Library Learning Support

An Introduction to Library Services

The Library Services department at Queen Mary provides staff, study environments and resources to support your learning during your time at university, both online and on campus.

  • Getting help – the team answer questions over webchat, email and at service points. Please do not hesitate to contact them.
  • Developing your skills – they have a team dedicated to helping you with the transition to university level study. They offer individual appointments and workshops throughout the year.

[The Library runs the Academic Skills Centre, where students can get support on their academic skills and feedback on their assignments: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/academic-skills/. You can book various one-to-one sessions with the Centre, e.g. for writing or study skills at https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/academic-skills/accessing-support/bookable-one-to-ones/. The Centre also offers drop-in sessions, both online and in person, for additional help with your studies: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/academic-skills/accessing-support/library-drop-ins/ 

The Academic Skills Centre also provides specialised help in maths, statistics, and data analysis. For details on in-person drop-in sessions, please visit https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/academic-skills/accessing-support/library-drop-ins/maths-and-statistics-drop-in-sessions/. To book an online session, please see https://qmul.libcal.com/appointments/mathstats]

  • Study environments – they have three libraries, across our London campuses, at Mile End, Whitechapel and West Smithfield, each with a character and ambience of their own. These are supplemented by additional study spaces across the campuses.
  • Information resources – they provide a rich, multi-disciplinary collection of books, articles and other resources in electronic and physical formats. These can supplement the contents of your current modules. These texts, along with information on their availability at the library, can be found in your modules' QMPlus pages, usually under the heading "Reading List Online".

You will find up to date details of all library services on the website https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/>;

Archives and Special Collections

Archives & Special Collections manages institutional and personal archives dating from the 18th Century to the present day, as well as collections of rare or special materials.

Visits to the Archives Reading Room in the Mile End Library are by appointment in advance. The Archives Reading Room provides silent individual study space in which to access and research using these collections. For more information, see http://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/archives.

Senate House Library

As a student at Queen Mary, you also have full access to the study space and collections at Senate House Library in Bloomsbury. For more information see https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library.

Contacts for Library Services

General

Email: library@qmul.ac.uk

Webchat: https://qmul.libanswers.com/

Telephone: 020 7882 8800

Academic Skills and Subject Support

Website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/academic-skills/

Website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/academic-skills/online-study-resources/resource-guides-by-subject/