Just a reminder that the Radcliffe Camera will be closed over the Easter bank holiday weekend, from Friday 3rd April to Monday 6th April inclusive. We will be open as normal 9am on Tuesday 7th April.
HFL books that have been borrowed with an extended vacation loan are due back on 28/04/2026. At this point these books will no longer be able to be renewed remotely, so must be returned to the library.
We hope you all have a wonderful long weekend!
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Are you a history undergraduate? Do you get confused by how to format references for footnotes or bibliographies, and don’t know where to turn? Drop in to the staff office in the Upper Radcliffe Camera on any Wednesday during Full Term between 1-2pm, to get some quickfire 1-to-1 advice on the best resources to help you!
We can help with:
This is not a proofreading service, and we can’t check or create your footnotes or bibliographies, but we can show you where to find answers to your referencing conundrums. And try to explain why referencing doesn’t have to be a source of anxiety!
Check the Oxford Historians Hub (SSO required) for all Faculty guidance: https://ohh.web.ox.ac.uk/referencing-and-citation
Wednesdays during Full Term, 1-2pm
Upper Radcliffe Camera Staff Office
Any queries? Get in touch at library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
As we draw to the end of Trinity term, the History Faculty Library has moved into its Long Vacation loan period. From today, Monday 16th June (8th week), all books issued from the library won’t need to be returned until Tuesday 14th October (1st week, Michaelmas).
This also applies to any online renewals of current loans that take place from Monday 16th onwards. However, if there is a hold request on a book you have, it will need to be brought back by the original due date.
As always, you can check due dates and renew books through your SOLO account. And if you have any questions please come and speak to staff in the Radcliffe Camera or drop us an email at library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
Happy summer reading! If you are leaving Oxford this summer, we wish you all the very best for the future.
We are almost at the end of Hilary Term and so the History Faculty Library will be moving into the vacation loan period. From today – Monday 10th March (8th week), all books issued from the library won’t need to be returned until Tuesday 29th April (1st week, Trinity).
This also applies to any online renewals of current loans that take place from Monday 10th onwards. However, if there is a hold request on a book you have, it will need to be brought back by the original due date.
As always, you can check due dates and renew books through your SOLO account. And if you have any questions please come and speak to staff in the Radcliffe Camera or drop us an email at library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
Have a lovely break!
We are almost at the end of Michaelmas Term and so the History Faculty Library has moved into the vacation loan period. From Monday 2nd December (8th week), all books issued from the library won’t need to be returned until Tuesday 21st January (1st week, Hilary).
This also applies to any online renewals of current loans that take place from Monday 2nd onwards. However, if there is a hold request on a book you have, it will need to be brought back by the original due date.
As always, you can check due dates and renew books through your SOLO account. And if you have any questions please come and speak to staff in the Radcliffe Camera or drop us an email at library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
Happy Christmas reading!
Welcome to 0th Week, Michaelmas Term 2024!
The Radcliffe Camera (incl. History Faculty Library) will be holding welcome tours for new students during 0th Week and 1st Week. The tours will introduce you to the library spaces and services, and talk in a little more detail about the collections in the Camera and Gladstone Link, particularly the collections of the History Faculty Library.
The tours will take place at the times below. No booking is required and the meeting point will be in the Lower Camera reading room on the ground floor. Just ask staff to direct you should you need help.
0th week: Wed to Fri: 10:30 / 11:30 / 12:30 / 2:30 / 3:30 /4:30
1st week – Mon to Fri: 11:30 / 3:30
Information about all the welcome tours taking place across the Bodleian Libraries can be found here:
https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ask/getting-started/under-post-graduates
We look forward to welcoming you to the library!
As we draw to the end of Trinity term, the History Faculty Library has moved into its Long Vacation loan period. From today, Monday 10th June (8th week), all books issued from the library won’t need to be returned until Tuesday 15th October (1st week, Michaelmas).
This also applies to any online renewals of current loans that take place from Monday 10th onwards. However, if there is a hold request on a book you have, it will need to be brought back by the original due date.
As always, you can check due dates and renew books through your SOLO account. And if you have any questions please come and speak to staff in the Radcliffe Camera or drop us an email at library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
Happy summer reading and we look forward to see many of you again at the beginning of the next academic year. And if you are leaving Oxford this summer, we wish you all the very best for the future!
We are almost at the end of Hilary Term and so the History Faculty Library will be moving into the vacation loan period. From Monday 4th March (8th week), all books issued from the library won’t need to be returned until Tuesday 23rd April (1st week, Trinity).
This also applies to any online renewals of current loans that take place from Monday 4th onwards. However, if there is a hold request on a book you have, it will need to be brought back by the original due date.
As always, you can check due dates and renew books through your SOLO account. And if you have any questions please come and speak to staff in the Radcliffe Camera or drop us an email at library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
Happy Easter reading!
We continue to improve SOLO for our users. Here is the latest round of changes and tips.
⇒ We have added shortcuts to the top of SOLO and it’s now easier to recommend a purchase or request an item from a library outside Oxford (InterLibrary Request).
⇒ We have added Journal Search to only search or browse for print or electronic journals.This replaces Journals A-Z.
⇒ Top tip: switch from Search Everything to Oxford Collections to only find books, theses, databases, journals (but not 100m+ journal articles, book reviews, etc.)
See our SOLO LibGuide for full details and see below for quick links to useful searches and tools. Once you master SOLO, you will be able to make even more the most of our very rich and extensive collections.
More searching options are in the extended section. That is especially useful for browsing for books by subject where you don’t have any author or title.
The Journal Search is also available from here (as well as from the SOLO front page > Useful Links).
In Journal Search, you can browse by subject (may not be the best search for a very large subject like History but it could be useful)…
… or you can search by journal title (not article title!). This is useful if your journal uses very common words – such as History!
Getting help
As we come to the end of Michaelmas Term, the History Faculty Library will be moving into the vacation loan period. From Monday 27th November (8th week), all books issued from the library won’t need to be returned until Tuesday 16th January (1st week, Hilary).
This also applies to any renewals of current loans that take place from Monday 27th onwards. However, if there is a hold request on a book you have, it will need to be brought back by the original due date.
As always, you can check due dates and renew books through your SOLO account. And if you have any questions please come and speak to staff in the Radcliffe Camera or drop us an email at library.history@bodleian.ox.ac.uk.
Happy Christmas reading!