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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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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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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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Cultural 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
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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Edward Boyle Library
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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Brotherton Library
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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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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