Academic Liaison Team
Electronics
Lifelong Learning Rooms
Return Point
Accessible study rooms
Folio Collection
Literature
Seminar Rooms
Accessible toilets
General Science
Lockers
Study Room for
Anthropology
General Works
Management
Researchers
Archaeology
Geography
Mathematics
Silent zones
Art (books and folios)
Geology
Maths Skills Centre
Single study rooms
Astronomy
Group study rooms
Medicine and Nursing
Social Policy
Biology
History
Microform Room
Social Work
Biosciences
Humanities Reading Room
Morrell Lounge
Sociology
Borthwick Institute
iMacs
Peggy Janiurek Collection
Statistics
for Archives
IT rooms
Philosophy
Storey Exhibition Gallery
Catalogue PCs
John Barry
Photographic Service
Studious Buzz zones
Chemistry
Audiovisual Collection
Physics
Teaching room LFA 144
Collaborative study areas
John Paynter Music Library
Poetry Society Collection
Technology
Compact Stores
Key Texts
Politics
Theatre, Film and Television
Computer Science
Language and Linguistics
Postgraduate lockers
Toilets
Consultation space
Languages Hub
Print, copy and scan
Water cooler
DVD viewing room
Laptop Loans
Psychology
Wellbeing Collection
Economics
Law (books and journals)
Quiet zones
Yorkshire Room
Education
Learning Enhancement Team
Religion
White Rose Libraries Office
E-Learning Development
Team
Library & IT Help Desk
Research Study and Lounge
Writing Centre
Library Cafe
Re-shelving areas
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BURTON
MORRELL
FAIRHURST
BURTON
MORRELL
FAIRHURST
BURTON
MORRELL
FAIRHURST
BURTON
MORRELL
Subjects and Facilities
FAIRHURST
INDEX
LIBRARY
FLOOR PLANS
BURTON Floor 2
Welcome to the
University of York
Library
SILENT ZONE
Lifelong Learning Rooms
1 and 2
Lifelong Learning
Rooms 1 and 2
Staff area
Staff Office
Storey Exhibition Gallery
Storey
Exhibition
Gallery
Staff Office
Staff Office
BURTON Floor 0
BURTON Floor 1
SILENT ZONE
About our collections
SILENT ZONE
Catalogue PCs
Archive Searchroom
Study Room for Researchers
Borthwick Institute for Archives
Yorkshire Room LBU 002
Elton Collection
Whatever subject you’re studying, you will find a wide range of resources
available to support your learning and research.
Microform Room
Our collections include:
Humanities Research Reading Room
Microfilm cabinets
Archive Searchroom
Microform Room
The Raymond Burton
Library
more than 70,000 print and electronic
journals
PCs
Reference Collection
• the 18th century microfilm collection
Study room
• the Elton collection of history books
TOILETS
ACCESSIBLE
TOILETS
LIFT
FIRE EXIT
STAIRS
PRINT, COPY
AND SCAN
Study area
Re f Q
20 -43
-Q
Ref MZE
20
Opening hours
music scores, maps, theses and other
specialist resources
The Morrell, Fairhurst and Burton are open
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 362 days a
year.
rare and valuable items in our Special
Collections
Fully staffed, term time hours are:
There are over 1,300 study spaces across
our buildings, offering group, single and
collaborative work areas. There’s also
easy access to power sockets, and wifi
throughout.
Study area
Yorkshire
Room
LBU 002
Ref 0.91-MZE
The Reading Room and the Study Room
for Researchers provide an attractive and
conducive working environment.
Study
Room for
Researchers
over 7,000 audiovisual items
one of the most varied archive
collections in any UK university at the
Borthwick Institute for Archives
PCs
Elton O-CC
Studying in the Raymond Burton Library
Borthwick Institute
for Archives
Reception
Humanities Research
Reading Room
Elton A-O
Access the Raymond Burton Library via the JB
Morrell Library - enter through the main doors
and turn right.
Exit,
Morrell and
Fairhurst
Study area
All the material in the Burton is reference only,
however, books from the Reading Room can be
used anywhere within the Library buildings.
Ref Q 43-68
Staff area
Q 68-Z
Microfilm
Ref 0-0.91
Collections housed in the Raymond Burton
Library include:
• the Humanities Research reference collection
around one million print books
Use this document to find your way around
and locate the resources and facilities you
need.
