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Guide to ATU Library for Furniture Industry students

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Searching for Books and eBooks in ATU Library

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.   

How to Find Books on the Shelves

  • 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.

 

Furniture and Woodworking Class Numbers

  • 510 – 519   Mathematics
  • 650             Management
  • 670             Manufacturing
  • 684.082      Woodworking - Tools & Uses
  • 690             Building & Construction
  • 694             Carpentry
  • 694.6          Joinery
  • 720              Architecture
  • 730              Sculpture
  • 740              Drawing & Decorative Arts
  • 745.2           Industrial Design
  • 745.5           Product Design
  • 745.512       Marquetry
  • 749              Furniture & Accessories

Can't Find What You're Looking For?

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.

eBooks

Problem solving and critical thinking for designers
Designing for Print : An in-Depth Guide to Planning, Creating, and Producing Successful Design Projects
Illustrated cabinetmaking : how to design and construct furniture that works
Research methods for Product Design
Programming of CNC machines
White space is not your enemy
Design thinking for innovation : research and practice
Integrated Building Information Modelling
Design and Ethics : reflections on practice
AutoCAD 2019 3D Modeling
Shape of things : a philosophy of design
Manual of purpose-made woodworking joinery
Design transitions
Rotman on Design
The principles of sustainability
Basic Engineering Mathematics

Books

Collins complete woodworking manual
Steal like an artist
Furnitecture
Autodesk inventor 2021
The Golden Spruce
Paddle your own canoe
The graphic designer's guide to portfolio design
The lean strategy : using lean to create competitive advantage
The lean toolbox : a handbook for lean transformation

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