If you are outside the Library you can contact the reference team most relevant to your research by email, letter or telephone. We will get back to you within five working days.
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The Library’s Reference Teams are collecting the most frequently asked questions, along with questions relating to some iconic collection items and items that can be difficult to track down. They are now in a searchable database hosted by OCLC who administer the ‘Ask the Reference Team’ service.
Contacts for enquiries
Asian and African Studies enquiries
The British Library
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7873
Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7641
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
Business and Intellectual Property enquiries
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
Humanities Reference Service and Sound & Vision Reference Service
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
Librarianship and Information Sciences Service
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
Manuscripts and Maps Reference Team
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
Music Collections
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
Rare Books Reference Team
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
Science, Technology and Medicine
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
Social Sciences Reference Service
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
Sound & Vision Reference Service
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