Mon - Fri: 9am - 7pm
Sat - Sun: 10am - 6pm
For more information about the opening
hours of all our libraries, please visit:
york.ac.uk/library/locations
MORRELL Floor 2
MORRELL Floor 3
SILENT ZONE
Shelf SUBJECT
M-MY Literature
Poetry Society
Collection
FACILITIES
Accessible study room 255
Re-shelving area
Single study rooms 251-254
Single study rooms 256-259
254
MJ-MY
253
Poetry
Society
Collection
Reshelving
area
IT
study
area
205
259
258 225
252
Collaborative
study area 211
LP-LT
MZ-MZW
256
251
255
A
224
Harry Fairhurst Building
JB Morrell Library
Raymond Burton Library
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
Single study rooms 246-248
Folios
0P
Q
246
QUIET ZONE
Shelf SUBJECT
L-LL Art (including folios)
L-LL
L-LL
247
P
C
IT study
area
222
L-LL
FACILITIES
Collaborative study area 211
Group study rooms 224-225
IT study area 205
Self-issue machine
W-WZ
X-XZ
Z
W-WZ
V
U
T
SK
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
Science Quartos
Self-issue machine
Science Quartos
Entrance
248
P
Shelf SUBJECT
R General Science
S-SFMathematics
SK Computer Science
TAstronomy
U Electronics and Physics
VChemistry
W-WX Biosciences and Geology
X-XZBiology
ZTechnology
Science Quartos
Shelf SUBJECT
0P General Pamphlet
Collection
C Religion
P Archaeology
Q History
Shelf SUBJECT
A Philosophy
LN Sport
LP-LT Theatre, Film and Television
MZ-
MZW Language and Linguistics
LN
SILENT ZONE
QUIET ZONE
257
M-MJ
QUIET ZONE
SK
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
IT study area 222
Print, copy and scan
Water cooler
S-SF
TOILETS
ACCESSIBLE
TOILETS
SILENT ZONE
LIFT
FIRE EXIT
QUIET ZONE
STAIRS
PRINT, COPY
AND SCAN
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
R
MORRELL Floor 0
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Compact Store 1
Journals A-Z
Staff
area
Staff
area
Consultation
space
SILENT ZONE
Return
Point
Library
Café
Staff
area
Entrance
and Exit
Burton
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
Folios
Ordinance Survey Maps
Single study rooms 146-149
QUIET ZONE
Collaborative
study area
111
Shelf SUBJECT
BPsychology
J Law (Books and Journals
and Law Reports)
FACILITIES
Collaborative study area 111
Group study rooms 124-126
Maps
Self-issue machine
154
160
159
153
H-HB
G-GA
158
152
157
151
156
149
148
147
146
126
J
B
125
124
E-EE
0
N
F
DA
IT study
area
122
We’ve got dedicated zones across our buildings enabling
everyone to choose a space to work that suits them:
What’s allowed
Silent zone
QUIET ZONE
K
D
Study zones
No conversation, no sound from
headphones, phones on silent
Located in the Morrell ...
PJ
WB
Key
Texts
Help
Desk
Shelf SUBJECT
O General Works
DSociology
DA Social Policy and Social Work
EA-EEAnthropology
FStatistics
NGeography
WB Wellbeing Collection
155
Reshelving
area
Maps
Morrell
Lounge
SUBJECT
Management
Economics
Politics
FACILITIES
Accessible study room 156
IT study area 105
Re-shelving area
Single study rooms 151-155
Single study rooms 157-160
Photographic
Services
LMO 011
Laptop
Loans
This building is where the majority of our
collections are held. Floors 1 - 3 provide silent
and quiet study areas, while the Library & IT
Help Desk and the Consultation space can be
found on the ground floor.
The Library Café and the Morrell Lounge are
ideal places to take a break.
Shelf
G
G-GA
H-HB
Staff
area
Folios
The JB Morrell Library
Journals A-Z cont.
IT study
area
105
OS Maps
Catalogue PCs
Change machine
Compact Store 1 Journals A-Z *
Compact Store 2 Journals A-Z continued *
* J and Y journals can be found on Morrell
Floor 1.
