The Library's search box

1. Begin your search by writing the title of the book in the search box

2. By filtering your result, you can exclude unneccessary hits. You can filter either by clicking on the tiny book icon below the search box or by checking the box for books among the facets to the right. If you use the facets you can also specify if it's a course book or a fulltext (e-book).

3. Sometimes you can get hits where a book has a similar title or where there are several editions of a title. Make sure that the title and edition is the correct one for you. 

1. When you search for a book, the first information you'll get is if it's available or not.

2. If a book is listed as available, then look at which campus the book is available at. In this case, the book is available in Flemingsberg but on loan in Solna. This means that you can either go to Flemingsberg and borrow the book on site or log in and reserve the book and have it sent to Solna. It is not possible to reserve the book for Flemingsberg if it is listed as available there.

3. Once you know which campus the book is on, check its location. A book can be placed either in the course book collection, our collection of specialist books or among our other special collections. Please note that older editions of course books may be in the collection of specialist books, so make a habit of double check the book's location. 

4. Once you know the location of the book, you can check which shelf the book is on. In this case, the book is on Kursb WY, Polit. Kursb WY is the name of the shelf and shows that the book is in the course book room and has the NLM code WY (read more about NLM here). On the shelf, all the books are sorted alphabetically using a set word, which can be either the author's surname or the first word of the book's title. In this case the set word is Polit. Always check this before going to the shelf.

5. Sometimes a book is labeled Full Text and it might not show its location or shelf namne. Full Text means that we have the book digitally and that it can be read directly in the computer if you are logged in to your loan account. Public patrons need to come into the library to read the book on one of the library computers. Full text is also indicated on articles when they are available through the library.

The system that we use in the Karolinska Institutets university library to classify literature is NLM (National Library of Medicin).

The system is created for literature within the medical field. Here follows a guide that show you which different field we have at KIB.