At Southampton we offer more than just a traditional library. With online access to our virtual learning environments 24 hours a day, you can fit your learning around your life and make the most of the academic, social and sporting opportunities available on campus.
Virtual learning environments
We provide a wide range of online learning resources, including specialised materials for your subject area to complement your lectures and seminars. As well as accessing study materials, you may use the virtual learning environment to interact with experts in your field and work on group projects.
With around 2,000 computer workstations around the campus, our students can access learning resources from all over the University, including halls of residence, which have high-speed internet access.
Libraries
Our libraries hold between them around three million books, journals and reports, plus around 50,000 e-books. Most of our journal subscriptions are in electronic format and you will have access to this vast resource through our website. Training sessions run by our library staff will help you make the best use of the library resources during your studies.
Our main Hartley Library has high-speed internet access, wireless networking, network points for laptops, a café and a lounge. The library has a variety of study areas, including a language study area and study rooms equipped with computers.
Our National Oceanographic Library is the UK’s most extensive collection of oceanographic literature and one of the largest marine science libraries
in Europe. We also have specialist art and design and health services libraries.
Computer services
All students have access to computers around the University upon enrolment.
There are:
- Around 1,700 Windows PCs in dedicated rooms on all campuses and halls of residence running MS Office and Internet Explorer, together with general-purpose and course-specific software programs
- Internet connections available from halls of residence rooms
- Fixed and wireless internet access points to connect your own computer on campus
- Internet cafes available for quick email and web access
- When you're away from campus you will still have access to University central services.
Create Your Campus
In 2010 we ran our first Create Your Campus competition, in which teams of students designed a new learning space. The winning team created the ‘Tesseract room’. The room consists of group and individual study cubicles, a presentation area with interactive touch-screen technology, and an exhibition area to promote the sharing and communication of knowledge and ideas.
For more information, visit www.southampton.ac.uk/createyourcampus.