Consultation space
- York Print Plus kiosk
Current newspapers
Key Texts
Laptop Loans
Library & IT Help Desk
Library Café
Lockers
Morrell Lounge
Fairhurst
Photographic Services LMO 011
Print, copy and scan
Return Point
Self-issue machine
Study room booking terminal
SILENT ZONE
Compact Store 2
Lockers
MORRELL Floor 1
Shelf SUBJECT
KEducation
PJ Peggy Janiurek Collection
Y Medicine and Nursing
(Books and Journals)
Y
and in Raymond Burton Library
where it’s bottled water only
Quiet zone
FACILITIES
Print, copy and scan
IT Study area 122
Water Cooler
Noise kept to a minimum
Located in the Morrell
Suitable for quiet group work
Studious Buzz zone
Located in the Morrell and the
Fairhurst
Bottled
water
Drinks
in lidded
containers
Cold food
Hot food
FAIRHURST Floor 1
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
DVD viewing room LFA 027
IT classroom LFA 015
John Barry Audiovisual
Collection LFA 011
John Paynter Music Library
(Music books and scores.
Journals can be found in
Compact Store 2)
Staff
area
Staff
area
John Paynter
Music Library
LFA 014
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Academic Liaison Team LFA 128
IT classroom
LFA 015
E-Learning Development Team
and Learning Enhancement
Team LFA 132
Staff
area
Staff
offices
LFA 005
LFA LFA LFA
129 130 131
Staff offices
LFA 105-114
Academic Liaison
Team LFA 128
Water cooler
Staff
meeting
room
LFA 134
Study
area
DVD
viewing
room
LFA 027
Teaching room LFA 144
The Writing Centre LFA 102
Water cooler
Staff office
LFA 103
The Harry Fairhurst Building
To access the building, enter through the JB Morrell Library
and continue left through the link corridor.
Study area
The Writing
Centre
LFA 102
Exit,
Morrell and
Burton
The building offers a welcoming and stimulating
environment for learning and research, and provides over
500 study spaces across three floors.
Group study room LFA 201
Research
Research
Staff
LFA LFA Support
hotels
Office
213 214
LFA 210 LFA 211-212
LFA 215
Staff
area
Staff Offices LFA 226-231
iMacs
Research hotels
LFA 211-212
Research Study and Lounge
iMacs
Staff
meeting
room
LFA 234
Research Study and Lounge
Seminar rooms
LFA 204-205
Staff offices LFA 129 and 131
Staff offices
LFA 023
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Research Support LFA 215
Staff meeting rooms
LFA 130 and 134
Study
area
Postgraduate lockers
Languages Hub
Print, copy and scan
E-Learning Development
Team and Learning
Enhancement Team
LFA 132
Study area
Group study rooms LFA 141-142
Maths Skills Centre
Audiovisual
Collection
LFA 011
FAIRHURST Floor 2
Lockers
FAIRHURST Floor 0
Teaching room
LFA 144
Maths Skills
Centre
Group
study
room
LFA 142
Group
study
room
LFA 141
TOILETS
ACCESSIBLE
TOILETS
SILENT ZONE
LIFT
FIRE EXIT
QUIET ZONE
STAIRS
PRINT, COPY
AND SCAN
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Study area
Languages
Hub
Staff office LFA 214
PCs
White Rose Libraries Office
LFA 214
PCs
Seminar rooms
LFA 204-205
Group
study
room
LFA 201
Study
area
Study
area
Study area
Study
area
Staff
Office
LFA 237
Study area
Study
area
FAIRHURST Floor 1
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
DVD viewing room LFA 027
IT classroom LFA 015
John Barry Audiovisual
Collection LFA 011
John Paynter Music Library
(Music books and scores.
Journals can be found in
Compact Store 2)
Staff
area
Staff
area
John Paynter
Music Library
LFA 014
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Academic Liaison Team LFA 128
IT classroom
LFA 015
E-Learning Development Team
and Learning Enhancement
Team LFA 132
Staff
area
Staff
offices
LFA 005
LFA LFA LFA
129 130 131
Staff offices
LFA 105-114
Academic Liaison
Team LFA 128
Water cooler
Staff
meeting
room
LFA 134
Study
area
DVD
viewing
room
LFA 027
Teaching room LFA 144
The Writing Centre LFA 102
Water cooler
Staff office
LFA 103
The Harry Fairhurst Building
To access the building, enter through the JB Morrell Library
and continue left through the link corridor.
