UCL Library Services provides you with access to 1000s of electronic books (e-books) which you can access both on- and off-site.
Our Electronic books (e-books) guide contains information on finding, using, and citing e-books at UCL.

UCL Library Services provides you with access to 1000s of electronic books (e-books) which you can access both on- and off-site.
Our Electronic books (e-books) guide contains information on finding, using, and citing e-books at UCL.
UCL now has access to the Eastern European LGBTQ Collection from East View The Eastern European LGBTQ Collection is a collection of ephemera materials documenting LGBTQ movements in several Eastern European countries. With the resurgence of conservative political activism in Eastern Europe, which embraces and emphasizes traditionalist social, sexual, and gender norms, LGBTQ persons and […]
UCL has trial access to Codices Vossiani Latini Online until 31st May 2024. Codices Vossiani Latini Online contains all 363 codices which form the world-famous Latin part of Isaac Vossius’ manuscript collection held at Leiden University Library. Isaac Vossius (1618-1689) was a classical philologist and collector of manuscripts, maps, atlases and printed works. The Codices […]
UCL now has access to Bloomberg.com , Bloomberg’s news content. Access is for UCL students and staff only. To signin: Visit Bloomberg.com Enter your @ucl.ac.uk email address, and click “Continue”. Sign in via the UCL Single Sign-On page You will be redirected back to Bloomberg.com with full access. Access includes: provides unlimited access to Bloomberg News […]
UCL has trial access to Public Information Online (PIO) until 24th May 2024. For offsite access please first login to Desktop@UCL Anywhere or the UCL VPN Public Information Online (PIO) is an archive of searchable Parliamentary and Official documents as PDFs. It contains publications from the Westminster Parliament, Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland Assembly, Welsh Parliament (Senedd), Scottish Government […]
UCL now has access to an increased selection of ProQuest and Alexander Street databases. Access is initially until April 2025. New ProQuest databases: Children’s Magazine Archive, 1866-2020 Colonial Legacies: Empire and Commonwealth Periodicals Country Life Archive Historical Newspapers: Louisville Courier Journal 1830-2000 Historical Newspapers: Minneapolis Star Tribune 1867-2001 Historical Newspapers: St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay Times History […]
UCL has launched an updated A-Z Databases page This has been streamlined and has new features including: An alert box for important messages regarding online resources Flagged New and Trial resources Changes to the search filters, now allow users to: search by keyword within “Subjects”, “Vendors” and “Database Types” (in addition to selecting from the […]
UCL has trial access to Electronic Enlightenment from Oxford University Press until 17th May 2024. For offsite access please first login to Desktop@UCL Anywhere or the UCL VPN Electronic Enlightenment: Letters & Lives is a pioneering digital resource for the study of the letter and its place in the rich writing cultures of the ‘long’ eighteenth century. Please […]
UCL now has access to Alternative Press Index (1991-) & Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990) from EBSCO. Alternative Press Index (API) & Alternative Press Index Archive (APIA) are bibliographic databases of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Born of the New Left, the API was launched in 1969 to provide access […]
UCL has trial access to BiblioPlanet until 19th May 2024. For offsite access please first login to Desktop@UCL Anywhere or the UCL VPN BiblioPlanet is a joint project of MIPP International, a company with solid experience of bookselling focused primarily on print publications from the Post-Soviet area, and Direkt-Media, the largest aggregator of Russian academic literature. The platform, […]
UCL now has access to Sovetskii Ekran Digital Archive via East View The Sovetskii Ekran Digital Archive offers a unique window into the history of Soviet cinema, capturing the essence of a journal that was pivotal from 1925 to 1998. Sovetskii Ekran (Советский экран, Soviet Screen) was more than just a film journal – it was a cultural […]