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Use Library Search. the library catalogue to find books
The National Oceanographic Library houses the School of Ocean and Earth Science collection of undergraduate (3rd year project) and taught Masters dissertations. Dissertations submitted between 2011 and 2019 are in the library and are available to view on request (older ones are stored in our archives and are also available to view on request). All of the dissertations up to 2019 are listed in the library catalogue.
Undergraduate dissertations from 2020 onwards are stored as electronic versions here: SOES Undergraduate Dissertations. (If the link does not work, then press the button to Request Access. Please note that this SharePoint site is maintained by the School of Ocean and Earth Science.)
Recent Masters dissertations can be found here: SOES Postgraduate Taught Dissertations. (If the link does not work, then press the button to Request Access. Please note that this SharePoint site is maintained by the School of Ocean and Earth Science.)
The National Oceanographic Library holds print copies of all the School of Ocean and Earth Science doctoral theses in our archives; these are listed on the library catalogue and many of these are now also available online from ePrints Soton. Please ask staff at the help desk if you need to see a printed copy of a thesis.
Open Access Books
The term ‘open access book’ covers a wide range of long-form academic publications, including books, monographs, edited collections, handbooks, textbooks or reference works.
This subject guide includes a selection of subject related Open Access Books and publications.
If we do not have the book that you are searching for you can use Library Search to ask us to find a copy from another library. Our Inter-library loan webpage has further information on how to use this service.
See our section of this subject guide for further information about Open Access books and publications that are freely available on the internet
The National Oceanographic Library uses its own classification scheme:
If you need assistance finding materials, then please speak to the staff at the help desk and they will be happy to help you.
The following guides explain how to find and locate books, printed journals, reports, and loose papers:
email us libenqs@soton.ac.uk if there is a book that you think we should buy for the National Oceanographic Library.
Academic staff
If you need a book for a specific module that you teach add the details to your online reading list, see the step-by-step guide for further help.