Skip to Main Content




Harry C. Moore Library Guide: Services & Collections

Library Services

  • Interlibrary Loan
    • Books and articles not available in the collections of the UB Libraries may be obtained from other libraries through interlibrary loan or a document delivery service. Requests can be submitted online (cobill@ub.edu.bs) or placed at the Reference/Information Desk at each library. The interlibrary loan service is free of charge to UB students, faculty and staff.
  • Bibliographic and Information Literacy Sessions
    • Reference librarians are available to conduct individual and/or group sessions. The sessions are designed to provide users with knowledge about the library resources, services and programmes while demonstrating search strategy skills which users can have for life- long learning.
  • Tours
    • Individual and group tours are conducted on request. Please contact the Reference Librarian at the particular library or request via email:referencedesk@ub.edu.bs.
  • International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
    • University of The Bahamas Library is the national distribution agency that assigns ISBN for new or republished books. The ISBN is a unique identifier which is assigned by a publisher to each book printed.
  • Cataloguing-in-Publication
    • The Cataloguing Unit within the library provides this service to local publishers when they are at the galley proof stage of the publishing process. This preliminary record assigns suggested subject headings and a call number, along with other bibliographic details, such as, whether the title will include an index or colour photos. 

Library Collections

University of The Bahamas Libraries and Instructional Media Services (LIMS) has a collection of approximately 75,000 volumes, including books, microforms, audiovisual software, and an especially strong periodical collection in print, online, on microforms and in CD-ROM formats.

  • Reference Collection
    • This collection is comprised of over 3,000 non-circulating titles including general and subject encyclopedias, directories, digests, indexes, and dictionaries.
  • Reserve Collection
    • Library and other materials for specific courses are placed on restricted loan by lecturers to make them available to students on an equitable basis. This collection is located at the Circulation Desk. Some materials are available on 2-hour, in-Library loan; others are available for overnight or three day loan.
  • Special/Bahamian Collections
    • The Special Collections Department is a closed access area. This collection houses all the materials with a Bahamian orientation, whether by Bahamian authors or about The Bahamas. These include periodicals, rare books, government documents, and faculty and student research papers. A vertical file in this area contains pamphlets, newspaper clippings and articles. Bahamian Newspapers are also available on microfilm, but these are located at the Reference/Information desk.
  • Law Collection
    • The Law Collection is located on the 2nd Floor of the library. This collection supports the information needs of the faculty and students in the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill and University of the Bahamas’, joint venture LLB program. It is important to note that as of Fall 2014 UB initiated its own autonomous LLB program for the first year students alone.  The collection is inclusive of reserve reading materials, articles, periodicals, books, law reports, reference materials and any additional resource materials pertaining to LLB classes.  For more information, visit the Law Collections LibGuide.
  • United Nations Collection
    • University of The Bahamas Library is a partial United Nations depository. Patrons may access UN materials via the OPAC. For further details consult the Reference Librarian.
  • Caribbean Dissertations
    • The Library has over 2000 titles from University Microfilms International Dissertation Programme. This collection is regarded as one of the most extensive of its kind in the world, and is an excellent research resource.
  • Periodical Collection
    • Current and retrospective periodical titles are available electronically through the Internet and electronic services such as EBSCO, in print, and in other formats such as microfilm and microfiche. A Directory of Periodicals is available at the Library's Reference Desk and online: COB Union List of Journals
  • Teaching Practice Collection
    • This collection consists of a wide variety of materials useful to student teachers in the primary and secondary education programmes.  It is located on the 1st floor behind the elevators.
  • Audio-Visual Collection
    • The Library's Instructional Media Services Unit holds a collection of videocassettes, audiocassettes, multi-media kits, and the relevant hardware for their use. For further details consult the Media Unit at 302-4460.
  • World Trade Organization (WTO) Resource Centre Collection
    • The WTO Resource Centre provides the legal ground rules for international commerce and provides access to WTO services and operations.  This collection is located on the 2nd floor.