Psychology Library Guide: Looking for Books

150 Psychology in general, including introductory textbooks
153 Mental processes & Intelligence
154 Subconscious & Altered States
155 Differential & Developmental Psychology
156 Comparative Psychology
158 Applied Psychology
302 Social Psychology

616.89 Clinical Psychology

The Short Loans Centre is on Level 4 of the Chancellor Oppenheimer Library.

Although many books and readings are now made available electronically, you may find that some materials available only in print have been placed theres.

You will need to give the staff both the title and shelf number of the book you want.

Short Loan material is issued for 1 or 3 hours only.

You must return Short Loan material to the Short Loans Centre.

Material in the library is arranged according to the Dewey Classification system.  Psychology books are shelved on Level 5 of the Library with numbers between 150 and 159. Clinical aspects are shelved at 616.89 on the Upper North Level of the Library (formerly the Science and Engineering wing).         

Primo, the online catalogue,  is accessible through any of the PCs in the library as well as from your office, school or home via the library web page.  Go to http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/.

PRIMO finds  books and e-books, videos, articles, digital media, and more.       

The location gives the shelf number.  Prefixes indicate in which library the books will be found.  The prefixes DS and WH have been discontinued, but they will still be found on older material in the catalogue and on the spines of books.  Ignore these prefixes  -  only the shelf number is important.   However, where the prefix is WHJ or WHT, these are discrete collections of education material for the Classroom Collection (WHJ), and School Textbooks (WHT) which are shelved separately.

The prefix R means the book is reference and cannot be taken out.  BA indicates Special Collections and can only be consulted or photocopied.  Government Publications Library keeps all official government documents.  Their holdings are indicated by the prefix G.  Some of their materials are available for loan.