Education and Autism

Most print books for Education & Autism are based at the Adsetts Library. You can search for print books using Library Search.

Library Search will tell you which library a book is in and what floor it is on. It will also tell you the shelfmark of a book: there is more about shelfmarks in the next box on this page.

You can borrow most print books using your SHUcard and the simple self-service machines at either library, which are available 24 hours a day. You can put in request for books which other people have borrowed or which are at the other campus library.

Shelfmarks are used to organise and order the books on the shelves. A book will have its shelfmark on its spine, or on its cover if that is not possible. The shelves in the library will have signs at the end telling you which shelfmarks which are on those shelves

A shelfmark has two parts:

• A number code, which describes the subject area. Books on the same subject have the same number and will be together on the shelves. There is a number sequence 001 to 999 which runs through each library.
• A few letters, taken from the start of that book's title or the family name of its author. These appears after the number.

An example of a shelfmark might be: 370.152 COT, which is for a book on the subject of academic skills, written by an author with the family name Cottrell.

Books are organised by number order first, and then in alphabetical order of the letters on the books that share a number. So you need to remember or copy both parts to find the book.

It is possible for multiple books to occasionally share the same shelfmark, so make sure that you have the right title and edition when you find the book. 

Some useful shelfmark subject numbers for Education & Autism are:

• Subject                           Shelfmark
• Assessment                           371.26
• Autism                                    618.9285882
• Child Psychology                   155.4
• Disability Studies                   305.908 & 362.4
• Equality in Education             379.26
• Further/ Adult Education        374
• Higher Education                   378
• Learning                                153.15
• Parent-Teacher Relations      371.192
• Philosophy for children/
  Moral and Social Education   370.114
• Primary Education                  372.1
• Secondary Education             373
• Special Education                  371.2

Many books will be available as ebooks. These are web-based and can be access remotely online: unlike some ebooks you may have used before,  these are not fixed to a single device.

You can find ebooks by using Library Search

While we try to get versions which give you the maximum possible freedom, there can occasionally be some restrictions on what you can do with particular ebooks, such as a limit to the number of people who can read them at once.

A report by SHU researchers calls for more diversity in books for children. 

We have a large collection of children's literature and teaching resources in the library and in recent years we have worked to make our collections more representative of the diversity of children that our student teachers work with. 

We are proud of our collections but we are sure that there is much more that we can do. We welcome suggestions for resources to add to the collections and other ways in which we can improve them.

There are a range of books for younger readers included on multiple Hallam Library: Curated Reading lists.

If you have not used the lists, take a look at the Hallam Library: Curated Reading list:

Here at Hallam Library, your librarians, have handcrafted a range of curated reading lists to help explore a range of political and social issues, or find genre fiction to help you unwind and take a break from academic studies – recreational reading with a little bit of dystopian fiction anyone?

Hear one of our academic librarians talk more about the benefits of the curated reading lists!

We ask... where will a book take you today?

Here are a selection of lists, you can find all the lists on the Curated Reading list page including:

• LGBTQ+ Network reading list.
• Disability Network reading list.
• Neurodiversity: Seeing the world though multiple lens.
• Inspirational people: their thoughts and ideas.

And many more like:

Sometimes there may be a book which you want that isn't stocked in the Hallam libraries. However, it is usually possible to request books from other libraries using the Document Supply Service. 

If you think it would be a benefit for a book to be permanently added to the library, you can request us to buy a copy. Unfortunately, we can't promise to be able to fulfil every purchase request: so if you just need a book for your own work, a Document Supply request is usually the best option.

The curated reading lists are intended for personal rather than academic use. They are designed to help you discover books in the library which can support you in your student life. They have been created by the Library in collaboration with the Hallam staff networks, the Students Union, and the Student Wellbeing Service.