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Library resources and services
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Library subject guides
Library subject guides are easy to use, subject-specific online guides for using the Library.
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Referencing
Find out more about acknowledging the work of other writers and researchers in your work.
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Finding and using information
How to find information and use it correctly.
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Library opening hours and locations
We have libraries at two sites - in Ealing and Reading. Find out when we are open and how to find us.
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Your Library account, borrowing and renewals
Find out how to access your library account, borrow, return, and reserve items, use the 'Scan it 4 me' service and more.
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University of West London Archive
Established to catalogue & preserve the Heathrow Archive & maintain the historical records of UWL.
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Library support for teaching
All UWL staff can borrow from the Library. Read about our services for staff.
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Support for Open Research and Open Access
Find out more about the principles behind Open Research and the nature and significance of its practices and how to develop them.
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Library IT support
Find out about library IT support, email, using PCs, binding and laminating, photocopying, printing and scanning.
Library services by location
Learn about what we offer at our three locations:
Co-create UWL Library
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About Co-create the Library
Library Services is committed to increasing the diversity of the content in our collections. We work in partnership with teaching staff to write inclusive reading lists that centre titles written by marginalised and underrepresented groups. Alongside this, we want to hear from you to create more diverse collections; Co-create the Library adds inclusive titles to our collections.
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What is an inclusive title?
Here are some examples of inclusive titles that students have recommended via Co-create the Library. This is not an exhaustive list; there are many more ways in which a title may be considered inclusive.
- The book is authored by a person from a marginalised and/or underrepresented group. For example, an LGBTQ+ writer; a writer with a disability; a writer from a working-class background; a writer from the Global South; a writer with heritage from the Global South.
- The book is authored by a person from a contextually underrepresented group. For example, a woman writer in a field dominated by male writers.
- The content of the book relates to a marginalised and/or underrepresented group. For example, indigenous populations; queer studies; fat studies.
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In-person: Visit the Help Zone, ground floor at our Ealing & Reading sites. Find out the library opening hours.
Email us: library@uwl.ac.uk
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Telephone: Ealing: 020 8231 2405 / Reading: 020 8209 4434 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
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