As a Birmingham postgraduate you have easy access to the materials you need for world-class research and learning.
The University has the largest research support facility in the West Midlands with over 2.7 million books and periodicals, three-million manuscripts and archives, and more than 16,000 electronic resources. The Main Library houses our principal collections and services for the arts and humanities, social sciences, and sciences and engineering.
Other subject-specific libraries and resource centres are available for law, medicine, dentistry, education, music, modern languages, and other subject areas.
The Orchard Learning Resource Centre on our Selly Oak Campus offers general library and study services in addition to those on the main campus.
A range of services are available to enable postgraduates to use our information resources effectively, and to locate materials swiftly including -
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A range of library services by telephone or online
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Electronic databases and journals in the e-library
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Online library catalogue of printed collections
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Subject and database guides to help identify useful information sources
There are dedicated computer clusters for postgraduate students in a number of locations across campus and computing facilities within libraries, schools and departments. You will also find -
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Wireless technology providing access to the campus network in social spaces, lecture theatres and libraries
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Assistive software installed in almost all of our computer clusters, as well as in the Assistive Technology booths within the Main Library
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Computing helpdesks for postgraduate students on general computing issues or to report faults
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Free access to email and the internet during the course of your studies
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Computing helpdesks for postgraduate students on general computing issues or to report faults