Graduate Studies Prospectus - University of Oxford

Phil SayerBi ScottAshmolean MuseumϐLibraries, museums andϐother facilitiesOxford has an extremely rich and diverselibrary service provided by over one hundredlibraries. There are major research libraries,libraries attached to the faculties anddepartments of the University, and collegelibraries. There are also substantial electronicresources. The principal libraries (includingthose listed individually below) are part of theintegrated Oxford University Library Services(OULS).The largest library is the Bodleian Librarywith a stock of over seven million itemsand a staff of over 400. It is a legal depositlibrary with extensive research collectionsand is mainly reference-only. The Bodleian,the Sackler Library and the Taylor InstitutionLibrary have national and international roles asresearch libraries. The Social Science Libraryalso has a large research collection.In the humanities and social sciences thereare also libraries with a primary responsibilityto serve undergraduates, although some alsohave substantial research collections. Manyscience departments have small researchcollections mainly for the use of the staff andpostgraduate students of the department,though a minority are much larger. The HealthCare Libraries, located in the hospitals, servepostgraduate requirements in clinical medicine.Electronic resourcesOxLIP, Oxford Libraries’ InformationPlatform, is a gateway to thousands ofelectronic resources including full-text books,journals and newspapers, library cataloguesincluding OLIS (Oxford Libraries’ onlinecatalogue), abstracting and indexing services,current awareness services, reference works,Oxford Digital Library (ODL) providing accessto a growing number of digital collections,statistical, biographical, and geographicalresources, and high-quality web pages. Alllibraries have terminals giving access, andmany have facilities for laptop computer use,some with direct connection to the datanetwork.Bodleian LibraryBroad Street, Oxford OX1 3BG+44 (0) 1865 277000Fax +44 (0) 1865 277182enquiries@bodley.ox.ac.ukwww.bodley.ox.ac.ukThe Bodleian Library, opened in 1602, isthe principal library of the University. Whenpublishing and copyright became subject tostatute the Bodleian became, and remains,one of the libraries of legal deposit. Materialpublished elsewhere than in Great Britain andIreland is also extensively acquired.The Library’s collections are housed inseveral buildings. The central group includesthe Old Library, the Radcliffe Camera and theNew Library. Most of the Library’s holdingsof some seven million volumes are housed inbookstacks and have to be ordered to readingrooms. Reading rooms on the central sitecontain selected material on English, history,theology, classics, bibliography, education,music, geography, philosophy and LatinAmerican studies. Western manuscripts andearly printed books are normally consulted inDuke Humfrey’s Library within the Old Library,and the Modern Papers reading room in theNew Library.As well as the central Bodleian Library site, the Bodleianincludes several other units.Oriental collectionsMost of the Bodleian’s extensive collections ofOriental books and manuscripts are consultedin the Oriental Reading Room in the NewLibrary.Books on South Asian studies, Japanesestudies, the Middle East and China (teachingand loan collection) and Eastern Art are kept inother libraries within the group.Bodleian Japanese LibraryNissan Institute, 27 Winchester RoadOxford OX2 6NA+44 (0) 1865 284506Fax +44 (0) 1865 284500japanese@bodley.ox.ac.ukwww.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/oriental/bjl.htmThe Bodleian Japanese Library is housedin the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies inthe precincts of St Antony’s College. It is anopen-access library, which can accommodateabout 32 readers and houses about 96,000volumes. The Library combines the Bodleian’sextensive holdings on Japan with the residualcollections of the Nissan Institute Library.Radcliffe Science LibraryParks Road, Oxford OX1 3QP+44 (0) 1865 272800Fax +44 (0) 1865 272821rsl.enquiries@bodley.ox.ac.ukwww.ouls.ox.ac.uk/rsl/The Radcliffe Science Library is a lending andreference library which serves as the scientificdepartment of the Bodleian. It covers all theNatural Sciences together with Medicine andPsychology. It is the largest British universitygeneral scientific library, with over 20 miles ofshelves.The Library has about 1 million volumes withan annual intake of over 20,000 volumes. Itholds about 30,000 serials, of which at least5,000 are current, and more than 3,000 areavailable on open access in the reading rooms.Bodleian Law LibraryManor Road, Oxford OX1 3UR+44 (0) 1865 271462Fax +44 (0) 1865 271475law.library@bodley.ox.ac.ukedc@bodley.ox.ac.ukwww.ouls.ox.ac.uk/law/The Bodleian Law Library can accommodate340 readers and house nearly half a millionbooks. All the books are on open shelves.The Library has reserved seats for some lawgraduate students and visitors. In addition tolaw material acquired under the legal deposit,there are extensive holdings of the legalpublications of Commonwealth countries andthe United States. There is good coverageof the European Union and of the membercountries of the former Soviet Union andEastern Europe. The Library houses theEuropean Documentation Centre.University of Oxford11