You can use SOLO to find e-books and print books in Oxford Libraries. Please see our top tips below or for more information see the SOLO or E-Books LibGuides.
Top Tips
Books of interest to Archaeology students are shelved in the Lower and Upper Library under the following classification numbers (Dewey Decimal Classification):
573.2-3 | Human evolution | 937 | Rome and Italy to 476 |
930-939 | Archaeology; Ancient history to c.499 | 938 | Ancient Greece to 323 |
930.1 | General Archaeology, methodology | 941 | British history |
932 | Ancient Egypt | 941.006 | History of the Landscape |
936 | Europe | 948.022 | Viking history |
Oversize books are located in the Lower Library (001 – 936.283) and in the Reading Room (936.284 – 999) and pamphlets can be found in the Lower Library (001-999). A separate collection of books and pamphlets relating to Local History (Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire) is also available in the Upper Library (001-942.59).
If you would like to request a resource for purchase, please contact library@conted.ox.ac.uk giving full details of the book and brief details of the course or project you are working on. Alternatively please fill in the book suggestion form.
You can search SOLO to find books on a topic. If you are looking for books on a British archaeology topic after 55BC, the Bibliography of British and Irish History can help you do a more structured search for books and book chapters, allowing you to specify the exact dates you are interested in.