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Libraries & Collections

Locations

Libraries have collections linked to particular subjects but are not restricted to any one group of students, for example a medical student can study at the Maughan Library or a Classics student at the Weston Education Centre, you can access them all with your King’s ID card.

You can see the subjects for each library on the map of subject collections.

More information about each King's library can be found via the links below.

Current opening hours for all the libraries.

Library access

Until 31 January 2022, our libraries will remain closed to external visitors (except for Special Collections and Archives), access will be prioritised for current King’s students, staff, NHS members of the library, Alumni, eligible Independent Researchers and registered SCONUL Band-A users.

Campus Libraries

Denmark Hill

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Home to the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience and also provides facilities to the Dental Institute.

Guy's

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The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and the Dental Institute are based at the riverside Guy's Campus, next to the Shard.

St Thomas' House

Located near Waterloo Campus and home of continuing medical and dental teaching, as well as a museum dedicated to Florence Nightingale.

St Thomas' House

Strand

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Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.

Waterloo

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Waterloo campus is home of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery and facilities for other faculties

Franklin-Wilkins Library

External Libraries

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Information about access to other London and UK libraries.