Orientation tour for Downing College students: University Library [West Road]

Beginners

Orientation tour of the University Library exclusively for Downing College students....

The UL is unique: a national, legal deposit library with an amazing collection of around 8 million items - over two million of which you can browse on our open shelves. If that sounds a bit daunting, why not come on a brief orientation tour to help you find your way around? We’ll even tell you what we keep in the famous Library tower ...

Please note this tour does not cover the University's vast electronic and digital collections: to find out more about using these, please see check for courses on our timetable or ask a member of Library staff for help.

Downing College students

Number of sessions: 1

• To learn your way around the building and its print collections
• To discover how to navigate our catalogues
• To learn how to order from the closed stacks and find your book on the open shelves

Walking tour and demonstrations

• To enter the University Library you must have either a current University of Cambridge ID card or a current Reader's Ticket. For more information and to apply for a Reader's Ticket, please see the Admissions webpages

• Large bags and rucksacks may not be brought into the UL. Please leave yourself sufficient time before the tour to put your bag away securely in the locker room.

One session of forty-five minutes

A number of times per term