Have you just started your PhD? The British Library hosts Doctoral Open Days enabling new PhD students to discover the British Library’s unique research materials. From newspapers to maps, datasets to manuscripts, ships’ logs to websites, our collections cover every format and language and span the last 3,000 years.
You will learn about their collections, find out how to access them, and meet our expert staff and other researchers in your field. The events are aimed at first year PhD students who are new to the Library.
- Asian & African Collections – 18 January 2016

- News & Media – 25 January 2016
- Pre 1600 Collections – 01 February 2016
- Music – 05 February 2016
- Social Sciences – 12 February 2016
- 17th & 18th Century Collections – 19 February 2016
- 19th Century Collections – 22 February 2016
- 20th & 21st Century Collections – 26 February 2016
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