Education and Teaching

Use the library website to search for books and ebooks.

• For books, you’ll see its location and class number, this will help you find it on the library shelves.
• For ebooks, simply click on the link to read it online or download.

Search Tips

• Know what book you're looking for? Use the author's surname and the book title. For example, Cottrell study skills
• Browsing books on a topic? Use a few keywords. It's a good idea to be as specific as possible. For example, history Ireland famine
• Use Refine Results to filter to books or ebooks.   

• Search the library website to find a book and its class number (shelf number).
• Books are shelved in numeric order.
• Signs at the end of each row of shelves show what class numbers it holds. 
• The class number for each book is displayed on the spine of the book. 

Education and Teaching Class Numbers

• 370           Education
• 370.72      Educational research
• 300           Social Sciences
• 301           Sociology
• 370.15      Educational Psychology
• 370.15      Education Research
• 378.001    Philosophy & Theory in Higher Education

Construction, Design and Graphics Books

• 604.2       Technical graphics
• 690          Construction
• 720          Architectural design
• 745.4       Design

Fine Art Books

• 111           Aesthetics
• 709          Art history
• 730         Sculpture
• 738         Ceramics
• 741         Drawing
• 741.6      Graphic design
• 745.4      Design
• 750         Painting
• 760         Print
• 770         Photography

Book out on loan? Click on Place hold while searching or Contact us to add your name to a waiting list.

Book not available in ATU Library? Use our Document Supply / Inter-Library Loan Service.

Recommend a book. Contact us to suggest a book to add to the library collection.