This page includes the Library Search guide, which you can use to help you find print and digital items in the library.
There is also a list of key shelf numbers to help you navigate the library's print collection.
Plus there is information about how to borrow items, the location of the library and library opening hours, and using the printers/scanners.
Link to Library Search: www.westminster.ac.uk/librarysearch
Library Search Guide (PDF)
Library Search Guide (MS Word)
Use Library Search to find the location number for items in the library. These use decimal numbers, so 709.12 is before 709.2.
Once you have found the item take it to the self-service machine with your university ID card and carefully follow the instructions on the screen.
Items are issued for 7 days and renewed daily unless another library user has requested them. If the item is requested, you will get an email asking you to return it within 7 days.
There are no library fines, but if you fail to return the requested items, your borrowing account will be blocked for as many days as your items are overdue.
When you have finished with items, please use the self-service machines to return them before placing them in the return slots. You can return books at any site.
We would prefer it if you leave them on the tables so we have a record of what is being used.
There are some key section numbers below and more guidance on the numbering system in the library guides:
001-999 Covers all subject areas
302.23 Media studies / Social media
302.2306* Media management
305.235* OR 306.1 Youth Culture / Subculture
305.3* Gender
305.31* Masculinity
305.4 Women
355.14* OR 359.14* Army or Navy dress
384.8 Film industry
398.2 Media Management
391.009 Historical or geographical treatment of fashion
391.1 Menswear
(Fashion Design is on the second floor)
629.4772* Spacewear
646 Sewing and clothing
677 Textiles (manufacturing)
704.042 Women artists
708.2 Individual collections
709.05* Art after 2000
709.2 Artists A-Z
741 Drawing
742 Perspectives in drawing
743 Drawing by subject
The DVD collection (on the right as you enter) is organised by date of acquisition.
746.4 Needlework and Handwork (including knitting)
746.2092 Fashion Designers A-Z
770.1 Photography theory
770.9 History of photography
778.53 Film Making (cinematography, lighting, etc)
779.092 Photographers A-Z
779.2* Portrait photography
779.34 Photography of nature
779.35 Still life photography
779.9391* OR 779.974692* Fashion Photography
791.4301 Film Theory by author
791.436* Film by genre
Add the term 'DVD' to search for DVDs on Library Search and limit results to physical items (e.g. Kusama DVD).
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The Harrow library is one of three libraries in the university, each with long opening hours extending into the weekends. On the ground floor of the Harrow Library, you will find:
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Note that the numbers used include a decimal point, so 709.12 is before 709.2, and the sequence runs down the shelving units, as shown below.
If you cannot find a book, please let us know. You can request it via the 'Can't find what you need?' service if we cannot locate it in a reasonable time.
Multi-function devices (MFDs) are on every floor of the library - print, photocopy, and scan
