Finding materials not held at the LSE

Books not held at LSE

• Search for books held in Universities in London and the South-East by using the InforM25 service. Most other University of London Libraries allow reference (non-borrowing access). For further details on arrangements see our Using other Libraries webpages.
• Find out about books in the main UK research libraries (including the British Library and Oxford and Cambridge Universities) by using the COPAC catalogue.

Journals not held at LSE

• If LSE does not have the printed or electronic version of a journal then you can check to see if other libraries have it using the Union List of Serials (University of London Colleges) or COPAC (British Library and other research universities across the UK).
• Note that many journal titles relating to Anthropology can also be found at the British Museum Anthropology Library.
• Use the Inter-Library Lending system for journal articles that you cannot easily get to yourself by clicking on the "Requests and inter-lending" button on the Classic Library Catalogue and select the "Request a journal from another library" option.

Using other libraries

• LSE students and staff can use most other libraries of the University of London for reference purposes. For a full list of agreements see our Using other Libraries web pages.
• Of particular interest is Senate House Library which contains some anthropology textbooks and the School of Oriental and African Studies Library (SOAS) which has more extensive journal holdings on Africa and Asia than the LSE. Students may borrow from this Library. To get a card simply go there with your LSE ID Card.  Membership of the Senate House Library includes off campus access to many of their electronic resources.
• Other useful Libraries in London include the British Museum Centre for Anthropology lIbrary which provides free access to many Anthropological titles and books. These include items not available at the LSE
• British Library of Development Studies - key UK library based at the University of Sussex.