Floorplans
Refurbishment news: The Library has been split into four separate locations (within Senate House), to accommodate building work:
- The SHL South Block (floors 4, 5 and 6) - entrance via lift and stairs on the ground floor, South Block up to 4th floor. Access to 5th and 6th floors via stairs inside the 4th floor library area.
- 3rd floor South Block (ICS and SHL periodicals) - entrance through Institute of Classical Studies 3rd floor, South Block).
- The North Block ground floor (ICOMM & Small Hall) - entrance on ground floor, North Block.
- The North Block, floors 2 & 3 - entrance on ground floor, North Block (opposite the Institute of Historical Research)
For membership enquiries please go to the 4th Floor, South Block. The drop box is located on the ground floor, North Block, Senate House.
Click here for the Senate House Library Phase 3 Collections Floor Plan (Adobe PDF).
South Block
3rd Floor South Block
PS Periodicals (excluding PS Folio)
History Periodicals
4th Floor South Block
Middlesex South – Art Octavos (gallery), Art Folios
NYU Collection
Goldsmiths’ Library
Rapid Reference
Current Periodicals
Information Centre collection
5th Floor South Block
Music Books
English 3YV (Journalism) & 3YW (Poetry)
Film & Media 3YX-3YZ
Language & Literature 3Z (Reading)
Music Library
Folios & Extra Large Folios
Rapid Reference
Periodicals (ML P)
Miniature Scores (mM)
Collected Scores (M780.8)
Scores (M782 -)
6th Floor South Block
Linguistics 3W-3WG
Language & Literature 3WH-3XC
Classics 3XD-3XI
Romance 3XK
Italian 3XL-3XM
Spanish 3XO-3XP
Portuguese 3XR
French 3XS-3XT
English 3Y-3YU
North Block
Ground Floor
Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Small Hall
Palaeography
Book studies
Maps
2nd Floor North Block
SHL Germanic 3XU-3XZ
Philosophy Books & Folios (66 A-AL)
History of Science 3AK, 3AM-3G
Health 3H
Psychology (67 I-IZ)
Education 3J
Sociology 3K, 3Q
Politics 3R
Politics 3R contd.
Law 3S
Economics 3T
History of Science 3U
Folios 3AK, 3AM-3G, 3H, 3J, 3U
Geography Books & Geography Folios
Atlases
‘Masaryk Library’
Philosophy & Psychology Periodicals, IGS Open Access Books
3rd Floor North Block
History
Religion
U.S. Studies
‘Upper Library’
SHL and ISA Latin American Collection
