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Beating exams (the final boss awaits)
You’ve reached the final level – only exam day stands in the way between you and completing the game.
After putting in the hours and grinding through the revision levels, you’re well equipped for taking on exams. But what happens on the day? Our ten top tips for exam day tell you everything you need to know.
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Dive deeper into our collections with new tech
We’ve upgraded digital access to our Cultural Collections with deep-zoom…
Wednesday 28 May 2025
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Sylla-brating open educational content
A new way to discover open access educational resources that are closely…
Wednesday 28 May 2025
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Important Changes to the University Publications Policy
Join our event to learn more about amendments to the Publications Policy.
Thursday 22 May 2025
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Group study area in Health Sciences Library reopens
Revise for exams in comfort at the newly refurbished group study space.
Friday 16 May 2025
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Books are just the beginning. Our dedicated staff can help you to find what you need, access primary research material, and develop your study and research skills.
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What you need to know about borrowing, renewing and returning the items you need and how to request items that we don’t have in our libraries.
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Skills@Library supports taught students to develop academic skills, through online resources, workshops, 1-to-1 appointments, drop-in sessions and teaching in the curriculum.
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Researcher@Library teams help staff and PhD researchers with open access, research data management, literature searching and increasing citations: online, in person and through workshops and events
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Delve into our outstanding collections of rare books, manuscripts, art and archives and find unique primary research material.
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There are four libraries on campus, along with two public galleries displaying rare items and artworks. There is one off-campus library in St James's Hospital.
Laidlaw Library
Get access to core texts for taught courses with inspiring spaces designed for undergraduate study – write your essay looking out at the Leeds skyline.
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24-hour access to six levels of spacious and open plan study areas. Contains research collections for engineering, law, sciences and social sciences, and the postgraduate Research Hub.
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A traditional and tranquil study space, with arts, cultural industries, humanities, languages and performing arts collections, and the Cultural Collections Brotherton Research Centre.
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Specialist library with plenty of silent study space and a group study area for dentistry, health sciences, medicine and psychology, on level 7 of the Worsley Building.
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