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The one that got away: the Brotherton backstory
The story of how Lord Brotherton lost out on a book and founded our library…
Thursday 15 August 2024
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Flag Library Search issues with new feedback feature
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Wednesday 14 August 2024
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New art-filled audio tour on campus
Grab your headphones and explore the University’s public art with the new…
Thursday 18 July 2024
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Explore the Leeds Animation Workshop archive!
A new collection of feminist, grassroots material joins our Special Collections.
Friday 21 June 2024
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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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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
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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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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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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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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Your guide to how the Library supports researchers at the University of Leeds.