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LibGuide to Commonwealth Studies
This 'Getting Started' page gives you links to key resources and information for Commonwealth Studies. The tabs above lead to more in-depth information about different types of resources including archives, books, journals, theses, film, news sources, and official papers.
The reading room in Rhodes House Library (Commonwealth and African collections) closed on Friday 12 September 2014. The services for the Commonwealth and African collections, together with those for Oriental manuscripts, are now available in The Charles Wendell David Reading Room in the Weston Library (formerly the New Bodleian Library)
The main Oxford libraries for Commonwealth Studies are the Weston Library, the Bodleian Social Science Library, the Indian Institute collections (currently in the Bodleian Oriental Institute Library, the Bodleian Law Library and the History Faculty Library.
The links on the right-hand side provide library and contact information for Lucy McCann, Archivist for the Commonwealth collections at the Weston Library. You may also contact Sarah Rhodes, African and Commonwealth Subject Consultant, for subject enquiries.
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Collection Policy
The Collection Policy for Commonwealth Studies in the Bodleian Libraries is available below: