It also provides access to a range of electronic services. There are also reference collections of journals, statistics, government publications and maps plus special collections of rare books and manuscripts and facilities for using audio-visual and microform materials. Most of the Library's 20th century collections are listed in the online catalogue, which can be consulted on any computer with Internet access. This is designed to maximise the availability of items on student reading lists which are likely to be in high demand.
Increasingly information is provided electronically.
There are large numbers of computers for student use in the Main Library, Erskine Medical Library, Moray House Library and the Darwin Library managed by the University Computing Service. The Library provides access to over 160 bibliographic databases and over 3000 full-text journals. Information on all these is available on Library Online and this web site contains comprehensive information about all Library services and resources and serves as a portal to some of the best and most useful scholarly information resources on the Internet. Most electronic information services are now available over the Web, and many can be accessed from home, as well as on campus.