From Sunday 15th December our opening hours will be:
Sunday: CLOSED
Monday – Friday: 9am – 7pm
Saturday: 10am – 6pm
We will be closed from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Wednesday 1st January 2025 (dates inclusive).
Note that the library will close at 5pm on Monday 23rd December and re-open at 9am on Thursday 2nd January.
The last delivery for items requested from Bodleian Offsite Storage to the Social Science Library before our Christmas closure, will be the afternoon of Friday 20th December.
To ensure the items you require arrive in this delivery, requests should be placed before 10.30am on Friday 20th December.
Deliveries will recommence in the new year when we re-open (from Thursday 2nd January).
Requests can still be requested on SOLO during the library closure period, they just won’t be fetched and processed until we are open again in the New Year.
Scan & Deliver is a free electronic document delivery service which enables you to obtain scans of book chapters or journal articles via email from the Bodleian Libraries’ print collections.
We will be closed from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Wednesday 1st January 2025 (dates inclusive).
Note that the library will close at 5pm on Monday 23rd December and re-open at 9am on Thursday 2nd January.
If you are an Oxford University student or staff member and need to access library resources while you are away from Oxford, follow our tips below:
Remote access via SOLOAccess e-books, e-journals and databases remotely by logging in to SOLO with your Single Sign On (SSO) Take a look at the Bodleian Libraries SOLO Guide for further information.
For help with finding and using items on SOLO, you can also get assistance via SOLO Live Chat.
This service is staffed from Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm (apart from during our Christmas closure period – see below)
Look for the chat box to the right of the SOLO webpage.
Our eBook Subject & Research Guide has lots of information on how to access and use Oxford University eBooks.
Most postgraduate reading lists are available on Oxford Reading Lists Online ORLO and scans, online articles and e-books can be accessed there. Take a look at the ORLO reading lists webpage for further information.
Scan & Deliver is a free electronic document delivery service which enables you to obtain scans of book chapters or journal articles via email from the Bodleian Libraries’ print collections.
Please note that the Scan and Deliver form will close at 5pm on 17th December 2024 and will re-open at 9am on 2nd January 2025.
For more information on the above, and to find out about further resources available remotely, consult the Bodleian Libraries Online and Remote Access webpage.
Any questions, just get in touch with us!
Email: ssl@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 271093
Our opening hours for the vacation (starting on Sunday 15th December) are on our website homepage.
We will be closed from Tuesday 24th December 2024 to Wednesday 1st January 2025 (dates inclusive).
Note that the library will close at 5pm on Monday 23rd December and re-open at 9am on Thursday 2nd January.
We will be closed from Saturday 23rd December 2023 to Monday 1st January 2024 (dates inclusive).
Note that the library will close at 5pm on Friday 22nd December and re-open at 9am on Tuesday 2nd January.
The SSL staff wish you all a very happy Christmas.
From Sunday 10th December our opening hours will be:
Sunday: CLOSED
Monday – Friday: 9am – 7pm
Saturday: 10am – 6pm
We will be closed from Saturday 23rd December 2023 to Monday 1st January 2024 (dates inclusive).
Note that the library will close at 5pm on Friday 22nd December and re-open at 9am on Tuesday 2nd January.
We will be closed from Saturday 24 December to Monday 2 January 2023 (dates inclusive).
The Library will close at 17:00 on Friday 23 December and reopen at 9:00 on Tuesday 3 January 2023.
The SSL staff wish you all a very happy Christmas.
From Saturday 10th December our opening hours will be:
Saturday: 10am – 6pm
Sunday: CLOSED
Monday – Friday: 9am – 7pm
We will be closed from Saturday 24th December 2022 to Monday 2nd January 2023 (dates inclusive).
(The library will close at 5pm on Friday 23rd December and re-open at 9am on Tuesday 3rd January)
The Bodleian Libraries, including the Social Science Library, will open at 9.30am on the open week days during w/c 19 December and w/c 2 January. This will help enable staggered arrival times for staff reliant on public transport.
Sunday 19 December: CLOSED
Mon 20 December – Wed 22 December: 09:30am – 19:00
Thur 23 December: 09:30 – 17:00
Fri 24 December – Mon 3 January: CLOSED
Tue 4 January – Fri 7 January: 09:30 – 19:00
Sat 8 January: 10:00 – 18:00
Opening hours beyond this date will be confirmed closer to the time. See our website for the latest information.
We will be closed from Friday 24 December 2021 to Monday 3 January 2022 (dates inclusive).
The Library will close at 17:00 on Thursday 23 December and reopen at 9:30 on Tuesday 4 January 2022.
The SSL staff wish you all a very happy Christmas.
We will be closed from Tuesday 22 December 2020 to Sunday 3 January 2021 (dates inclusive).
The Library will close at 17:00 on Monday 21 December 2020 and reopen at 9:30 on Monday 4 January 2021.
Please remember that entrance to the library is strictly by advance booking only.