Campus and facilities
Welcome to the Library
Library and Learning Services provide students, staff and external visitors with a range of library and print services on our York and London campuses to support your learning, teaching and research.
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Explore our Library services and facilities.
Use the links below to begin using our library or IT services, or scroll down to discover more about what we offer our students, researchers and staff.
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Getting started with the Library
Understand the basics of our Library services. Find out more about reading lists, librarians, accessing books and journals, and referencing.
Getting started with IT
Your quick start guide to our key IT systems, including the MyYSJ app, email and IT accounts, Microsoft 635, and other academic systems.
Our physical libraries
Get to know our building, facilities and services for students on our York Campus. We don't have a video for our London Campus library just yet, but similar to what you see in the York Campus video, our London Campus library contains resources you can borrow, spaces to study, and support to access.
Our digital library
Get to know your digital library, if you're a London Campus student, or studying away from our York Campus.
Finding resources
You can search for resources in our Library catalogue. We have electronic versions available of many of our resources.
I AMplify project
This project brings together and organises initiatives which aim to lift the voices of marginalised peoples and communities in our library and in our curriculum.
Heritage collections
Archives
The Library archives include the Post-1945 York Theatre Royal Archive, York St John Historical Archives and the Yorkshire Theatres Playbills and Posters.
Rees-Williams Collection
A collection of Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian children's books, consisting of over 3000 volumes dating from around 1780 to the 1920s.
Northern Independent Press Collection
A dedicated archive of works published by independent presses based in the north of England, started in 2017 by the York Centre for Writing.
Accessibility
The accessibility of the library, its resources and its services are part of creating a welcome learning and research space for students and staff. Visit our Supporting Accessibility page to find out about building accessibility, and the Accessibility Support Service.
Library policies and documents
This page brings together all of the policies and documents relating to our library.
You can find out about acceptable use of IT systems, how we are improving the accessibility of our services and read our Customer care statement.
