{"id":13,"date":"2025-07-16T16:12:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/conservation-library-guide\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2025-07-16T16:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:19:16","slug":"13-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/conservation-library-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This guide identifies the most useful resources for Conservation and keeps you up to date with library skills and news for your subject area.<\/p>\n<p>The best place to start searching for resources for your course is your reading list and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/librarysearch.kent.ac.uk\/client\/en_GB\/kent\">LibrarySearch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your online reading list can be found via your course moodle. Here is a short video with instructions on how to access and use your reading list.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='1140' height='672' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7rfG2JicOoc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Links to digital resources are available from here so may require your Kent Login to access them.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on library services including how to borrow, make reservations, checking your library account etc, please see our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/guides\">full list of library guides<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Books<\/h4>\n<p>We have a large collection of engineering and digital design books in the library as well as in related topics in arts, computing, mathematics, physics and bioengineering.<\/p>\n<p>As well as using LibrarySearch to find specific titles you may want to browse topics areas on the library shelves. These will generally be found on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/is\/templeman\/pdf\/floor-plans.pdf\">Floor 1\u00a0 Block B<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first two letters of a classmark identify the topic within your discipline. You can look for these on the end of our shelving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QH<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0 Biodiversity\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>QL<\/strong> &#8211; Conservation<\/p>\n<p><strong>QP<\/strong> \u2013 Biochemistry\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>QR<\/strong> &#8211; Microbiology<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/finding-books-and-library-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0about finding books at the Templeman.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Borrowing items<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/borrow-from-the-templeman-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-135 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation-library-guide\/files\/2023\/02\/borrowing_800w_800w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a>Using your Kent One card, you can borrow up to 40 books from the Library!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/borrow-from-the-templeman-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find out more<\/strong><\/a> about borrowing from the Templeman.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Ebooks<\/h4>\n<p>We also have many ebooks which you can access on your PC, laptop or mobile. You can find these via LibrarySearch or browse our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library-it\/your-digital-library\/digital-resources-directory?type=E-book%20collection\">ebook collections<\/a> for a specific topic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"customize-unpreviewable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/guides\/find-and-use-e-books\">More advice on how to find and use e-books<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide identifies the most useful resources for Conservation and keeps you up to date with library skills and news for your subject area. 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