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Assignments, AI and academic integrity
Answer your questions about how to use AI, how to reference and what academic…
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Libraries in Leeds Festival, 4–9 Nov
Inspiring talks, thought-provoking discussions and experiences for everyone…
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Health Sciences Library refurbishment begins
Refurbishment will create a new collaborative learning space in the Worsley…
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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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