The Rayleigh Library: About its Services
Guide to the services offered by the Rayleigh Library
The Library and its services, contacts, and access
- About the Rayleigh Library: our mission statement
- Main services and holdings: about our stock of printed and electronic journals, books, and special collections, including the Napier Shaw Library
- Other services: services that support the Library, and the teaching and learning within the Department
- People to contact: the names of the members of staff, and contact telephone numbers and e-mail addresses
- Access to the Library: our opening times and who may use the Library
Library Account and Renewals
- The Cambridge Libraries Widget is a unified interface for Cambridge library users, drawing together search facilities, your library profile, loans and requests in one easy-to-manage application. Whether you access it in CamTools, Facebook and iGoogle.
- More information on the Cambridge Libraries Widget
Journals
- Journals in the Rayleigh and Napier Shaw Libraries: how to locate the journals in the Rayleigh Library, and about the journals in the Napier Shaw collection
- Journals online: we have included a list of some of the routes to obtaining journals online
Books
- Books in the Rayleigh Library: about our collections
- Borrowing books from the Rayleigh Library: a brief introduction to the Main and Student sections of the Library, and to using our automated self-issue system for borrowing books
- Books and resources online: a brief list of some useful online books and sources of general information
- Book and journal recommendations
- Inter-library loans
Online resources
- Online databases: links to some useful scientific databases
- Useful links to physics and other resources: wide ranging links to scientific and other online resources
The online catalogue and classification system
- The online catalogue: a brief introduction to using the catalogue to search for books and journals
- The Rayleigh Library classification scheme: a guide to the arrangement of our books on the shelves of the Main and Student sections of the Library
Useful Library forms
- Useful Library forms: Downloadable forms for use in registration, inter-library loans, and books and journals recommendation
Useful Library leaflets
- Useful Library leaflets: Downloadable leaflets that provide information about the Rayleigh Library and about locating information and material