Our science, technology and medicine collection covers current and recent publications in all fields of science and technology.
We receive British publications free via legal deposit and purchase foreign works. Our main focus is material which is useful for active researchers and practitioners, so we do not purchase school or basic undergraduate textbooks, or popular science.
Most of our print books and journal issues published in the last eight years are on the open shelves for you to browse and use in the Science 2 and 3 Reading Rooms on Floors 2 and 3, and the Social Science Reading Room below them on Floor 1 in St Pancras, London. Check our opening hours.
However, some publishers have been supplying current material to us as ebooks and online articles. These are not available at the moment due to the cyber-attack in October 2023.