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Research guides: Guides

Use our research and collection guides to help you use our catalogue, request collection items to consult and explore freely available electronic resources.

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Research guides

Use our research and collection guides to help you use our catalogue, request collection items to consult and explore freely available electronic resources.

Search our catalogue

This interim version of our catalogue contains records for the majority of our books and other printed material.

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How to use the catalogue

How to use the catalogue

Find out how to search our interim catalogue and understand your results 

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Our collection areas

Our collection areas

Find out more about the collections we hold, and how to use them 

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How to request collection items

How to request collection items

A step-by-step guide to requesting items before you visit the Reading Rooms  

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E-resources

E-resources

Discover freely available e-resources, available without a login 

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What’s currently available

What’s currently available

Not everything is available following a cyber-attack in October 2023 

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Speak to one of our team

Speak to one of our team

Get in touch with our friendly team. We can help you find what you need