How Do I Take Out An Item?
How many Books can you take out and for how long?
- Undergraduduates are entitled to 10 books and 4 DVDs.
- These need to be returned within 2 weeks.
- If you want them for longer you can renew the loan but only if no one else has reserved it.
- You can renew your loans up to 4 times.
Library Account
Every Library Member (Thats you, the Student!) has a Library Account
On the library Discovery Catalogue you can see what your current loans are, create handy lists of books for later reference and renew your current loans.
Your username will be your student number and your password is your myNCAD password.
Library Collection
How to Use the Library
In this section you will find out how to borrow books, how many books you can take out, how the books are organised and about library fines.
Guide to the Library Collection
Library Map
A Map of the Library
Dewey Decimal
The Dewey Decimal System
We use the Dewey Decimal System, This is a way of organising books by subject - great for browsing similar books on a particular topic!
The letters are usually the first three letters of the artist or author's surname, or sometimes the title of the book.
The numbers go from 000 to 999. These indicate the broad subject area. Often, there's a decimal point after the subject number, with further numbers and letters. This gives more detailed information about the exact subject of the book.
Here are the 10 main Dewey Headings:
