Books are shelved by subject using the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme.
100.199
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Philosophy
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200.299
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Religion |
300.399 |
Social Sciences |
400.499 |
Language |
500-599 |
Pure Sciences |
600-699 |
Technology and Applied Sciences |
700-799 |
The Arts |
800.899 |
Literature |
900-999 |
History |
If you don't have a particular title in mind and you just want to browse the shelves, the following shelfmarks should be useful to you:
300.72 |
Research Methods |
302.23 |
Media Studies |
305.8 |
Ethnography |
306 |
Social Anthropology / Cultural studies |
320.54 |
Nationalism |
325.2 |
Emigration |
333.5 |
Crofting |
390 |
Folklore |
409 |
Minority Languages |
491.63 |
Gaelic Language |
780 |
Music |
891.63 |
Gaelic Literature |
891.64 |
Place-names |
941.1 |
Scottish History |
Shelfmarks
Each resource item has a spine label with shows the Dewey Number and the first 3 letters of the Author’s surname.
Books are shelved first by number and then alphabetically by author surname. |
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However, if you just browse, you probably won't find everything that could prove useful to you. Use the Library catalogue to find resources
Search Millennium
The following pages, created by Perth College Library, serve as a good introduction to searching the SMO and UHI library catalogues.
Basic keyword search
Author search
Advanced search
Saving and exporting records
Accessing your account
Making a reservation
Changing your contact details
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