Is there a way to browse the Library shelves virtually?
Last Updated: 17.Mar.2023 Views: 256

Yes - when you find a book on the LibrarySearch catalogue and click through to see the item details, you can scroll down to the Virtual Browse section to see other books that fall under that category.

Click to open the record:

and keep scrolling down until you see the 'Virtual Browse' section. You can then click left and right to see items on the same topic:

 

It is also possible to search the library catalogue using the classmark number - this is the number that appears on the spine label of the book and is based on the Dewey classification system.

Books on the same topic are arranged at the same classmark number on the library shelves, so searching using that number will give results from that precise subject even if you don't know the title or author details of the other books.

For example, searching for 658.3 in the 'Human resource management' topic area, with the results limited to Print Books means the catalogue (at the time of writing) finds 217 items:

 
If you'd like a sneak peek inside a book to see whether it might be relevant, it is worth checking on Amazon or Google Books in case they offer a free preview.