Kelvin Grove collections

To find where an item is located, first check the collection details in the Library search record:
Extract from Library Search record: "Location Kelvin Grove Library - Available, General Collection 362.1042 153"

Once you know which collection the item is in, lookup the table below for location details. You will also need to know the item's call number to find exactly where the item is located on the shelf. See find an item on the shelf for how to understand call numbers.

Collection Prefix Description Location Length of loan
General Collection  

Contains books, videos, discs and kits.

Items in this collection with call numbers beginning with A or NZ are Australian or New Zealand literature, and are shelved between 829.9 and 830.

  • 001-369 - R Block, Level 5
  • 370-791 - R Block, Level 4
  • 792-999 - R Block, Level 3

Standard loan

Course Reserve  

Contains items in high demand such as prescribed texts. It may include lecturers' personal copies of items.

Lecturers' copies are arranged by unit code.

External students may request copies of extracts from items in this collection - simply search for the item in Library Search and select the Request scan of chapter option.

R Block, Level 2. In the printer area (continue past the main staircase on the entry level)

For 2 hours

Periodical Collection  

Contains journals, magazines and newspapers.

The latest issues (varies from a week to 3 months) of print newspapers are held on Level 2, R Block, Kelvin Grove campus.

QUT students and staff can request articles from periodicals held by QUT.

  • Current and previous 2 years - R Block, Level 3
  • All other years - Closed collection, articles can be requested.

Not for loan

Curriculum Collection

J, H

Contains material intended for use in a classroom situation and teachers' resource books. The collection is in two parts, non-fiction and fiction.

Non-fiction items are arranged as usual by subject number, e.g. The Romans in Britain is at J 936.104 3.

Call numbers beginning with A or NZ are Australian or New Zealand literature, and are shelved between 829.9 and 830.

Fiction items are arranged by author surname, e.g. We're going on a bear hunt by Michael Rosen is at J R8136 8/C.

D Block, Level 4 (access via the link from R Block, Level 4)

Standard loan

Music Score Collection

MScores

The Music Score collection is a collection of music scores that primarily support Music and Sound programs. All students and staff at QUT are welcome to use and borrow from the collection.

R Block, Level 4, near the D Block link

Standard loan

CD Collection

SD

The CD Collection is a collection of music CDs that primarily support Music and Sound programs. All students and staff at QUT are welcome to use and borrow from the collection.

R Block, Level 4, near the lifts

Standard loan

Games Collection  

The Games Collection is a collection of computer games. QUT students and staff at QUT are welcome to use and borrow from the collection. The games are also able to be played in the GamesLab.

R Block, Level 4, R403

Standard loan

HiQ  

Includes HiQ Equipment.

Ask HiQ staff at R Block, Level 2 (check HiQ hours)

1 day loan