Student Facilities

Find out more about the Department's range of facilities including our libraries, reading rooms, Portico and more.

have collections across multiple sites. Browse the to discover all services, support and resources available. Details on the availability of library books, articles and electronic resources can be found using , the library catalogue and search tool, from the home page of the Library website.

The Geography book collection is located on the first floor of the Science Library (DMS Watson Building). You may also wish to use books from the Anthropology, Biology and Geological Sciences collections which are also held in this building.

The Main Library (in the Wilkins Building) houses arts and humanities subject collections, including Economics and History collections. The Bartlett Library in Central House holds 果冻影院鈥檚 planning and architecture collections, essential for planning topics, and many 鈥榓pplied鈥� aspects of human geography.

Opening hours and library support

Library opening hours change at different times of the year.听.

The Geography librarian, Emily Selvidge is based in Room 314, on the third floor of the Science Library. She is available Monday to Friday and her email is听e.selvidge@ucl.ac.uk. Please get in touch with her if you have any geography subject-related enquiries. Please use the to ask the Library any straightforward, non-subject specific question. Staff will be glad to help!

Explore: the library catalogue and search tool

Details of books, journals and other online resources can be found using听果冻影院 Explore.

Simple searches for books can be carried out using one or two keywords (the author鈥檚 surname is useful). Use the drop-down menu to select 鈥榣ibrary catalogue鈥� so that you narrow the search to books and material in our libraries. 听Click on the 鈥楲ocations鈥� tab when you find a book record - a classmark for a book will be given, enabling you to find it on the shelves. Records for material available electronically (e-books, e-journals, etc) will have a 鈥榲iew online鈥� button.

You can also check your own library borrowing record and renew your books by going to 鈥楳y Account鈥� in the top right-hand corner of the Explore screen.

Undergraduates and postgraduate taught students can borrow up to twenty books at a time and postgraduate research students thirty books. Users can borrow material using the self-service machines in any library.

Subject Guide

The is designed to signpost students to geography-specific electronic databases and data sources that 果冻影院 Library subscribes to for all users. Other subject guides may also be useful to look at too. Find via the 果冻影院 Library website.

Electronic Journals

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The majority of the journals 果冻影院 subscribes to are available electronically. You can access these either by searching for the journal title (e.g. Journal of Development Studies). Off-campus, you will need your 果冻影院 username and password to access a journal article.

Earlier issues of journals and lesser-used books are kept in store off-site but can be requested. For more information, please see听.

Databases

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果冻影院 staff and students also have access to a large number of听.听 These are very useful to use alongside Explore, helping you to find details of journal articles, book chapters and conference papers on specific topics to research your essay questions. 听Web of Science, Geobase, Scopus and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) are all databases you may find useful as a Geography student.

Additionally, Nexis UK contains the full-text of national and international newspapers.

Discover all these databases and more electronic resources on the .

Online Reading Lists

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The library web pages host an online reading lists service and some of your reading lists will be available here. To search for a specific list, go to the听. There are links to Explore, links to electronic resources and in some cases digitised articles and book chapters. You can also link to your online reading lists from your Moodle module page.

Library Skills

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There is a wealth of information available on the web pages on effective literature searching techniques for assignments, evaluating information, referencing and managing information. Support is provided in the form of self-help guides and on-demand tutorials or through live training sessions, in person or online. Browse these pages for help on learning new or improving your existing library skills.

Other Libraries

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You may wish to visit other libraries, such as Senate House (University of London), LSE (the London School of Economics), or SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies). As a 果冻影院 student, you can register to borrow books from .

Please see details on being able to use other university libraries. 果冻影院 Libraries have some agreements in place with other University of London libraries, which will enable students to borrow books. To use university libraries outside London, usually reference access can be arranged through the SCONUL Access Scheme. Furthermore, research students may wish to use the British Library. Registering for a reader鈥檚 pass is required to gain access to the reading rooms.

Map Library and Reading Room

The Departmental Map Library (Oxenham Room, LG13, 26 Bedford Way) and the Reading Room (LG16) are available for use by students from 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday and听9am - 3:30pm, Wednesdays during term time.

The Department has developed the Oxenham Room to provide access to Online Teaching and Learning Resources via Moodle. Geography students can use the twenty-three dedicated PCs to access these online resources and supporting course material (reading lists, course practicals, handouts, etc.). The room also has printing, scanning and photocopying facilities for students to use.

Nick Mann, the Teaching and Learning Resources Co-ordinator maintains the collection of maps that cover most parts of the world, with detailed coverage of the UK. 听In the Oxenham Room,听you can also get support with Digimap, an online service that delivers Ordnance Survey Map Data to UK Higher Education institutes. Mapping data is available for download to use with appropriate software such as GIS or CAD.

The Reading Room was upgraded in the summer of 2012 with more electrical sockets installed and ten ISD 果冻影院 computers for Geography students to use. 听Feedback from students requested better Wireless connectivity for the room, this has now been provided. 听The Reading Room is a quiet study area for geography students and holds a range of core geography texts for many of the courses. 听The book catalogue can be accessed online here (果冻影院 login required). When requesting books from Nick Mann, you will need to quote the catalogue number.

