Courtauld Library FAQ

In Library Search click on ‘sign in’ and then hover over your name in the upper right-hand corner and select My Loans.

• Read “How to find material in the library” in Finding and borrowing books in the Library – The Courtauld
• Search keywords from your topic in our online catalogue.

What is cataloguing?

Each book we receive is catalogued – we create a descriptive record of the topics addressed in each book so that we can identify it again. We note the author, the title, the publisher, the physical dimensions, and the subject.

These records are collected together to form the catalogue, which you search for the items you want. You can search for books, journals, scores, maps, conference proceedings, and newspapers (although they may not all be available to consult).

Read ‘What are our loan limits?” in Finding and borrowing books in the Library – The Courtauld

You’re welcome to pluck books off the shelves and borrow them. The staff at the Help Desk will loan the books to you, or alternatively you can borrow books by processing them through the self-issue machine.

Please either place a request for the book in the library catalogue, or alternatively if we don’t own the book (and neither do Senate House Library, or King’s Library), submit an interlibrary loan, or if you feel that we should own a book- place a request to purchase.

We have millions of books, articles, images and pieces of moving image content in our digital collections.

Visit the module page in the Courtauld Virtual Learning Environment.

Please book a tutorial with a librarian, or a tutor.