Research resource - The British Library

I visited the British Library to view some books that were not currently available in the university library. I found this facility very helpful as it gave me an opportunity to view the books of photographers that were relevant to my project, such as Melissa Ann Pinney and Jocelyn Lee; however, I found it very different to a normal library and the downside to this research resource was that I had to request the books that I wanted to view 48 hours before visiting, as the library doesn't provide them on shelves to browse through freely. This meant that I had to organise and plan my visit a few days in advance and also know exactly the material that I wanted to view.

 Despite the slightly limited access, I found the collection at the British Library extremely helpful and resourceful. The collections at the British Library include more than 150 million items, in over 400 languages, to which three million new items are added every year. Available documents are books, magazines, manuscripts, maps, music scores, newspapers, patents, databases, philatelic items, prints and drawings and sound recordings.