Textbooks and recommended readings are often put on short-term loan in the High Demand collection.
If you cannot find it at UC Library or online, request an Interloan and we will get it for you from another library. There is no charge for this service
A good way to find out whether the details you seek are located in a book. Search previews of books and some full text of out-of-copyright titles; search terms are highlighted in results.
Most print books on mathematical statistics are shelved at QA 273–280 within the mathematics area in the EPS Library, but also in other parts of the Library according to the field of application (e.g., LB 2846 educational statistics, TA 340 statistical methods in engineering). We use the Library of Congress classification system for arrangement. Every item in the Library has a call number, which can be found by using the library catalogue.
To find a book on the Library shelves you will need to know its call number. Call numbers are printed on the spine of the book and are also listed in the Library Catalogue. They tell you where the book is located in the library.
The University of Canterbury library, like most academic libraries, uses the Library of Congress Classification system. In this system, the call numbers start with letters of the alphabet.
Read the call number line by line:
This diagram explains how Library of Congress call numbers work on the library shelves:
(This image was produced by librarians at the University of Maryland Libraries (User Education Services), College Park, MD.)
