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What you need to know about copying British Library collections in our Reading Rooms

You can take photos of our collection items yourself in British Library Reading Rooms

We collect thousands of electronic journals, books and websites and hundreds of databases. You need to come to the Libra...

We offer a range of free Discovery and 1-2-1 sessions to help you make the most of your time researching here.

A guide to help you use the catalogue, covering: login, search, how to manage your results, how to order/view items

A guide to help you use the British National Bibliography catalogue, covering: login, search, and how to manage your res...

Details of items in the Myanmar (Burma) Collection can be found in numerous catalogues

See the techniques you should use to keep our books in good shape.

Find out how you should hand items like large maps and book inserts.

We show how you should unroll items like scrolls, rolls and maps.

Our online catalogues do not contain records for all the items we hold; but you can use these catalogues to order items...

Where do the British Library’s old printed books ‘come from'? Who owned or read them in centuries past? Why does it matt...

How to search for resources in microforms

This page states the terms and conditions surrounding the British Library’s out of copyright books which have been digit...

Should you wear gloves? Here's some advice to help you decide.

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