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Planning Your Search

UK Libraries is the gateway to a vast information ecosystem spanning archives, articles, datasets, e-books, printed materials, and special collections. 

Librarians Save You Time

Our librarians and archivists are information experts who can help you:

  • Develop research topics and hone research questions
  • Select information resources and navigate the research process
  • Conduct literature reviews and perform advanced searches
  • Share your research and communicate your findings

They also provide advice and materials tailored to your project and offer resources and guidance at any stage of the research process across all subjects

Research Guides Pave the Way

Librarian-curated Research Guides will introduce you to our wide-ranging collections and services, guide you through the use of specific tools, and provide an in-depth orientation to subjects, resources, and library processes.

Collections Overview

Library collections can serve as a launching point for a wider-ranging project or as the anchor for a deeply-focused study.

Among our extensive holdings you can find:

Search for materials within UK collections using InfoKat Discovery. If we don’t have what you’re looking for, materials from around the world may be available through Interlibrary Loan (ILL), or you may Request a Purchase.

To browse all of UK Libraries’ collections, visit the Find & Borrow section.

Image specialist at UK Libraries digitizes a print map from the SCRC.

Explore archives and primary sources, books and journals, maps and images, data sets, government publications, and more.