Biosciences

To locate material not held by UCL you can use the Library Hub Discover site: an online catalogue with records of the holdings the top research libraries in the country.

• The British Library has a range of collections including for Science and Social Sciences.  UCL staff and students can apply directly for reference access.
• Natural History Museum Library and Archives.
• Wellcome Library.
• Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Library.

Find out more about using other libraries, and links to other library catalogues.

Did you know you can use the spaces and collections at any of UCL's 17 libraries? The libraries you will likely need to use include:

• Science Library, (sometimes referred to as the DMS Watson building) in Malet Place: Includes Biology, Botany, Medical Sciences, Psychology, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Geography, Anthropology and Management.
• Cruciform Hub, Gower St: Clinical Medicine, useful for Biomedical or Biochemical Engineering and Medical Physics. There are other medical and health libraries you may want to use too, including the Queen Square Library for Neurology and the Language and Speech Science Library.
• UCL East Library for access to UCL Library Services in Stratford.

When you check a book's location on UCL Explore, it will tell you which library it is located at. Most of UCL's libraries are located in the Bloomsbury Campus.
See more details about these libraries and their opening hours on the Library Services webpages.