Libraries

• The Divinity Faculty Library is a primary source of printed and electronic material for the study and teaching of religion in Cambridge. Its holding can be searched using the Library Catalogue.

• The University Library is a legal deposit (copyright) library and has one of the largest open access collections in Europe. Home to over 8 million books and journals, with over 2 million volumes on open shelves. The Library Catalogue can be used to find books and journals in any one of the University of Cambridge Libraries.

• If a book is not available in one of Cambridge's libraries try searching the COPAC catalogue of other University libraries in the UK; or Worldcat which is a global catalogue of library holdings. The British Library is another useful source and provides help for researchers.

Departmental Libraries (University of Cambridge)

You may find libraries in inter-related disciplines particularly useful for religion.

A list of Faculty and Departmental libraries can be found here. 

Other Libraries in Cambridge

The following libraries have strong collections in the field of religion:

• Cambridge Theological Federation
• Hamilton Kerr Institute
• Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies
• Margaret Beaufort Institute for Theology
• Ridley Hall
• Tyndale House
• Wesley House
• Westcott House
• Westfield House
• Westminster College
• Woolf Institute: studying relations between Jews, Christians and Muslims

Inter-Library Loans

• The University Library offers an Inter-Library Loans Service which provides access to material not held within Cambridge. If you can't find the book or journal article that you need, contact Inter-Library Loans to see if we can help track it down.

Contact details

The Library
Faculty of Divinity
West Road
CAMBRIDGE
CB3 9BS

Tel: 01223 763040
Fax: 01223 763003
Email: The Library