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Language Centre Te Puna o te Ki: Books & Ebooks

Find books using Library Search

The Library catalogue is called Library Search | Ketu and it's on the Library homepage

Library Search | Ketu search box on the LIbrary homepage

How are books in the library organised?

Most of the University of Otago Library collections use the Library of Congress classification system (LC).

Under this system, the collection is organised by broad subject areas and these subject areas are represented by a letter :

For example:

The call number (or label) on Library items will start with 1 or 2 letters that represent the part of the collection they are in. These call numbers start with an L so the books must be about Education and be shelved in the Education collection.

Library eBooks

Library eBooks:

The Library has a large collection of eBooks and they look like this in Library Search Ketu results:

e-book called study skills

  • Click on the book title to open the eBook
  • Click on view details to get more information about the eBook

Using Library eBooks

  • Most Library e-books can be downloaded as a pdf to your computer or device (the whole thing or individual chapters). 
  • eBooks provided by ProQuest eBook Central can be downloaded as a pdf but only for a limited period of time (e.g. 3-7 days) and you need to install freely available software first.