Sport

Most books for Sport can be found in Collegiate Library. 

However, you may need to use books based in the Adsetts Library for some modules. If there is a book at the Adsetts Library that you would like to use then you can request, using Library Search, that the book is transferred to Collegiate Library for you to collect.

You can find books on Library Search by searching for title, author or subject. You will also find books on your module reading lists.

You can find more information about borrowing, requesting and returning books from the Borrowing from the Library guide below.

You will need to use a shelfmark to find the print books on the shelves.

• A shelfmark is a number code that describes the subject of the book, e.g. 371.30281: books on the same subject have the same number and are together on the shelves.

• The number code in a shelfmark is also followed by two or three letters, usually taken from the title or author's name, eg COT: This is to tell apart books on the same subject, so note down these letters as well as the number!

• There is a number sequence from 001 to 999 which runs through the books at both libraries. Signs on the end of each row of shelves tell you what numbers are on those shelves.

• Numbers are decimal, so 370.01 is before 370.1

• Books with the same number are arranged in alphabetical order by the letters, e.g. 371.30281/BAT is before 371.30281/COU

As well as print books, the Library also has thousands of eBooks.

These are slightly different to the eBooks you might have previously used on on a Kindle, Kobo, or similar device or app.

Library eBooks aren't linked to a single device and are designed to be accessed where ever you are, whether on and off-campus!

You can find more information about eBooks on the introduction to eBooks guide below:

You can find and read eBooks by searching on Library Search. You will also find links to eBooks from your module reading lists. The eBooks are set up so you can log in to read them with your usual Sheffield Hallam username and password.

eBooks will normally give you the options to either read the book online or download it. There are several different eBook platforms: while they generally behave in broadly the same way, there are some minor differences between platforms.

You can find out more about using ebooks from the ebook help pages, including more information on the major platform, with links to their help and accessibility pages:

If there is a book which you need but which we don't have in stock, we can ask another library to loan you a copy, or to email you a copy of an individual  chapter or section.

You can request the item using the Document Supply Service.

If you think a book may be useful for other students or staff as well as yourself, you can request that the Library buys a copy.

We can't promise to buy everything, but will do what we can for feasible requests which are relevant to courses at Sheffield Hallam.