Information for academics

This page focuses on subject information specific to academic staff, but also points to other useful pages.

Contacts and liaison

• Your subject contact is the Subject Librarian for Philosophy. The Contacts section of the Library website details other contacts and enquiry points.
• The Library Representative for Philosophy is Dr Michael Madary.
• New academic staff are welcome to contact the Subject Librarian for Philosophy to arrange a session on how the Library can help you.

Subject resources

• Book purchase recommendations can be made Subject Librarian for Philosophy or Library Representative for Philosophy.
• New journal / database subscription requests can be made to Subject Librarian for Philosophy or Library Representative for Philosophy, though you will need to suggest how we might fund a new subscription.
• The collections page details useful Philosophy collections in the libraries, and advice on using other university libraries and the British Library.
• Philosophy quick reference tools, databases, reviews and bibliographies, and Internet links pages are available.

See our Library collections and eResources pages for details of our more general resources & collections, including electronic journals, electronic books and databases.

Inter-library loan vouchers

• If you need an item which is not available anywhere in the library system here in print or online, you can use the Inter-library loans Service to obtain it from another library. There is a charge for this service, though you should be able to obtain an Inter-library loan voucher to pay for this from your departmental office.

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