Explore the Library

The University Library is the best place to start looking for information for your studies, because you can be confident the resources you find there are appropriately academic. As well as the books on the shelves, the Library also provides access to key online resources for your subject. You can only access these using the Library’s subscriptions – you can’t find them openly on the internet.

Using Library Search, you can quickly access millions of high quality information sources including books, e-books, journal articles and primary sources. But learning how to navigate this amount of information can feel a little overwhelming at first.

Your module leaders will provide reading lists that point you to the core texts for each module. Most of these will be accessible through the Library, so you won’t need to buy them. However, key books are in high demand. Sometimes it makes sense to get your own copy of a text that you will rely on heavily.

As you prepare to study, you might like to get to know a little more about the Library through the self-guided tour. Or hear from two students, Prothoma and Dermot, as they show you around the University Library environment and resources.

Illustrations by Eilidh Muldoon.