Study area
The Writing
Centre
LFA 102
Exit,
Morrell and
Burton
The building offers a welcoming and stimulating
environment for learning and research, and provides over
500 study spaces across three floors.
Group study room LFA 201
Research
Research
Staff
LFA LFA Support
hotels
Office
213 214
LFA 210 LFA 211-212
LFA 215
Staff
area
Staff Offices LFA 226-231
iMacs
Research hotels
LFA 211-212
Research Study and Lounge
iMacs
Staff
meeting
room
LFA 234
Research Study and Lounge
Seminar rooms
LFA 204-205
Staff offices LFA 129 and 131
Staff offices
LFA 023
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Research Support LFA 215
Staff meeting rooms
LFA 130 and 134
Study
area
Postgraduate lockers
Languages Hub
Print, copy and scan
E-Learning Development
Team and Learning
Enhancement Team
LFA 132
Study area
Group study rooms LFA 141-142
Maths Skills Centre
Audiovisual
Collection
LFA 011
FAIRHURST Floor 2
Lockers
FAIRHURST Floor 0
Teaching room
LFA 144
Maths Skills
Centre
Group
study
room
LFA 142
Group
study
room
LFA 141
TOILETS
ACCESSIBLE
TOILETS
SILENT ZONE
LIFT
FIRE EXIT
QUIET ZONE
STAIRS
PRINT, COPY
AND SCAN
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Study area
Languages
Hub
Staff office LFA 214
PCs
White Rose Libraries Office
LFA 214
PCs
Seminar rooms
LFA 204-205
Group
study
room
LFA 201
Study
area
Study
area
Study area
Study
area
Staff
Office
LFA 237
Study area
Study
area
FAIRHURST Floor 1
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
DVD viewing room LFA 027
IT classroom LFA 015
John Barry Audiovisual
Collection LFA 011
John Paynter Music Library
(Music books and scores.
Journals can be found in
Compact Store 2)
Staff
area
Staff
area
John Paynter
Music Library
LFA 014
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Academic Liaison Team LFA 128
IT classroom
LFA 015
E-Learning Development Team
and Learning Enhancement
Team LFA 132
Staff
area
Staff
offices
LFA 005
LFA LFA LFA
129 130 131
Staff offices
LFA 105-114
Academic Liaison
Team LFA 128
Water cooler
Staff
meeting
room
LFA 134
Study
area
DVD
viewing
room
LFA 027
Teaching room LFA 144
The Writing Centre LFA 102
Water cooler
Staff office
LFA 103
The Harry Fairhurst Building
To access the building, enter through the JB Morrell Library
and continue left through the link corridor.
Study area
The Writing
Centre
LFA 102
Exit,
Morrell and
Burton
The building offers a welcoming and stimulating
environment for learning and research, and provides over
500 study spaces across three floors.
