Using our Library

Rooms and Spaces

There are two Project Rooms in Taylor Library Block C, one on the lower floor and one on the upper floor. Each room may be booked for up to one hour per day for discussion groups, rehearsing presentations and course works.

Follow guidance provided on this page to book either of these rooms.

Wireless Network

Wireless internet access is available in the Taylor Library and most University academic, administrative and residential buildings on the Foresterhill campus.

Eduroam provides staff and students with authenticated access to Aberdeen's network. Visitors from other participating institutions can also connect to the Eduroam network when visiting Aberdeen by using credentials provided by their home institution. See the IT Wireless Networks page for information about how to connect to the wireless network.

PC Classroom and Clusters

Please see here information about computer and other IT facilities in Taylor Library and our other libraries.

Library Regulations

Services

Issue Desk

The Issue Desk provides the full range of standard library services. These include loans, heavy demand issues, returns, recalls, reservations and inter-library loans. Heavy Demand Reference materials are held behind the Issue Desk.

There is a self-issue machine in the Heavy Demand area. This is for issues only. All books must be returned to the Issue Desk.

A box is placed outside the Library on weekdays (i.e. Monday to Friday) for return of Heavy Demand books before the Library opens.

T:+44(0)1224 272601
E: library@abdn.ac.uk

Floor 2 Enquiry Office

Taylor Floor 2 Inquiry Office is open from 9am to 12noon and 2pm to 4:30pm Monday to Friday. We welcome any library or related inquiry. We specialise in and manage the Official Publications Collection and can assist with access to paper and electronic resources.

OSCOLA Clinic

During term time, library staff offer an hour-long drop-in session every Monday between 12-1 pm in Project Room 1 at Taylor Library. These sessions are aimed to help law students with OSCOLA referencing and to answer questions on how to construct specific citations in tables, footnotes, and bibliographies.

If you have questions regarding this service, please speak to a member of staff at the Issue Desk in Taylor Library. If you would like to arrange an appointment at a different time, please email library@abdn.ac.uk and we will try our best to accommodate that.

Dissertation Support

For law students, dissertation support is available in Project Room 1 at Taylor Library every Friday between 12-1 pm. If you are struggling with literature review, or you have a very niche subject and cannot find good quality academic sources, then Dissertation Support can help you. This service only operates in term time and with drop-in sessions, so you do not need to book a place.

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Information for Disabled Users

Information for Disabled Users

Ramp access to entrance on east side of Taylor Building Block C (opposite the car park), then automatic double doors close together.
Lift to all floors in the building (the entrance to the library is on the 1st floor of Block C).
Automatic-opening door to the library.
Access-control gates inside the entrance to the library with specific arrangements for disabled users.
Two floors, with lift access to upper level Block C.
Internal ramp from Level 2, Block C to Level 2, Block D.
Toilet for disabled on the 1st floor outside the entrance doors to the library.
PCs with text-enhancement software and text-reading software, 1 height-adjustable table with priority access.
Library Catalogue (OPAC) available on dedicated PCs located on both levels.
Accessible MFD (multi-function device) for photocopying, printing and scanning located opposite the Issue Desk.
Open Book scanner for viewing and listening.
Evacuation chair for emergency evacuation sited in the stairwell outside the entrance to the Library.

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