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King's College London ISS
Contact details
Website: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iss/library/ E-mail: issenquiry@kcl.ac.uk Tel: 020 7848 2430
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About the ISCs and libraries
Information Services & Systems (ISS) is a key department at King’s
College London supporting the institution’s teaching, learning, research
and administrative activity. ISS provides integrated IT and information
services and an extensive range of research and teaching resources including
over 1.25 million books, thousands of journals and over 5 million archival
documents. Additional resources include: special collections of historical
significance, theses, dissertations, reference tools, official publications,
research reports, statistical data, maps, music scores, audio and video
tapes, records, CDs, DVDs, photographs, manuscripts and microforms.
Information services centres (ISCs) and libraries are located across
the five main campuses offering subject-specific resources:
- Strand campus:
- Maughan Library and ISC, Chancery Lane, holds humanities, law, physical sciences and engineering collections. It also houses the Foyle Special Collections and the Tony Arnold Library of the Chartered Institute of Taxation.
- King's College London Archives which incorporates the Liddel Hart Libarary (records are incorporated in the main ISC catalogue. To restrict a search to the Liddell Hart Library: (1) access 'Multi-field search' (2) under 'limit search to', find 'library' and select 'Liddell Hart Library')
- Waterloo campus: the Franklin-Wilkins ISC holds nursing, midwifery, biomedical, health and life sciences, management and education collections.
- Guy's campus: New Hunt's House ISC, covers biomedical sciences, medicine and dentistry.
- Denmark Hill campus:
- The Weston Education Centre ISC, holds basic medical sciences, clinical medicine, dentistry and health sciences.
- Institute of Psychiatry Library, covers psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, neurology, neurosciences and genetics.
- St Thomas' Campus: St Thomas' House ISC, covers basic medical sciences, clinical medicine and health services.
- Bethlem Royal Hospital: Bethlem Library provides support to South London and Maudsley Trust staff working at Bethlem Royal Hospital.
The local library catalogue is available online.
Accessing materials
Can I see live document availability on Copac? Yes. The Copac local holdings display will tell you if a document is currently on-loan, reference only etc. as well giving you local location details.
Can I obtain items via Inter Library Loan? Yes, subject to the library's local lending policy. You have to request an inter-library loan via a library of which you are a member. Talk to your own library staff about whether they think the document you need is likely to be available for loan and for advice on making an inter-library loan request.
Can I visit the library to view materials? Yes - visit the admissions and membership web page for access details. If you wish to visit, it is advisable to contact the ISC or library in advance to ensure the material you need will be available.
How do I find primary source material held at this institution? Visit the Archives Hub King's College London's page for information.