Group study room LFA 201
Research
Research
Staff
LFA LFA Support
hotels
Office
213 214
LFA 210 LFA 211-212
LFA 215
Staff
area
Staff Offices LFA 226-231
iMacs
Research hotels
LFA 211-212
Research Study and Lounge
iMacs
Staff
meeting
room
LFA 234
Research Study and Lounge
Seminar rooms
LFA 204-205
Staff offices LFA 129 and 131
Staff offices
LFA 023
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Research Support LFA 215
Staff meeting rooms
LFA 130 and 134
Study
area
Postgraduate lockers
Languages Hub
Print, copy and scan
E-Learning Development
Team and Learning
Enhancement Team
LFA 132
Study area
Group study rooms LFA 141-142
Maths Skills Centre
Audiovisual
Collection
LFA 011
FAIRHURST Floor 2
Lockers
FAIRHURST Floor 0
Teaching room
LFA 144
Maths Skills
Centre
Group
study
room
LFA 142
Group
study
room
LFA 141
TOILETS
ACCESSIBLE
TOILETS
SILENT ZONE
LIFT
FIRE EXIT
QUIET ZONE
STAIRS
PRINT, COPY
AND SCAN
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Study area
Languages
Hub
Staff office LFA 214
PCs
White Rose Libraries Office
LFA 214
PCs
Seminar rooms
LFA 204-205
Group
study
room
LFA 201
Study
area
Study
area
Study area
Study
area
Staff
Office
LFA 237
Study area
Study
area
MORRELL Floor 0
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Compact Store 1
Journals A-Z
Staff
area
Staff
area
Consultation
space
SILENT ZONE
Return
Point
Library
Café
Staff
area
Entrance
and Exit
Burton
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
Folios
Ordinance Survey Maps
Single study rooms 146-149
QUIET ZONE
Collaborative
study area
111
Shelf SUBJECT
BPsychology
J Law (Books and Journals
and Law Reports)
FACILITIES
Collaborative study area 111
Group study rooms 124-126
Maps
Self-issue machine
154
160
159
153
H-HB
G-GA
158
152
157
151
156
149
148
147
146
126
J
B
125
124
E-EE
0
N
F
DA
IT study
area
122
We’ve got dedicated zones across our buildings enabling
everyone to choose a space to work that suits them:
What’s allowed
Silent zone
QUIET ZONE
K
D
Study zones
No conversation, no sound from
headphones, phones on silent
Located in the Morrell ...
PJ
WB
Key
Texts
Help
Desk
Shelf SUBJECT
O General Works
DSociology
DA Social Policy and Social Work
EA-EEAnthropology
FStatistics
NGeography
WB Wellbeing Collection
155
Reshelving
area
Maps
Morrell
Lounge
SUBJECT
Management
Economics
Politics
FACILITIES
Accessible study room 156
IT study area 105
Re-shelving area
Single study rooms 151-155
Single study rooms 157-160
Photographic
Services
LMO 011
Laptop
Loans
This building is where the majority of our
collections are held. Floors 1 - 3 provide silent
and quiet study areas, while the Library & IT
Help Desk and the Consultation space can be
found on the ground floor.
The Library Café and the Morrell Lounge are
ideal places to take a break.
Shelf
G
G-GA
H-HB
Staff
area
Folios
The JB Morrell Library
Journals A-Z cont.
IT study
area
105
OS Maps
Catalogue PCs
Change machine
Compact Store 1 Journals A-Z *
Compact Store 2 Journals A-Z continued *
* J and Y journals can be found on Morrell
Floor 1.
Consultation space
- York Print Plus kiosk
Current newspapers
Key Texts
Laptop Loans
Library & IT Help Desk
Library Café
Lockers
Morrell Lounge
Fairhurst
Photographic Services LMO 011
Print, copy and scan
Return Point
Self-issue machine
Study room booking terminal
SILENT ZONE
Compact Store 2
Lockers
MORRELL Floor 1
Shelf SUBJECT
KEducation
PJ Peggy Janiurek Collection
Y Medicine and Nursing
(Books and Journals)
Y
and in Raymond Burton Library
where it’s bottled water only
Quiet zone
FACILITIES
Print, copy and scan
IT Study area 122
Water Cooler
Noise kept to a minimum
Located in the Morrell
Suitable for quiet group work
Studious Buzz zone
Located in the Morrell and the
Fairhurst
Bottled
water
Drinks
in lidded
containers
Cold food
Hot food
MORRELL Floor 0
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
Compact Store 1
Journals A-Z
Staff
area
Staff
area
Consultation
space
SILENT ZONE
Return
Point
Library
Café
Staff
area
Entrance
and Exit
Burton
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
Folios
Ordinance Survey Maps
Single study rooms 146-149
QUIET ZONE
Collaborative
study area
111
Shelf SUBJECT
BPsychology
J Law (Books and Journals
and Law Reports)
FACILITIES
Collaborative study area 111
Group study rooms 124-126
Maps
Self-issue machine
154
160
159
153
H-HB
G-GA
158
152
157
151
156
149
148
147
146
126
J
B
125
124
E-EE
0
N
F
DA
IT study
area
122
We’ve got dedicated zones across our buildings enabling
everyone to choose a space to work that suits them:
What’s allowed
Silent zone
QUIET ZONE
K
D
Study zones
No conversation, no sound from
headphones, phones on silent
Located in the Morrell ...
