What resources and services does The British Library offer?
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and provides a vast range of resources and services to support your research. The library receives a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland and the collection includes 150 million items, in most known languages. In addition to books and journals the library houses collections such as manuscripts, maps, newspapers, magazines, prints and drawings, music scores, patents, reports, conference papers and a sound archive. Materials are available dating from 300 BC to today’s newspapers. The British Library Integrated Catalogue can be searched online. If you wish to request a copy of an article that we do not have in stock please use our Inter-Library Loan Serviceratherthan the British Library Direct document supply service, as our service is freefor our customers. The British Library has two main locations that can be visited: • St.
