What you can do if the books you want are out on loan
Take a look at your reading lists to see if there are other titles available for you to read instead.
Make a Hold request (reserve a book) using Library Search. Once the item has been returned from loan it will be reserved for you to collect, this also alerts us that the book is in demand and is one of the triggers we use to order additional copies (where possible).
Browse the shelves at same shelfmark location of the book/s you wanted to borrow, as these should relate to the same subject. We have a virtual “Browse the shelf” feature on item records in LibrarySearch, so you can browse the books without even being in the library.
Use LibrarySearch to search for journal articles about your subject of interest, to do this, make sure you choose to search “Everything” in the Search Scope drop down box.
If there is a book that you want to read for your studies that is not in stock in the library, you could recommend we buy it – this can be done through our Recommend a Book service, where we assess if the book will be purchased for addition to stock.