PJ
WB
Key
Texts
Help
Desk
Shelf SUBJECT
O General Works
DSociology
DA Social Policy and Social Work
EA-EEAnthropology
FStatistics
NGeography
WB Wellbeing Collection
155
Reshelving
area
Maps
Morrell
Lounge
SUBJECT
Management
Economics
Politics
FACILITIES
Accessible study room 156
IT study area 105
Re-shelving area
Single study rooms 151-155
Single study rooms 157-160
Photographic
Services
LMO 011
Laptop
Loans
This building is where the majority of our
collections are held. Floors 1 - 3 provide silent
and quiet study areas, while the Library & IT
Help Desk and the Consultation space can be
found on the ground floor.
The Library Café and the Morrell Lounge are
ideal places to take a break.
Shelf
G
G-GA
H-HB
Staff
area
Folios
The JB Morrell Library
Journals A-Z cont.
IT study
area
105
OS Maps
Catalogue PCs
Change machine
Compact Store 1 Journals A-Z *
Compact Store 2 Journals A-Z continued *
* J and Y journals can be found on Morrell
Floor 1.
Consultation space
- York Print Plus kiosk
Current newspapers
Key Texts
Laptop Loans
Library & IT Help Desk
Library Café
Lockers
Morrell Lounge
Fairhurst
Photographic Services LMO 011
Print, copy and scan
Return Point
Self-issue machine
Study room booking terminal
SILENT ZONE
Compact Store 2
Lockers
MORRELL Floor 1
Shelf SUBJECT
KEducation
PJ Peggy Janiurek Collection
Y Medicine and Nursing
(Books and Journals)
Y
and in Raymond Burton Library
where it’s bottled water only
Quiet zone
FACILITIES
Print, copy and scan
IT Study area 122
Water Cooler
Noise kept to a minimum
Located in the Morrell
Suitable for quiet group work
Studious Buzz zone
Located in the Morrell and the
Fairhurst
Bottled
water
Drinks
in lidded
containers
Cold food
Hot food
MORRELL Floor 2
MORRELL Floor 3
SILENT ZONE
Shelf SUBJECT
M-MY Literature
Poetry Society
Collection
FACILITIES
Accessible study room 255
Re-shelving area
Single study rooms 251-254
Single study rooms 256-259
254
MJ-MY
253
Poetry
Society
Collection
Reshelving
area
IT
study
area
205
259
258 225
252
Collaborative
study area 211
LP-LT
MZ-MZW
256
251
255
A
224
Harry Fairhurst Building
JB Morrell Library
Raymond Burton Library
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
Single study rooms 246-248
Folios
0P
Q
246
QUIET ZONE
Shelf SUBJECT
L-LL Art (including folios)
L-LL
L-LL
247
P
C
IT study
area
222
L-LL
FACILITIES
Collaborative study area 211
Group study rooms 224-225
IT study area 205
Self-issue machine
W-WZ
X-XZ
Z
W-WZ
V
U
T
SK
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
Science Quartos
Self-issue machine
Science Quartos
Entrance
248
P
Shelf SUBJECT
R General Science
S-SFMathematics
SK Computer Science
TAstronomy
U Electronics and Physics
VChemistry
W-WX Biosciences and Geology
X-XZBiology
ZTechnology
Science Quartos
Shelf SUBJECT
0P General Pamphlet
Collection
C Religion
P Archaeology
Q History
Shelf SUBJECT
A Philosophy
LN Sport
LP-LT Theatre, Film and Television
MZ-
MZW Language and Linguistics
LN
SILENT ZONE
QUIET ZONE
257
M-MJ
QUIET ZONE
SK
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
IT study area 222
Print, copy and scan
Water cooler
S-SF
TOILETS
ACCESSIBLE
TOILETS
SILENT ZONE
LIFT
FIRE EXIT
QUIET ZONE
STAIRS
PRINT, COPY
AND SCAN
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
R
MORRELL Floor 2
MORRELL Floor 3
SILENT ZONE
Shelf SUBJECT
M-MY Literature
Poetry Society
Collection
FACILITIES
Accessible study room 255
Re-shelving area
Single study rooms 251-254
Single study rooms 256-259
254
MJ-MY
253
Poetry
Society
Collection
Reshelving
area
IT
study
area
205
259
258 225
252
Collaborative
study area 211
LP-LT
MZ-MZW
256
251
255
A
224
Harry Fairhurst Building
JB Morrell Library
Raymond Burton Library
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
