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Architectural Technology

Search for books and eBooks in Search + Find, our library discovery service.

 

When you find the book you want you’ll see a shelf or class number for print books, this will help you find it in the library. For eBooks, simply click on the link to read it online or download it (you’ll need to use your ATU login credentials).

Search + Find

 

If you know what you're looking for, then use the authors' surname and a word or two from the title: try to choose unique ones.  For instance, type in stroud engineering mathematics.

Alternatively, you can search using subject words: try starting with engineering mathematics and use the filter in the left-hand column to narrow down your search.

Remember to be as specific as possible when searching for a topic.

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Finding Books in the Library

Each book that ATU library acquire is assigned a Dewey number that identifies its subject matter. This number can be found on the spine of the book. As Dewey is a numerical system the books are arranged on the shelves in numerical order.

The following is an outline of the Dewey numbers that are relevant to architectural technology.

620.00420285      CAD
690                       Building & Construction
690.0285              BIM
720                       Architecture
720.2840285536  Architectural drawing

001-499 & 700-999 are on the Ground Floor
500-699 are on the First Floor

Classification - how books are shelved

eBooks are books in digital format that can be read using devices such as pcs, tablets, e-Readers and smartphones.

The main advantage of eBooks is their online availability, users are not dependent on the library opening times, you can access an eBook 24/7, provided you are authorised to do so. You can search individual collections by clicking on the collection title from our eBooks page or search all collections using Search + Find.

The availability of eBooks will be dependent on many different characteristics such as host, publisher, licence agreement, library access model.  E-formats will vary, there is no service that can provide all eBooks in the same manner, and ATU users will notice this with the library's eBook collection.

The majority of eBooks at ATU may be read online, and some can be downloaded by staff and students, using the usual ATU login credentials. Many of the eBook hosts such as EBSCO and Proquest Ebook Central will allow ATU users to create personal accounts with which you login in order to read online or download an eBook.

 

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Can't Find What You are Looking For? 

We have thousands of books, journal articles and reports in print and online but we don't have access to everything. So, if you find that we don’t hold an item that you need, you can use our Document Supply Service. This service provides access to books and journal articles which are held at other libraries in the Ireland and overseas.

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