Finding Books & eBooks
The majority of the Library's book collections are now available online as eBooks. You can search for both print and online using UR Library Search.
Here are some FAQs about finding and accessing books and eBooks:
- How to search UR Library Search
- How do I find a book on the shelves?
- Borrowing books and requesting items
- Click & Collect (Whitelands book delivery service)
- Scan & Send (request scans from print books or journals)
- Where can I find my module readings?
Here are the main locations for print books for Zoology and their shelfmarks (also known as a Call Number).
| Subject | Shelfmark(s) | Location |
| Biology | 574 | Second Floor |
| Botany | 580 to 589 | Second Floor |
| Chemistry | 540 to 549 | Second Floor |
| Ecology | 577 | Second Floor |
| Evolution | 576.8 | Second Floor |
| Zoology | 590 to 599 | Second Floor |
eBooks and Online Reference books
The following eBook collections are most useful for Zoology. Collections with the 
icon are included in UR Library Search.
- Cambridge Core This link opens in a new window
eBooks and journals in a range of disciplines. NOTE: We do not subscribe to all of the content in this database. You can filter your results by selecting the Refine option “Only show content I have access to".
- SpringerLink eBooks - Biomedical and Life Sciences This link opens in a new window
Full text access to thousands of eBooks covering Biomedical Sciences and Life Sciences. Please note that some "preview only" content does take you through to full text content, the supplier is working to update this.
- Taylor and Francis eBooks This link opens in a new window
Full text access to thousands of eBooks across all Roehampton subject areas. Note: To find the books that we have access to, search for your topic, then click the filter on the left side of the page and check "filter by" and "content we have access to".
- Wiley Online Library This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary collection of online resources (including over 1500 journals published by Wiley) covering life, health and physical sciences, social science, and the humanities.
Reference works
- Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
A collection of reference works published by Oxford University Press, enabling cross searching of over 100 world-leading dictionaries and encyclopaedias.