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Tell us your top tips for considerate study in the library spaces to be in with a chance of winning a £10 Amazon voucher. 

BCU Library service would like to get some insights into the ways you like to study. This is your chance to tell us your tips and preferences that will then help shape your library services and spaces of the future.

Library Starter Guide

Whether you are joining BCU for the first time or returning to the university, the Library and Learning Resources team has prepared induction activities that will get you started in no time.

New Library Resources

Stream thousands of movies and documentaries for free with BCU Library’s subscription to Kanopy.

Kanopy is a video streaming platform dedicated to thoughtful entertainment and one of many new resources subscribed to by the Library.

Studying from home?

Studying remotely and going to the library is possible ... when the Library comes to you. Discover how to access millions of online resources from anywhere in the world using your connected device.

Enhance Your Research Journey

If you're setting off on your research journey, find out about how the library can help you along the way with our range of services designed with researchers in mind.

Access to Westlaw UK

Westlaw UK is an online database of legal information including books, cases, journals and legislation. You can access Westlaw UK via links from our A-Z of Databases and Library Guide for Law.

Discover your digital skills

BCU encourages all students to continually improve their Digital Literacy. In order to help each individual assess and improve their skills we have joined with JISC to provide the JISC Discovery Tool.