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Welcome to the Online Library

A service dedicated to students of the University of London's Distance learning community. We provide online resources, professional support and guidance to all our students whenever, and from wherever they have chosen to study.

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The Online Library must be used within copyright law. Do not share your password or any materials in the library with other people. This could lead to the removal of your access to the library.

Need an Online Library refresher?

Watch this webinar we had with students

 

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Summon error

20 Aug 2021

There is a technical problem with some of our links to EBSCO databases in the Summon search results.

Summon down for maintenance on 30th May

21 May 2021

The Online Library’s search engine Summon will be down for maintenance for 24 hours, between 2:00 AM on Sunday 30th May and 2:00 AM on Monday 31st May (British Summer Time). During this time, you can still search Summon, but clicking on a result will not take you to the text.

Webinar recording (2020)

26 Nov 2020

On the 5th of November, the Online Library conducted a webinar with students, which included a short video demonstration of the Online Library, followed by a Question and Answer session.

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