Library & resources
Our college library is open to all Hertford students 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We have a constantly-expanding collection of resources, from novels and textbooks to scholarly journals and reference material.
The library is a study space as well as a learning resource, offering plenty of desks with network points, WiFi throughout, and a computer room and printer for you to use. Unlike many of the central University libraries, you can borrow books from the college library. Undergraduate students can borrow books for two weeks, and postgraduates for four weeks.
Alice, our Librarian, is on hand to help you track down items on reading lists, use online resources, access other libraries across Oxford, and reference material correctly in your written work – just let her know if you need help. If you have any questions about using the library and our resources, such as the adjustments we can make for readers with disabilities, please get in touch and we’ll do our best to help. You can discover more about the Library, including our policies and layout, by accessing our LibGuide.
As well as our day-to-day study resources, we also have an antiquarian collection of around 5,000 rare books which are used for teaching and research. You can find out more about this collection on the Rare books and Treasures of our collection pages.
News
Brand-new Liberation Collection ...
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International Women’s Day ...
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