Libraries and learning resources

The National Bibliographic Knowledgebase brings together catalogue data from over 200 libraries and is a key piece of UK data infrastructure and the foundation for our library hub services.

Library hub compare helps to manage and compare collections to make evidence-based decisions about your library holdings, while library hub cataloguing offers high quality catalogue records for use in local library systems.

JUSP provides you with easy access to comprehensive and quality-assured COUNTER usage statistics so that you can make effective and informed decisions about your institution's investment in licensed content and open access initiatives.

The digital preservation systems dynamic purchasing system (DPS) saves time and effort by providing an easy, fast and compliant route to acquiring a digital preservation system. Our digital preservation systems consultancy provides expert guidance and tailored practical support to help you choose the right system for your needs.

Our discovery services enable researchers, learners and information professionals to explore the collections of over 200 libraries in our library hub discover service and the archival collections of over 300 UK organisations with Archives Hub.

The British Association for the Advancement of Science collection offers extensive digitised texts from 19th and 20th century history of science and our digital archival collections group purchasing scheme collectively lowers the cost of acquiring digital archival collections.

A collection of free e-books for all UK further education colleges (accessed through the ProQuest Ebook Central platform), covering A-level, BTEC and vocational courses, as well as GCSE English and Maths.