Search for and find material
Browse our collections using Library Search or one of the other specialist catalogues.
Course Collection (1st floor)
In the Course Collection you will find copies of the essential books on your reading lists. You can borrow these books for 7 days.
Main Collection
In the Main Collection you will find our research collections and background readings from your reading lists. You can borrow these books for up to 90 days (reduced to 7 days if requested by someone else).
Locate material
Find out which floor the material you require is located on:
A table to show which floor you will find Main Collection classmarks on.
| Course Collection books | Floor |
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| A to Z |
1st |
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| Main Collection | |
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| Books | Floor |
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| A to HA |
3rd |
| HB to JV |
2nd |
| JX to Z |
1st |
| TWL@LSE books |
3rd (ref. only) |
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| Journals |
Floor |
| A to JZ |
3rd |
| K to Z |
2nd |
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| Other collections |
Floor |
| Lakatos and Schapiro collection |
3rd |
| Statistics |
2nd |
| Historical Statistics |
Lower ground |
| UK Parliamentary Papers 1901– |
Lower ground |
| Government Publications 4 –71 |
Lower ground |
| Government Publications 71(R28) – 83(R34) |
Lower ground - open access store |
Collections that are currently unavailable
Would you like access to collections that are currently unavailable? Email us to let us know what you want and we'll get back to you when possible.
Archives and special collections (currently unavailable)
LSE and The Women's Library Archives
TWL@LSE Special Collections (pamphlets and Cavendish Bentinck)
Library store collections (currently unavailable)
Certain collections are located in on-site closed storage.
Items can be identified through Library Search and include:
- Russian collection
- Intergovernmental organisations (IGO) reports
- UK Government publications
- Microform and microfilm
- Historical newspapers
- Pamphlets
- LSE PhD theses
Library offsite store collections (currently unavailable)
Very low use collections are located in offsite storage.
Items can be identified through Library Search and include:
- Reserve Books
- Reserve Journals
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