Our annual Learn and Laugh week is an opportunity for Oxford Brookes library staff to explore new things and new places. On a damp morning in May we were treated to a visit to Oxfordshire County Library. This is the county’s flagship library, and sits at the entrance to the Westgate centre in central Oxford. …

The five ebooks you need on music festivals
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about music festivals, available to all …
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The five ebooks you need on bicycles and cycling
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about bicycles and cycling, available to …
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The five ebooks you need on sleep and dreams
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about sleep and dreams, available to …
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The five ebooks you need on Holocaust survivors
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about Holocaust survivors, available to all …
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Explore EVERY Voice – an exciting new trial
Hot on the tail of Ckbk we have another trial access to another resource for you to explore.EVERY Voice is a collection of material by and about underrepresented communities and identities. There are a range of resources from ebooks to ephemera, from video to newspapers to newsletters.We have access to EVERY Voice until 20th April …
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The five ebooks you need on understanding media
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about understanding media, available to all …
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The five ebooks you need on neurodiversity
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about neurodiversity, available to all Oxford …
What is a reading list for?… Revisited
Lecturers can spend hours and hours putting them together; students sometimes spend just as long puzzling over them trying to work out where to start, which bits are essential, or how to find the books, journal articles and other resources on them; and the Library relies on them to help us prioritise our permanently-stretched budgets …

The five ebooks you need for International Women’s Day
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. To celebrate International Women's Day, here are five inspirational ebooks, …
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The five ebooks you need on wildlife
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. For World Wildlife Day, here are five inspirational ebooks about …

The five ebooks you need on photography
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about photography, available to all Oxford …

The five ebooks you need on student mental health
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Thursday 3 March 2022 is University Mental Health Day. No student …
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The five ebooks you need on fair trade
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks on fair trade, available to all …

The five ebooks you need on Lego
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about Lego, available to all Oxford …

The five ebooks you need on action research in education
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks on action research in education, available …
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The five ebooks you need on children learning to read
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about children learning to read, available …
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Try Ckbk – a new cookery book collection
We have a new 6-week trial of an app that gives you access to hundreds of popular cookery and food-related books! You can use this link to explore Ckbk. The platform breaks down the books into individual recipes, so that you can search by ingredients, dishes, authors and more. We'd really like to know what …

The five ebooks you need on cats
Oxford Brookes Library has thousands of ebooks available to read, wherever you are. But it's not always easy to know where to start. To complement your module reading lists, we're gathering together great ebooks you may not have seen yet, on a range of themes. Here are five ebooks about cats, available to all Oxford …
Events volunteering opportunity for students – National Brewing Library
Are you a student who wants to gain experience in events management? Oxford Brookes library’s Special Collections at Headington are home to the National Brewing Library, an English language collection relating to brewing and distilling. This year we’re celebrating 20 years of this collection at Brookes with an event encompassing lectures, workshops and an exhibition. …
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