Students and postgraduate researchers: suggest additions to our library collections. Find out more by watching the video.
Our three goals
- Diversify: to diversify the collection, and increase the range of books we stock by Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse and disabled authors.
- Support: to support all library users at the University by increasing our provision of wellbeing and study success books.
- Supplement: to supplement core reading with modern, academic material. This enables students and postgraduate researchers to read around their subject more widely, and to make connections/explore new areas of inquiry.
How to make a recommendation
- You must be a registered student or postgraduate researcher at the University of Birmingham to request an item through MoreBooks@Bham. We have a separate process for staff.
- Journal subscriptions are not included. See our separate process.
- Please check FindIt@Bham to see if we have the item first. If the item is on loan, please place a reservation, as this is the fastest way to get access to the book. Did you know we will automatically buy more copies of a text when it is reserved by four or more people?
- Please submit one form for each item.
- Requests in support of PhD's and Dissertations will be satisfied using our inter-library loan service where appropriate.
- Ebooks will be purchased by default unless unavailable in electronic format or prohibitively expensive.
- Only the latest editions of books will be purchased.
- We will do our best to buy anything you suggest but occasionally if a book is prohibitively expensive or unavailable from our suppliers we will look to supply you with a copy via inter-library loan.
- Place a request using our online form. We have a separate process for academic staff.
- There is a limit of three requests per user, per academic year.
After placing a request
- All requests will be processed within five working days.
- Ebooks are usually made available within 48 hours of ordering. A link will be emailed to you via your UoB email address.
- Print books are usually available within two to six weeks. A request will be placed on your behalf and you'll be emailed when the item is ready to collect.
- Do you require an item urgently for your thesis work? Please indicate this on the form, as an inter-library loan may be more appropriate.
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