Student Life

IT and Library

Library

The J B Priestley Library is named after Bradford's illustrious writer.

Library

The J B Priestley Library has:

An almost unimaginable 530,000 volumes
Over 1,100 printed periodical titles
Over 7,000 electronic journals.

It sits in the heart of the main campus with a calm and focused atmosphere that is like a second home to many students. If you live on campus the J B Priestley Library in Student Central is almost literally on your doorstep.

It is open 24 hours per day between Monday and Friday during term, and offers a full range of self-service facilities, including book issue, renewal and return.

The Library provides computer-based information services and PCs, together with teaching rooms and rooms for group study. There is also a dedicated subject library at the School of Management and your department will have its own specialist academic/technical facilities to support your study.

The library system is accessible from a PC or workstation connected to the Internet 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. This means that you can conduct research, make reservations and renewals (alternatively you can use our automated telephone renewals system) and look at information databases on a range of subjects whenever you choose.

There are also

Newspapers
Reports
Government publications
Documents from the European Union
A wide range of Special Collections

With so much information available you'll find our specialist librarians an invaluable source of help for specific advice and guidance on your particular subject.

Buy your own books

We also have two Waterstone's bookshops on campus, one on the main campus and another at the School of Management. Both shops stock essential and recommended texts as specified by your course lecturers plus paperbacks, general interest books, stationery, gifts and cards.

IT

Bradford really excels when it comes to IT, with one of the highest ratios of PCs to students in the country and several innovative schemes that enable you to keep the information you want at your fingertips in all sorts of surprising places.

Students with their own laptops and handheld devices can connect to the University network wirelessly from all the Libraries and the foyers and social spaces of all major buildings, so you can go and work in the café while drinking a cappuccino and waiting for your next lecture.

You can access the Library electronic resources and the web. There are also an increasing number of points where laptops can be plugged in and be charged whilst you work.

For anyone with their own PC we can supply free or very cheap software as well as free anti-virus software. You won't be left out if you don't have your own computer as computing facilities are available in most buildings, as well as on all floors in the Library. If you like to work at unusual hours or have a fast-approaching deadline to hit, you will really appreciate the fact that all services and the majority of PC clusters are available 24 hours a day during the week in term times and normally until 9pm at weekends.

Access to the network is also available in most staff rooms, lecture rooms and laboratories.