Library Assistant
Are you an Oxford Fresher?
Library Assistant is our online guide to library services for new undergraduate students. It is adapted to work on smartphones and tablets so you can access it anywhere. You can use Library Assistant to -
- Find libraries around Oxford
- Get help finding books on your reading lists
- Get information about library WiFi, passwords and photocopying
- ...and much more
Visit Library Assistant at -
Radcliffe Science Library
The Radcliffe Science Library holds the majority of the University's collections for Zoology. Here you will find -
- Undergraduate textbooks
- Research monographs
- Interlibrary loan/document supply service
- Silent and group study areas
- Computing, photocopying and scanning services
To find out about the library please visit the RSL Website.
Alexander Library of Ornithology
The Alexander Library holds the University's ornithological collections, including -
- Books
- Journals
- Publications from ornithological societies
- Rare printed ornithological works
- Diaries, letters and notebooks of a number of ornithologists.
The Alexander Library collections are now kept off-site. For further information please vist the Alexander Library LibGuide.
Other Libraries
Other libraries in Oxford and further afield also hold information of interest to biologists -
Oxford University Museum of Natural History - The Hope Library contains a specialist entomology collection.
Natural History Museum, London - Extensive library collections in many branches of Zoology.
British Library - Extensive collections in all branches of science and medicine.
Contact the Librarian
If you have questions about the collections in zoology or ornithology, please contact the appropriate librarian for further information.
Zoology archive and collections
Oliver Bridle (oliver.bridle@bodleian.ox.ac.uk)
Alexander library and ornithology collections
Sophie Wilcox (sophie.wilcox@bodleian.ox.ac.uk)