Single study rooms 246-248
Folios
0P
Q
246
QUIET ZONE
Shelf SUBJECT
L-LL Art (including folios)
L-LL
L-LL
247
P
C
IT study
area
222
L-LL
FACILITIES
Collaborative study area 211
Group study rooms 224-225
IT study area 205
Self-issue machine
W-WZ
X-XZ
Z
W-WZ
V
U
T
SK
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
Science Quartos
Self-issue machine
Science Quartos
Entrance
248
P
Shelf SUBJECT
R General Science
S-SFMathematics
SK Computer Science
TAstronomy
U Electronics and Physics
VChemistry
W-WX Biosciences and Geology
X-XZBiology
ZTechnology
Science Quartos
Shelf SUBJECT
0P General Pamphlet
Collection
C Religion
P Archaeology
Q History
Shelf SUBJECT
A Philosophy
LN Sport
LP-LT Theatre, Film and Television
MZ-
MZW Language and Linguistics
LN
SILENT ZONE
QUIET ZONE
257
M-MJ
QUIET ZONE
SK
FACILITIES
Catalogue PCs
IT study area 222
Print, copy and scan
Water cooler
S-SF
TOILETS
ACCESSIBLE
TOILETS
SILENT ZONE
LIFT
FIRE EXIT
QUIET ZONE
STAIRS
PRINT, COPY
AND SCAN
STUDIOUS BUZZ ZONE
R
BURTON Floor 0
BURTON Floor 1
SILENT ZONE
About our collections
SILENT ZONE
Catalogue PCs
Archive Searchroom
Study Room for Researchers
Borthwick Institute for Archives
Yorkshire Room LBU 002
Elton Collection
Whatever subject you’re studying, you will find a wide range of resources
available to support your learning and research.
Microform Room
Our collections include:
Humanities Research Reading Room
Microfilm cabinets
Archive Searchroom
Microform Room
The Raymond Burton
Library
more than 70,000 print and electronic
journals
PCs
Reference Collection
• the 18th century microfilm collection
Study room
• the Elton collection of history books
TOILETS
ACCESSIBLE
TOILETS
LIFT
FIRE EXIT
STAIRS
PRINT, COPY
AND SCAN
Study area
Re f Q
20 -43
-Q
Ref MZE
20
Opening hours
music scores, maps, theses and other
specialist resources
The Morrell, Fairhurst and Burton are open
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 362 days a
year.
rare and valuable items in our Special
Collections
Fully staffed, term time hours are:
There are over 1,300 study spaces across
our buildings, offering group, single and
collaborative work areas. There’s also
easy access to power sockets, and wifi
throughout.
Study area
Yorkshire
Room
LBU 002
Ref 0.91-MZE
The Reading Room and the Study Room
for Researchers provide an attractive and
conducive working environment.
Study
Room for
Researchers
over 7,000 audiovisual items
one of the most varied archive
collections in any UK university at the
Borthwick Institute for Archives
PCs
Elton O-CC
Studying in the Raymond Burton Library
Borthwick Institute
for Archives
Reception
Humanities Research
Reading Room
Elton A-O
Access the Raymond Burton Library via the JB
Morrell Library - enter through the main doors
and turn right.
Exit,
Morrell and
Fairhurst
Study area
All the material in the Burton is reference only,
however, books from the Reading Room can be
used anywhere within the Library buildings.
Ref Q 43-68
Staff area
Q 68-Z
Microfilm
Ref 0-0.91
Collections housed in the Raymond Burton
Library include:
• the Humanities Research reference collection
around one million print books
Use this document to find your way around
and locate the resources and facilities you
need.
Mon - Fri: 9am - 7pm
Sat - Sun: 10am - 6pm
For more information about the opening
hours of all our libraries, please visit:
york.ac.uk/library/locations
BURTON Floor 0
BURTON Floor 1
SILENT ZONE
About our collections
SILENT ZONE
Catalogue PCs
Archive Searchroom
Study Room for Researchers
Borthwick Institute for Archives
Yorkshire Room LBU 002
Elton Collection
Whatever subject you’re studying, you will find a wide range of resources
available to support your learning and research.
