Check with the Issue Desk staff if your lecturer has placed items on reserve, or check the iCatalogue for the title or author of the book
Academic Reserves material cannot be removed from the library during the day - the day is divided into two hour slots to allow as many users as possible to have access.
You must produce your student card to be able to borrow items.
The iCatalogue lists all the resources available at UKZN, but particularly those items in print - books, journals, theses, as well as audio visual materials. You can register on iCatalogue to be able to renew your books online and view what you have borrowed from the library and when items are due back. iCatalogue will tell you what we have, which library and whereabouts on the shelf it is available.
Prescribed and recommended books: Academic Reserves
Copies of prescribed and recommended books are often kept in the Academic Reserves sections of the libraries.
General book stock
The general book stock is arranged on the open shelves in number order. The following are the broad number categories. To find a specific book use the iCatalogue.
Biology: 570's
Cell biology: 571.6
Botany: 580's
Ecology: 577
Marine biology: 578.77
Grasses: 584.9
Zoology: 590's
Entomology: 595.7
For a more detailed summary of the Dewey numbering system, click here.
Undergraduates may borrow 6 items for a two week period. Books may be renewed if not requested by another borrower. The iCatalogue on the Library's website may be used to track the location and availability of an item.
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Some specialist dictionaries and encyclopedias are available in the libraries.
Theses
Please click on the Theses and Dissertations tab at the top of this page
E books
Most text books are currently not available electronically but a few are. The iCatalogue will provide the URL where online access is available. Below are links to a couple of basic texts.
Biology of Plants by 
Plant Physiology by Search the iCatalogue for a full list.
Ecological Processes by 
Foundational Statistics for Biologists by 
Kenya by
UKZN Library offers an Interlibrary loan (ILL) facility through which books can be borrowed from other libraries in the country if available. Most times there is no charge for borrowing a book. Copies of journal articles may also be requested and if it cannot be scanned and emailed there is a fee for this. This service is for 3rd year and post graduate students and staff members.
There is an ILL office in each library. Forms are available for filling in or email the relevant ILL office.
On the national system SABINET, the collection SACat indicates what books are in which library in the country.