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Essay, exams and revision essentials
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Find out how to plan revision successfully, write up final projects, prepare for exam day and what to do if things go wrong.
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Everything you need for exams, essays and revision
Strategies, tips, tricks and guides to put you on the path to success
Wednesday 15 April 2026
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Closure of St James’s University Hospital Library
Library will close permanently in July 2026
Monday 30 March 2026
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Outstanding result in Customer Service Excellence review
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Tuesday 24 March 2026
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Friday 20 March 2026
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Library services
Library services
What you need to know about borrowing, renewing and returning the items you need and how to request items that we don’t have in our libraries.
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Study support
Skills@Library supports taught students to develop academic skills, through online resources, workshops, 1-to-1 appointments, drop-in sessions and teaching in the curriculum.
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Research support
Research support
Research Services help staff and PGRs with open access, research data management, literature searching and research visibility: online, in person and through workshops and events.
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Cultural Collections
Cultural Collections
Delve into our outstanding collections of rare books, manuscripts, art and archives and find unique primary research material.
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Our libraries
There are four libraries on campus, along with two public
galleries
displaying rare items and artworks.
Laidlaw Library
Laidlaw Library
Get access to core texts for taught courses with inspiring spaces designed for undergraduate study – write your essay looking out at the Leeds skyline.
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Edward Boyle Library
Edward Boyle Library
24-hour access to six levels of spacious and open plan study areas. Contains research collections for engineering, law, sciences and social sciences, and the postgraduate Research Hub.
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Brotherton Library
Brotherton Library
A traditional and tranquil study space, with arts, cultural industries, humanities, languages and performing arts collections, and the Cultural Collections Brotherton Research Centre.
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Health Sciences Library
Health Sciences Library
Specialist library with plenty of silent study space and a group study area for dentistry, health sciences, medicine and psychology, on level 7 of the Worsley Building.
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Library Quickstart
Your guide to using the libraries at the University of Leeds.
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Research Quickstart
Your guide to how the Library supports researchers at the University of Leeds.
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