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

Database training in January
During January we currently have scheduled training sessions covering Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Datastream (Introduction), Market research resources and Thomson Deals (M&A data).  The sessions are up to an hour long and take place in the Library training room unless stated otherwise.

To request your place on a session, use the online booking system or access Portal > Library services > Help and Advice > Training.

If you are not able to make the times advertised, or require training on any other of our databases, please email libresearch@london.edu.

Training is available for London Business School students and staff only.

Risk magazine full text available
Risk magazine is a major publication focusing on financial risk management and the global derivatives markets. The full text of Risk (2002-present) is now available globally via Portal for students, faculty and staff.  Alumni can access Risk electronically using the Library alumni PCs only.

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)


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.