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Welcome to MBS Library Services
Where is the Library?
We are here (roughly).
Opening Hours• Mon – Friday: 09:00 – 20:00• Saturday: 10:00 – 18:00• Sunday: 13:00 – 18:00
The Precinct Library is home
to the largest collection of
business and management
textbooks in the University…
Precinct Library
Home to a huge collection of
books, journals etc & a wide
variety of services…
Opening Hours:Mon – Fri: 08:00 – 20:00Sat: 09:00 – 17:00Sun: 12:00 – 17:00
Other sites: Joule Library -
Science, Engineering & Technology
The Main Library
Alan Gilbert Learning CommonsBrand new building provides you with a world
class 21 st Century learning space:
PC / Wi-Fi access Multi-media facilities Printing, Scanning, Copying facilities
Group / Individual Study Spaces
Indoor / outdoor café space
Social meeting spaces
Open 24/7 - 364 days a year!!
Getting Started
PGT: 25 books4 weeks (normal)
7 day loanHigh Demand (24 hrs)
You can also book study rooms here…
Off campus access…
Download the University of Manchester VPN software
- Assigns your PC / device a University of Manchester IP address. - Allows you to access resources as if you were on campus.
- Software available from the IT services section of the University website:http://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/vpn/
Use your University of Manchester username and password
- Resources can also be accessed using your University username & password.
- You will need to enter this EVERY time you access a resource!
Instructional videos available from the library website
www.mbs.ac.uk/library
Remember the name…
www.mbs.ac.uk/library
For access to: Books / ebooks Journal articles Business information databases
Specialist help and support…
Library databases
We provide access to over 50 databases/datasets from leading business information providers. These provide access to high level quality data not freely available online. 1000’s of statistical datasets – 1000’s of analysis reports.
Databases are grouped by the type of research they contain.
Look through the different categories to view details and
link to available databases
Specialist Financial databases available in the PrecinctLibrary
Training courses on
Bloomberg, Bloomberg
certification and other
databases (e.g.
Datastream) run all year
Getting help…
