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Current Opening Hours

All library opening hours throughout the academic year

Please note: The Sir Duncan Rice Library (SDRL) and Medical Library may have to close earlier than usual on Saturday 24 October depending on weather conditions. The Medical Library will be closed on Sunday 25 October and SDRL may close at short notice.

Current Occupancy

Sir Duncan Rice Library

21%

Taylor Library

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Learn to Use Your Library

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Library Guides

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Learn to Use Your Library

New and returning students - get started using your library and find out where to go if you want to learn more.

Library drop-in sessions

Need help getting started? Join us for a drop-in session where we can help you set up your PIN, show you how to use Primo and answer any questions you may have. Find out more…

Open Research

Make your research visible, accessible and available to all. To find out more, visit our web pages.

Students Reading List Service

Our designated service designed to support you in finding and engaging with your course reading lists. Access your reading lists through Leganto, our reading list software.

Staff Reading List Service

The Reading List Service is designed to support you in the creation of integrated and engaging reading lists for your students, providing them with easy access to their course materials.

Information Literacy

How do you make sense of a world full of information? How do you work out which sources are reliable and which are not? Learn to discern by exploring our range of teaching materials here.

FAUL PGR Bursaries open for applications

Applications are open for Friends of Aberdeen University Library PGR Bursary awards 2026/27. These awards of £4000 are offered to candidates in the early stages of a supervised PhD or Masters by Research.

Our libraries

The Sir Duncan Rice Library

Taylor Library

Medical Library

Qatar Library

University Collections

Explore the University's expansive museums collections and our historic collections of books, manuscripts, archives and photographs, with material dating as far back as the 3rd century BC.

Aberdeen University Press

Beginning in 2022, all new Aberdeen University Press journals and academic titles and much of its legacy have been published in an open access format on our new online platform.

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