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Request an item purchase

Staff and students can request new items for the Library collection.

See the Request It! page to find out more.

Finding books in other libraries

Request It!

  • If you can't find the item you need you can use our Request It! service and we will try and obtain it for you, either by purchasing it as an eBook or borrowing it from another library as an interlibrary loan.

Library Hub Discover

  • Provides free access to details of materials held in over 180 UK national, academic and specialist libraries. 

Visit other libraries

  • Students and staff can use other UK libraries through the SCONUL Access scheme, or by visiting the British Library reading room at Boston Spa.

Leeds Libraries

  • If you live in Leeds you can join Leeds Libraries for free and borrow books from public libraries across the city.

Discover Print Books and eBooks

eBooks

Individual eBook titles can be accessed online through Discover. The following eBook collections are also available:


There are also a number of free open access eBook providers, including:

  • Getty Publications Virtual Library
    Free online access to more than 250 of Getty Publications titles, including 'American Icons: Transatlantic Perspectives on Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century American Art' and 'Introduction to Imaging'.
  • Guggenheim Online Modern Art Books
    The Guggenheim Modern Art Museum has made available online over 100 art books and catalogues. To read any of these, you will just need to follow these simple instructions: 1) Select a text from the collection. 2) Click the 'Read Catalogue Online' button. 3) Start reading the book in the pop-up browser, and use the controls at the very bottom of the pop-up browser to move through the book.
  • MetPublications
    MetPublications is a portal to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s publications containing 1,500 titles from the last five decades, including art catalogues from the museum's past exhibitions. You can read the books online or download them in PDF format.

Browse the bookshelves online