Library Lowdown - a series of video shorts introducing essential tips for using the UL.

There are over 8 million items in the UL. One quarter of these are on the open shelves – that’s 24 floors and 42 miles of shelves! So how do you find the book that you need?

Each book has a unique classmark which includes information about the size of the book and its position on the shelf. When you find the book on the catalogue, you will see where that particular classmark is located.

Books are grouped together first of all by subject. Books are then grouped on the shelves by size. The largest size ‘a’ books appear first, then ‘b’, then ‘c’, then, finally, ‘d’. Periodicals are shelved together at one end of the floor – you can spot these as they have a ‘P’ in front of the classmark.

If you can’t find the book you need, ask for help at the General Enquiries Desk.

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Film made by Cambridge University Library and the University of Cambridge Communications Team

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