Friday 19 November 2021

Finding Books on the shelf at the Marshall Library .... "And other locations..." Xmas Tip Number 1

 The shelfmark system at the Marshall Library is a very straightforward running number system. Go to the catalogue iDiscover (idiscover.lib.cam.ac.uk) and search Cambridge Libraries Collections  using  keywords from the title and the author's name e.g. Churchill Nigel Knight



You will see that iDiscover tells you: 2 versions of the record exist. See all versions >

Click on the message and you will see two options - an ebook, which is shown as Online access in green and a print copy which says:


Available at Gonville & Caius College Upper Library and other locations >

Click on this... it does not mean that the book is only at Gonville & Caius College. Clicking here opens up an alphabetical list, where you will find the Marshall Library under 'M'  in that list!

Here you can see that we have 7 copies of the book and they are shelved at 13 A 33

Go to the shelves and find number 13, following the running number round the Reading Room. Look at 13 under letter A and you will find all these copies at number 33.




Then just take the book to the Issue Desk to borrow the book!