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Click, Collect & Return service

Pick-up and drop-off only: Mon-Weds, 11am-3pm. Find out how it works.

Please note: apart from the Click, Collect & Return service, no other Library services are currently available on site in Senate House Library. If you have a question, please talk to us via Library Live Chat. Staff are available online and happy to help you.

Our Collections

There is a wealth of printed material and online resources available for Library members. Explore our collections, find out how to access them, and where to go should you require help.

Reader in Senate House Library

Our Collections

There is a wealth of printed material and online resources available for Library members. Explore our collections, find out how to access them, and where to go should you require help.

Reader in Senate House Library

Modern Collections

The Modern Collections focus on the arts, literature, the humanities and social sciences.

Reader browsing a book in Special Collections

Special Collections

A wealth of primary research material from medieval to modern – exceptional strengths in literature, the arts, sociology, politics and economics.

Senate House being built

Archives and manuscripts

1,800 archive collections, University of London (student archives, and military service archives)

The Senate House Library Periodicals Room

Print and electronic journals

We offer over 30,000 print and electronic journal titles.

Student in the Library

Ebooks & digitized texts

The Library offers a range of eBooks. These complete texts are available online.

Readers using laptops in the Senate House Library periodicals room

Databases and eResources

How to access, use, and make the most of our eResource collection.