Welcome to the academic life at Oxford Brookes University! The Headington Library is more than just a place for books. It's a hub designed to support every aspect of your academic journey, from intense study sessions to much-needed personal breaks. Here’s a quick guide for making the most of your time and space.
How to find sources using the library home page and its electronic resources?
Searching the book collection is easy. All students or employees can borrow up books or other items using their student card or employee card at the self-issue machines, but the Final-year undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers, and staff get a higher limit of 30 items.
If students need a device, they can borrow Chromebooks and Microsoft laptops free of charge. They just need to go to the self-service lockers nearby Café Central, which is in the Abercrombie corridor, and outside the room CLC.G11 in Clerici.
If any help is needed, especially with the academic subjects, just navigate to the Course Resource Help pages on the Brookes Library website, or just go directly and ask at the Welcome Desk on Level 1.
Anyone can contact them through a call with this number +44 (0) 1865 534700 and by sending an email to this email address library@brookes.ac.uk, and searching this website https://www.brookes.ac.uk/library will navigate to the library home page, where there are different drop-down options at the top, such as collection resources and services, how to, access and accessibility, and about.
The role of the subject librarian?
The academic librarians at Oxford Brookes help students (and lecturers!) with finding, using, and understanding information for their studies. They make sure that our Library has the right books, articles, and online resources for each course, and they teach how to find and use all these resources for research. They also teach how to reference sources properly in your assignments. (Library Help sent by p0077574@brookes.ac.uk, 2025) If you need any in-depth help with your subjects, look at the Course Resource Help pages on the Library website, or simply ask at the Welcome Desk on Level 1.
The Dewey classification system is used to categorise books alphabetically according to the specialist area they consider.
The subject collections are organised by a call number across the floor levels: Level 2 (000 – 399): Anthropology, Computing, Economics, Education, History, Law, Media, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Social Work. Level 3 (400 – 719): Accounting, Biological/Anthropological Sciences, Business, Construction, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Health Care, Hospitality, Languages, Marketing, Mathematics, Nutrition, Planning, and Urban Design. Level 4 (720 – 999): Architecture, Art and Design, Drama, Film Studies, History, Geography, Literature, and Music.
What resources does the library contain, e.g., study spaces, group meeting rooms that can be booked in advance, etc.
The library offers a wide range of study environments to suit everybody's needs. PC availability is on the floor levels 2, 3, and 4 in the library itself, with options available near JHB Teaching Rooms, Clerici, Fuller, and Gibbs buildings.
Need some Group Space? Head to the floor on Level 3 for proper group study spaces, including bookable pods for private space. They also have four Student Presentation Rooms. Bookings for the rooms and the pods are easily made on the Brookes Library website.
For more private, more focused work, the Brookes library offers different areas that provide just enough sound levels and also Please be considerate of the other people around and If more customised settings are needed anyone can go and check out the Sensory Study Space on Level 3, which offers dimmed lighting, fidget objects, and bean bags, perfect for 1-2 people, which is also bookable in brookes online website.
For a break or rest, everyone can visit the Wellbeing Zone on Level 1. It’s a place to chill, relax, and do some activities such as colouring books, a jigsaw puzzle, and also there is a special Wellbeing Book Collection made to help everyone manage student life. They also have adjustable-height tables. Just ask at the Welcome Desk on Level 1 for details and assistance.
If students need a device, they can borrow Chromebooks and Microsoft laptops free of charge. They just need to go to the self-service lockers nearby Café Central, which is in the Abercrombie corridor, and outside the room CLC.G11 in Clerici. The Welcome Desk is also the go-to place where every enquiry about long essays and theses, most recent examination papers, which are mostly online, and also assistance with printing, copying, and scanning on the UniPrint machines that are located on floor levels 1, 2, and 4, and also at the Forum. The Oxford Brookes Library is available 24 hours, 7 days a week, for Oxford Brookes University staff and students. Overnight entry to the John Henry Brookes Building is by card only, 9.00pm to 7.00am, and all non-Brookes persons must leave the building between those times.
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