These are usually organised in conjunction with lecturers and designed with the needs of specific courses in mind. The programs include orientation tours of the Library, instruction on the use of the library catalogue, electronic databases and the use of specific reference materials. Terminals for using the catalogue are located near the Information Desk. This enables items on the same subject to be kept together on the shelves. The complete call number consists of the classification number and letters from the author's surname of the title.
Prefixes indicates that an item belongs to a particular collection.
The Reserve Collection is housed at the Loans Desk. Overnight lending commences two hours before closing. Items must be returned within one hour of the Library opening on the following working day. Special arrangements can be made for later returns of overnight loans by part-time students. The Reference Collection includes publications such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, directories, atlases, indexes and statistical information.