Library News

We hope you had a great break!  We want to welcome all of our wonderful, hard working students back to term.  Remember we are here for you, if you need help with references, research, resources and readings.

The Online Library Enquiry Service will be closed from 21st December and will reopen on the 2nd January 2025. During this period we will be unable to answer your enquiries.

The Online Library’s enquiry service has an exciting new addition – an AI-powered chatbot. You can still talk to a librarian in real time by clicking the green ‘Chat with us!’ tab on the Online Library website. But if a librarian is not available to chat, you will talk to our chatbot instead.

We are delighted to announce that the University of London has now joined the SCONUL Access scheme to improve UK Library access for distance learning students.

Here is a list of our recent acquisitions for English.

Due to the global systems outage related to Crowdstrike, some search results in our Summon search engine were not linking to resources, and the A-Z Journals List was unavailable. The Kluwer Law Online and Orbis databases were also not accessible.

On the 22nd May, the Online Library had a webinar with students, which included a demonstration of the Online Library, followed by a Question and Answer session.

The Online Library now provides access to the Wiley Online Library, a multi-disciplinary database holding collections on a range of subjects in the sciences and humanities.

VLeBooks will be unavailable due to planned maintenance from Saturday 6th of April starting at 10pm (GMT) and finishing Sunday 7th April at 4am (GMT).

Celebrate Easter with a selection of captivating reads from the UoL Online Library. Discover the fascinating history of the Chocolate Easter Egg and explore a range of Easter-themed reads perfect for the holiday break