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The British Library holds over 170 million items, including books, newspapers, maps, sound recordings and more. Visit our buildings in London and Yorkshire, or explore online events, workshops and resources.
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Learn how to access the British Library's collection and online resources for personal study and research. Find out how to get a Reader Pass, search the catalogue, order items, and contact the Reference Services team.
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The main entrance to our St Pancras site is 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB. Our Boston Spa site is located at Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 7BQ.
Please email customer@bl.uk(08.30 - 16.30 Monday to Friday). We'll get back to you as quickly as we can but are currently experiencing a high volume of enquiries so it may take us some time to respond.
Cloakrooms and lockers
Visitors to our Reading Rooms are required to leave coats and bags in the cloakroom or in a locker. If you're visiting our exhibition galleries you will also need to leave backpacks in the cloakroom. Our cloakroom and digital lockers are free to use, located on the Lower Ground Floor. Please note our cloakroom is closed on Sundays, but you can use our lockers.
Wifi
Free wifi is available. No username or password is required but you will need to agree to the Terms and Conditions to access it.
Last Word community hub
We've opened The Last Word community hub in our Piazza, which is the new base for our Community Engagement team. Here they'll meet Camden residents and host a range of activities with and for local people. The hub will also showcase changing displays of community projects for everyone to enjoy. Open Monday – Saturday 10.00 – 16.00, but times will vary to respond to community needs.
The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. It is estimated to contain between 170 and 200 million items from many countries.
The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s largest libraries. Its collections include more than 150 million items, in over 400 languages ...
Jan 19, 2024 · Browse full-text records of newspaper titles digitised from the British Library collection. Each file contains the newspaper’s output for one year, with OCR text in XML format.
Mar 20, 2023 · File: British Library digitised image from page 520 of "Columbus, Ohio- its history, resources, and progress. With ... illustrations".jpg
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