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Archaeology: Books, Theses & Dissertations

Wessex Archaeology Online Library

Archaeology in Special Collections

You can also find material on Archaeology in the Hartley Library's Special Collections, including:

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To find out how to access the material contact: archives@soton.ac.uk

Key locations

The Hartley Library uses the Library of Congress classification scheme for subjects other than Education which uses Dewey Decimal Classification. Key locations for titles of interest to Archaeology students are listed here.

 

Call Number    Subject      Level     
CC Archaeology 4    
D - DY Archaeology/History 4    
         
GN Anthropology         3    
         
         

Call Numbers Explained

When you enter the details of the item that you want on the catalogue it will display a call number or code that tells you where the item is shelved.

The call number will usually look something like these examples:

TK 2380.45 GAR 

306.47 GEL 

B OCEAN (Physical) Kna 

Although the codes look different, they work in much the same way: the combinations of letters and numbers gives a location based on the subject content of the item. The items are arranged on the shelves using the call numbers.

The library floor plan will show you where items with particular call numbers are stored.

Reference

The Library has many dictionaries and encyclopaedias, including biographical dictionaries, subject dictionaries and specialist encyclopaedias. 

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Gale Literary Sources provides access to 8 different literature databases including more than 1,5 million critiques, poems, plays, dramas, biographies, articles and quotations. With a series of databases, it supports scholars researching the Western Literature. It includes:

A user guide can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqg9Q3lREOQ

Cambridge Companions Online

Oxford Handbooks

Theses and Dissertations

University of Southampton PhD/ MPhil theses

University of Southampton Undergraduate / Masters dissertations

  • a limited number of undergraduate dissertations are held on Blackboard under the Research Project module code
  • for Masters and further examples of undergraduate dissertations students should ask enquire at the Faculty Office or discuss with their supervisor

Using other University libraries

SCONUL Access is a scheme which allows many university library users to borrow or use books and journals at other libraries which belong to the scheme, The scheme covers most of the university libraries in the UK and Ireland.

You can sign up for the scheme on the SCONUL website.

Finding Books in Other Libraries