The Reading Room is for reference only. All books, atlases, maps and course materials are for reference only and may not be taken out on loan. But this does mean that popular references may be available in the Reading Room when they are out on loan from the main library.

Computers

All students at 果冻影院 who have a user ID and password are able to use the computer cluster rooms. These clusters run Desktop@果冻影院, the new Desktop Service which is now available in all Learning and Teaching spaces, including Cluster Rooms, Lecture Theatres and Halls of Residence.听In the Geography Department, cluster rooms are found in the North-West Wing听Basement B01 and in 26 Bedford Way rooms G11 and 316 and Departmental Reading Room. Students can connect to Desktop@果冻影院 using their own computers.

Multi-functional devices (MFDs) allow 果冻影院 staff and students to scan (to a 果冻影院 email), photocopy and print (including mobile printing) with their 果冻影院 ID cards.

Some modules make use of the Department's own specialist computer facilities located in the North-West Wing. These provide software for GIS, remote sensing and environmental modelling and require separate accounts (i.e. not 果冻影院 IDs) which will be provided to those students using these听facilities.

Portico

果冻影院鈥檚 Student System is known as PORTICO 鈥� The 果冻影院 Student Information Service. is 果冻影院鈥檚 main student portal. In Portico, you will be able to access and edit your personal information, register for your chosen modules and view your examination results. Portico is accessed by entering your 果冻影院 user ID and password which are issued to you when you first enrol at 果冻影院. Passwords need to be changed every five months.

Access to PORTICO is available to everyone across 果冻影院鈥� both staff and students alike 鈥�. You will need to log on using your 果冻影院 userid and password, which are issued to you once you have enrolled. These are the same as the ones used for accessing 果冻影院 restricted web pages and 果冻影院 email If you do not know them, you should contact the as soon as possible.听Please remember that passwords automatically expire after 150 days, unless they have been changed. Warnings are sent to your 果冻影院 email address during a 30-day period, prior to your password being reset.

Passwords cannot be issued over the phone unless you are.听We strongly advise that you register for this service. If you have not registered for the User Authentication Service you will need to visit the IS Helpdesk in person or ask them to post a new password to your registered home or term-time address. More information can be found on the .

As a student you can take ownership of your own personal data by logging on to PORTICO. In PORTICO you can:

Edit your own personal data e.g. update your home and term addresses, contact numbers and other elements of your personal details;
Complete online module registration 鈥� i.e. select the modules you would like to study, in accordance with the rules for your programme of study (subject to formal approval and sign-off by the relevant teaching department and your parent department);
View data about courses/modules - i.e. information on courses/modules available either in your home department or elsewhere to help you choose your optional modules/electives;
Maintain a record of your skills development online;
View your own examination results online.

Online Timetable

When you complete your departmental registration in Geography you will be able to access your personal online timetable, this will tell you exactly when all your modules are scheduled.

The 听displays your personal timetable week by week (once you have selected your modules on Portico), and lets you find out what is being taught, when, where and by whom across 果冻影院. 听You must check this regularly as any time or room changes to lectures will be updated here.

Use it to select course units which will fit in your timetable. Your personal timetable will display all the course units you are registered to attend including lectures, seminars, tutorials, labs, film screenings, computer training and more. Check it regularly for changes to dates, times or locations.

Login with your standard 果冻影院 username and password to display your personal timetable, or select a department or subject area, a degree programme, or individual modules and create a custom timetable, to find out when things are scheduled to be taught. There will be four types of timetables available to view:

Personal timetables for students and teaching staff with a 果冻影院 username and password.
Department or Subject Area timetables by year of study.
Degree programme timetables by year of study.
Custom timetable lets you choose modules to create a timetable.

Features

Display a week, term or year
Click back and forth through weeks or select a week
Three sizes of event displays to choose from
Click on an event to open the pop-up box and see all the details
Link to 果冻影院 maps route finder by clicking on the room
Students can display all groups timetabled for their modules, by default only groups they are assigned to are displayed
Students and lecturers see all their teaching for all departments in one view

Your personal timetables

Your personal timetable displays the modules you are registered to attend in Portico. Students are automatically registered for compulsory modules so they immediately appear in your timetable. Use the Department, Degree Programme or Custom timetables to find options that fit in your timetable. Once you select your options in Portico, they will appear in your timetable the next day. If a module selection is rejected or deleted in Portico, it will be removed from your timetable the following day.

Groups such as course tutorials, labs and seminars are added to your timetable when you are assigned to a group by the teaching department. You can choose to display all groups for your modules.

Timetables are subject to change. Any change to the timetable from any department at 果冻影院 should be reflected immediately in the online timetable and your personal timetable will be updated automatically. Remember to check it regularly.

The Online Timetable will also offer a calendar subscription service, allowing you to get a feed of your personal timetable directly to your live@果冻影院 account, or to your smartphone or personal calendaring service (e.g. Google Calendar, Apple iCal).

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