PCC

• Study quietly (in the Silent Study Area)
• Borrow up to 20 books with your student card (you can also renew your loans by asking or using the app).
• Collaborate with others or consult with teachers
• Reading magazines, 
• Relax and charge your phone/laptop
• Use the MIDI keyboards (only in the library)
• Search catalog with the catalog computers
• Print / scan / copy (with your student card)

The library at PCC is open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Opening hours during holidays and bank holidays may vary. For current opening hours, we refer you to the website of the library, the Hanze Library App or to the service desk in the library.

The two computers close to the information desk are specifically meant for browsing and searching in the Library Catalogue.

You can also reach the catalogue through this link. When you search for the title of a book or a journal, you can see where you can find it in the library.

After clicking on a title in the research overview, scroll down to 'Check Availability', You should see something like this:

Under Conservatorium (normale leen), you can see the available copies. The Call number tells you how and where to find the item in the library, in this case under 782.4 ALDW. This Call number is based on the national library order, and is based on themes. Books that stand close together are about similar topics. The bookcases in all Hanze Libraries are sorted from 000-999.

You can sometimes place a hold on a book, as seen in the picture. You will get notified per email when the book is set aside for you to pick up. 

You can also renew your loans through the app, or by asking in the library.

Try the catalogue out yourself, and if you get stuck, feel free to ask us for help!

The information staff are always there for the first-line questions, if more extensive questions come, we email Afke Staats the information specialist for the arts, she will contact the student.

All scores are wrapped in a specific colour. The colours refer to the following categories:

White: Vocals

Yellow: Piano/clavecimbel

Brown: Accordeon/guitar/percussion

Red: Strings

Blue: Ensemble

Black: Brass/Horns

Grey: (Pocket) scores

Currently (August 2020) we have the following Library Guides for PCC programmes. We also have Library Guides on topics that are useful for all study programmes, such as Literature Research, RefWorks and many more. 

Through our Instagram channel @HanzeLibrary we will keep you posted on adjusted opening hours, our databases and services. On Tuesdays we post about an interesting article from one of our databases and on Fridays we post a cool picture from the Britannica Image Quest database.