If you would like a private tour of the library, please contact your Disability Adviser.

You can also have a ‘library buddy’, This is a member of library staff who can provide support in the library.

The Library isn’t just somewhere you can get books. It’s somewhere you can do your work on your own or with others, escape sensory overload and get some help with studying.

The LSE library was founded in 1896, the British Library of Political and Economic Science is the major international library of the social sciences. The Library offers long opening hours, excellent resources and a superb study environment for students.

First year student Yea Won takes us on a tour of the Library

As an LSE student, the Library will offer you a range of facilities and support:

• over 4 million printed items, 130,000 ebooks and more than 120,000 ejournals
• over 2,000 seats, with group and silent study zones
• over 500 networked PCs, more than 35 iMacs and over 100 MacBook Airs (iRoam)
• training sessions and Academic Support Librarians for each academic department
• regular exhibitions showcasing the Library’s unique collections

LSE students also have access to a number of other academic libraries in Greater London and nationwide.

Below is a blog by Cece, a final year Social Anthropology student

The LSE Library: the study haven you should stop avoiding