With a wide range of study areas and facilities, access to extensive study materials and helpful and well-informed staff, our library services are here to help you succeed.

London Met's libraries have a wide range of books, journals and other online resources, various study rooms and zones, and well-trained staff to support you throughout your studies.

Our collections

Our libraries have over 305,000 books, 55,000 e-books and 43,000 e-journals for you to use. As well as reading for study we have a popular reading-for-pleasure collection. Research shows that reading for pleasure can help student achievement. As a London Met student you'll be able to use our online catalogue to search or browse our collections. If you need help locating items in our collections, our staff at the library information desks will be happy to help. 

While studying at London Met you will have access to our special collections, which include the Trades Union Congress Library archive. We're also members of The Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) Access Scheme, which allows our students and staff to use the libraries of other universities with the same membership.

Our excellent facilities

Our two libraries support students and staff in the University's six academic schools. Our opening hours are easily accessible and you'll be able to pay us a visit during these times to access our range of resources. Our e-resources are also available 24/7, on and off campus.

Study spaces within the libraries are divided into zones for group and silent study. Our libraries also have bookable group study rooms with projection facilities, technobooths with large screens, plenty of fixed computers (PCs and Macs) and Wi-Fi. Students can borrow a laptop for up to four hours for use on or off site.

Aldgate Library also provides a photography and drawing room as well as a superb materials and products collection for designers.

Research skills training and support

Our professional academic liaison librarians will be available to guide and advise you when you're looking for study and research materials for your work. They facilitate access to specialised databases as well as provide research skills training. Academic liaison librarians will provide you with information literacy skills, and the competences and knowledge you'll need to study and research effectively. This will help you achieve your academic potential as well as aiding your employability.

Whether you have assignments, essays, projects or your dissertation to write, or a group presentation to prepare for, our library staff will help you make the best use of the resources and facilities on offer here at London Met.