Microform Room
Our collections include:
Humanities Research Reading Room
Microfilm cabinets
Archive Searchroom
Microform Room
The Raymond Burton
Library
more than 70,000 print and electronic
journals
PCs
Reference Collection
• the 18th century microfilm collection
Study room
• the Elton collection of history books
TOILETS
ACCESSIBLE
TOILETS
LIFT
FIRE EXIT
STAIRS
PRINT, COPY
AND SCAN
Study area
Re f Q
20 -43
-Q
Ref MZE
20
Opening hours
music scores, maps, theses and other
specialist resources
The Morrell, Fairhurst and Burton are open
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 362 days a
year.
rare and valuable items in our Special
Collections
Fully staffed, term time hours are:
There are over 1,300 study spaces across
our buildings, offering group, single and
collaborative work areas. There’s also
easy access to power sockets, and wifi
throughout.
Study area
Yorkshire
Room
LBU 002
Ref 0.91-MZE
The Reading Room and the Study Room
for Researchers provide an attractive and
conducive working environment.
Study
Room for
Researchers
over 7,000 audiovisual items
one of the most varied archive
collections in any UK university at the
Borthwick Institute for Archives
PCs
Elton O-CC
Studying in the Raymond Burton Library
Borthwick Institute
for Archives
Reception
Humanities Research
Reading Room
Elton A-O
Access the Raymond Burton Library via the JB
Morrell Library - enter through the main doors
and turn right.
Exit,
Morrell and
Fairhurst
Study area
All the material in the Burton is reference only,
however, books from the Reading Room can be
used anywhere within the Library buildings.
Ref Q 43-68
Staff area
Q 68-Z
Microfilm
Ref 0-0.91
Collections housed in the Raymond Burton
Library include:
• the Humanities Research reference collection
around one million print books
Use this document to find your way around
and locate the resources and facilities you
need.
Mon - Fri: 9am - 7pm
Sat - Sun: 10am - 6pm
For more information about the opening
hours of all our libraries, please visit:
york.ac.uk/library/locations
BURTON Floor 2
Welcome to the
University of York
Library
SILENT ZONE
Lifelong Learning Rooms
1 and 2
Lifelong Learning
Rooms 1 and 2
Staff area
Staff Office
Storey Exhibition Gallery
Storey
Exhibition
Gallery
Staff Office
Staff Office
Academic Liaison Team
Electronics
Lifelong Learning Rooms
Return Point
Accessible study rooms
Folio Collection
Literature
Seminar Rooms
Accessible toilets
General Science
Lockers
Study Room for
Anthropology
General Works
Management
Researchers
Archaeology
Geography
Mathematics
Silent zones
Art (books and folios)
Geology
Maths Skills Centre
Single study rooms
Astronomy
Group study rooms
Medicine and Nursing
Social Policy
Biology
History
Microform Room
Social Work
Biosciences
Humanities Reading Room
Morrell Lounge
Sociology
Borthwick Institute
iMacs
Peggy Janiurek Collection
Statistics
for Archives
IT rooms
Philosophy
Storey Exhibition Gallery
Catalogue PCs
John Barry
Photographic Service
Studious Buzz zones
Chemistry
Audiovisual Collection
Physics
Teaching room LFA 144
Collaborative study areas
John Paynter Music Library
Poetry Society Collection
Technology
Compact Stores
Key Texts
Politics
Theatre, Film and Television
Computer Science
Language and Linguistics
Postgraduate lockers
Toilets
Consultation space
Languages Hub
Print, copy and scan
Water cooler
DVD viewing room
Laptop Loans
Psychology
Wellbeing Collection
Economics
Law (books and journals)
Quiet zones
Yorkshire Room
Education
Learning Enhancement Team
Religion
White Rose Libraries Office
E-Learning Development
Team
Library & IT Help Desk
Research Study and Lounge
Writing Centre
Library Cafe
Re-shelving areas
york.ac.uk/library
Printed on recycled paper.
This publication is available on our website at york.ac.uk/library
Photographs: Front cover, p2, p3 and p15 by John Houlihan johnhoulihan.com and p4 and p12 by Paul Shields
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