Commonwealth Studies

Printed collections

Collection overview

The Library is a major resource for those working on the Commonwealth as a whole, or on any of its member states, in the fields of history, politics and international relations, agriculture, education, the environment, and social questions.

This is a Reference Only collection and material can not be borrowed.

Collection location

• Open Access books are located on the 6th Floor, Senate House Library

• All items available on open access will display the location ICOMM South Block 6th floor

• Recent issues of a selection of periodicals are on display in the Periodicals Library, 4th Floor, Senate House Library

• Teaching Collection books and journals are housed in a separate sequence

• Large books are shelved in a separate sequence - indicated by the suffix ‘fol’ at the end of the classification

• A large number of books and most periodicals are held in the closed access stacks. These will display the location Stack Service [ICOMM]. Please request these from the Circulation Desk, 4th floor. Some books are also held in the Library's Offsite Store - these can be requested and will be available one or two working days after request.

• To locate individual titles use the online catalogue

• Special collections and archives can be consulted in the Sterling Library Reading Room, 4th Floor. Please request these in advance of use.

Related collections

• Latin American and Caribbean Studies collections

• History and Institute for Historical Research collections

• Economics collection

• Politics collection

• Geography and Map collections

• Historic Collections – in addition to Commonwealth Studies special collections and archives relevant material is held in Senate House Library collections including the Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature – early travel accounts, items on slavery and early economic literature

Other libraries

For more information about Commonwealth Studies holdings in other academic libraries in the London area, please consult the M25 Consortium of Higher Education Libraries website: www.m25lib.ac.uk. For elsewhere in the UK, consult the Consortium of University and Research Libraries catalogue: www.copac.ac.uk