Foundation Year Program

Foundation Year Program

This Guide is meant to assist students in King's Foundation Year Program. Browse the pages on the left side to find books, articles, and other sources relevant to FYP.

FYP Homepage

The FYP Reading List can be found on the King's webpage - Foundation Year Program Book List.

The King's Library carries copies of all the FYP texts.

The standard for the King's Library is to have 2 to 3 copies of each book on the FYP reading list available to borrow.

• One copy is a general circulation copy, meaning it can be found in the stacks and borrowed by anyone for the regular lending period.
• All additional copies are kept on Course Reserve for 7 day loans.

What are Course Reserves?

• These are books that have been deemed as important reading for specific courses.
• They are held behind the Circulation Desk - you can only borrow them by asking Library Staff to get them for you.
• These can only be borrowed by King's Undergraduate Students.
• They have a reduced loan period and can't be renewed - this is so that the most amount of students can access them over a shorter period of time.
• These are the only books that still have late fees. Make sure you return them on time.
• These copies cannot be placed on hold. You can still check the online catalogue to see if they're available before coming in, but they are first come, first served. 

Once you've found a book in the online catalogue, you can see the call number, which is like an address for the book. It's found between the brackets next to the location.

The King's Library puts Fine Arts books, which have call numbers starting with the letter N, and the Reference Collection in the Alumni Reading Room, on the Main Floor. This is also where you can find newspapers, journals, magazines, DVDs and CDs.

The rest of the books in the General Collection are shelved in the Stacks on the Lower Level. There are cards at the end of each shelf, indicating the range of the books it contains. The overhead lights are on a timer to save energy, and can be turned on by pressing the switches at the ends of the shelves, every couple rows.