Library

Information is vital for successful business and our library's role is to provide relevant, authoritative and up to date information to our global business users: faculty, students, alumni, staff and sponsors.

Visit the library to browse our books, journals, annual reports, market studies and reference titles. Or come to borrow books, read today's newspapers, and find a quiet place to study. Our extensive electronic library of over 90 databases is available to all members of our academic community with access to Portal.

The library is located at: 25 Taunton Place, London NW1 6HB (see map).

Tel: +44 (0)20 7000 7620  Fax: +44 (0)20 7000 7601  Email: library@london.edu

Library news

New research resource guide - Middle East and North Africa
This new guide, written by Library business information specialists, focuses on MENA (Middle East and north Africa) countries' resources. Coverage includes country profiles and national and economic statistics, company data, market and industry data, current awareness sources, associations and other web data, and careers information.

Middle East and North Africa Research Resource Guide (download PDF 72KB)


Database training in October

The following Library database training is scheduled for October:

• Bloomberg (Introduction) 
• Capital IQ (Introduction)
• Company Financial Data
• Market Research Databases
• Top Five Databases
 
The sessions are up to an hour long and take place in the Library or Taunton 1 Training Room (beyond the main Library issue desk).

To request your place on a session, fill in the booking form available on Portal > Library > Help and Advice > Training, or access Portal Events and search for "Library". Ad hoc sessions are available by arrangement by emailing libresearch@london.edu with your training needs and availability. Training is available for London Business School students and staff only.


Capital IQ now available off-campus
Capital IQ delivers global public and private company data and filings, information to support executive networking, private equity investment details and much more. This invaluable data source is now available to faculty, students and staff off-campus.

Register for Capital IQ via Portal > Library > A-Z list of Library databases > Capital IQ registration request . Once registered, you will receive notification and then be able to use Capital IQ from both on- and off-campus.

For database help, including a guide to using Capital IQ for careers, see Portal > Library > Help and Advice > Helpsheets for databases or email libresearch@london.edu.


Bloomberg API now available
Bloomberg API - including downloading to Excel functionality - is now available to faculty, current students and staff at London Business School. For further information, training support and access consult the Library guides at Portal > Library > Help and Advice > Helpsheets for databases or email libresearch@london.edu.


Open access initiative
Universities world-wide are providing open access to electronic copies of their research output so that their research will be widely and quickly disseminated over the Internet.  In line with such services the School is expanding its Faculty Research database to include e-prints (electronic copies of academic papers) and is encouraging faculty members to deposit copies of their papers.

Read more about Open Access at London Business School on the Library Open Access page.