The Library is available 24 hours 7 days a week to students and staff with authorised access cards.
Full Term staffed hours | Monday - Friday | 0900 - 1700 |
| Saturday - Sunday | 1300 - 1700 |
Weekend staffed hours depend on the availability of student helpers and are therefore subject to alteration or cancellation without notice.
Vacation staffed hours | Christmas, Easter, Summer (August - unstaffed and reference only) |
| Monday - Friday | 0900 - 1700 |
| Saturday - Sunday | Unstaffed |
Staffed hours are posted in the Library and are subject to alteration without notice.
Homerton College Library is a modern, well stocked, open-plan facility covering most academic subjects. We have an extensive collection of periodicals as well as a number of other special collections, the most notable of which are the Children's Literature Collection and the Multimedia Collection (with CDs and printed music - sets of parts are available for hire). The College library aims to provide material supporting undergraduates taking Part 1 of the Cambridge Tripos.
Loans, using the University smart card or appropriate library card
- 15 items maximum.
- Items are issued for 14 days.
- Items currently on loan to another reader can be reserved.
- Loan renewals by email, telephone, or at the Library self-issue screens for items not overdue by more than 5 days.
- Longer loan periods are provided over the holidays.
- Fines may be charged in cases where specific recall notices are ignored.
Arrangement of the Library
Items are arranged on our shelves using Dewey Classification.
Ground Floor
- Dewey 000-899 degree level material (Dewey 900-999 is on Floor 1)
- Quick Reference (QREF) - including dictionaries and theses
- Journals - current issues
- Self-issue terminals
- Enquiry terminals
- Public Workstation Facility (PWF) terminals
Floor 1
- Dewey 900-999 degree-level material (History/Archaeology/ Geography)
- Past exam papers
- Children's Literature Collection (CLC)
- Oversized (OS) - mainly art
- Public Workstation Facility (PWF) terminals
Floor 2
- Multimedia Collection (MMC) - CDs, videotapes, music scores and sets of parts (note that music text books are at Dewey 780-788 on the Ground Floor).
- Journals - in alphabetical order, reference only
- Local Collection (LC) - reference only
- Public Workstation Facility (PWF) terminals
Resources
Heritage catalogue
The internal College library catalogue is called HERITAGE. This holds records for all items kept in the Library. HERITAGE can be accessed at
http://heritage.homerton.cam.ac.uk/.
Newton catalogue
Homerton is also a contributor to the University Library (UL) catalogue known as NEWTON. NEWTON is the online catalogue for the libraries of the University, including Cambridge University Library and its dependent libraries, and most faculty, departmental and college libraries. Not all Homerton items are currently accessible on NEWTON and this catalogue cannot show availability of our items. NEWTON is a web based catalogue which you can visit at
>The Cambridge University Library websiteEjournals and online databases
The University full text academic ejournals and over 400 quality online databases. These can be accessed on campus (and off campus with a Raven password) via
>http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/electronicresources/Ebooks
NEWTON and HERITAGE catalogues offer links to an increasing number of ebooks via
NetLibrary, MyiLibrary, Cambridge Companions Online and others. Around 1,000 ebooks are currently offered by the three providers above. Off campus they can be accessed with a Raven password. More information on all ebooks available through the University is at
>http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/electronicresources/ebooks.htmlNaxos Music Library
We offer access to the Naxos Music Library (NML), an online music listening service with around 30,000 titles streamed in near cd quality to your computer (off campus access is provided with a password from the Library). More information on NML at
>http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.comPhotocopying
Two Library photocopiers are situated on Floor 1 (there are also photocopiers in the IT Department and the HUS Office). All are operated by pre-purchased non-reusable cards. The cards are sold at the Porter's Lodge for £5, giving around 70 copies.
