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English Language and Literature: Books

Welcome to Engish Language and Literature guide, that will enable you to access the library facilities, services and resources

Open Access Books

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Open access refers to the practice of making peer-reviewed scholarly research and literature freely available online to anyone interested in reading it. It is simply making research available for others to read without having to pay for it.

Library Catalogue Primo

Accessing Library Catalogue Primo

  • Navigate to Primo Library Page: https: //library. Unizulu.ac.za
  • Members of University of Zululand: Click on the Sign in left hand corner
  • For username use the university e-mail address and password to sign in

 

How to find English books using librrary catalogue primo

Access the Primo Platform:

  • Open the library’s Primo catalogue (library.unizulu.ac.za)
  • Log in
  • Use your institutional credentials to log in, especially if you want to save searches or request books.
  • Enter Your Search Terms:
  • In the search bar, type relevant keywords for the book you’re looking for. For example, enter the book's title, author’s name, or topic.

Refine Your Search to English Books:

  • ​​​​​​​After performing the initial search, use the filters on the left-hand side of the results page.
  • Scroll down to "Language" and select "English" to limit the results to English books only.

Filter for Books:

  • ​​​​​​​If you are looking specifically for books, under the "Resource Type" filter, select "Books" to further refine your results.

Apply Filters:

  • ​​​​​​​Once you've selected the appropriate filters, click "Apply Filters" to update your search results.

Review Your Results:

  • ​​​​​​​Browse through the listed English books and click on the title for more details, including availability, location, and formats (print or e-book).

Access the Book:

  • ​​​​​​​If the book is available as an e-book, you can click on the link to access it online.
  • For physical books, note the location and shelf number for checkout.

New books for English

Example 1:

  • Title: Pride and Prejudice
  • ISBN: 978-0141040349
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics
  • Place of Publication: London, UK
  • Call Number:.

Example 2:

  • Title: To Kill a Mockingbird
  • ISBN: 978-0061120084
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
  • Place of Publication: New York, USA
  • Call Number