helpdesk.
Lending Stock
The Main Library has over 800,000 books. Most are arranged by Library of Congress classification (eg HA29 Car) and are
shelved on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
Some older books are shelved on the 4th floor
arranged by Dewey Decimal classification
(eg 712(28)).
Journals are also on the 4th floor.
High Use Book Collection (HUB)
The HUB is on the ground floor and includes the most
popular books, often reading list titles.
Borrow books in the HUB by using the
self-issue machines.
Current print journals
Some of the newly bought printed
books and latest editions/issues of
printed newspapers and
journals are displayed on the
1st floor.
You have access to over 30,000 online journals.
There are a variety of informal and
conversational study space on the ground
and 1st floor.
Group Study Facilities
Including 29 group study pods.
Note that some are designated as Quiet Study areas.
Individual Study Space
Individual study space is available throughout
the library.
There is a Postgraduate study area on the 5th floor.
Wireless access is available throughout
the building if you wish to bring your
own laptop.
Computing facilities
There are over 500 open-access PCs in
the library.
uCreate
uCreate, on the 1st floor, provides multimedia and specialist IT facilities on
a self-service basis.
Make podcasts, print posters, and use a
variety of multimedia facilities.
Photocopying and Printing Copying and printing areas are available
throughout the building.
Top up your credit online or at machines on the ground floor.
Staff and students, pay by debiting your
Print Accounts.
Centre for Research Collections (CRC)
CRC, on the 6th floor, is the gateway to accessing the historic collections of rare books, manuscripts, archives, fine art and
museum objects.
Student Services
Visit the Careers Service on the 3rd floor.
The Student Counselling
and Student Disability
Services are also on the 3rd floor.
Library Café
Have a break from studying in the Library Café,
on the ground floor.
Good luck,enjoy your course…
Edinburgh University Library
Main Library – Virtual Tour
... and have fun!