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Winner of Leeds Early Career Publishing Prize launches book
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Research Profile Bootcamp 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.
Library services
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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Study support
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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Research support
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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Special Collections
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
24-hour 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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Edward Boyle Library
Our largest library, with 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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Brotherton Library
A traditional and tranquil study space, with arts, cultural industries, humanities, languages and performing arts collections, and the Special Collections Brotherton Research Centre.
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Health Sciences Library
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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