Then discover the OU’s ‘best kept secret’ – your online library!
Library Services has been experimenting with some new videos to promote and highlight the wealth of resources available to support your studies.
Collections of ‘world class’ high quality online content covering half a million ebooks, ejournal collections, newspapers, video and audio content have been selected and used in a suite of themed showcases presented via the OU Library’s Explore library resources pages. Listed on the right-hand side of the Explore library resources web page you will find 14 different subject areas including Engineering technology and design, Environment, development and international studies, Health and Social Care, Languages and Law.
“Sometimes it is easy to lose sight of the wealth of resources that the OU library can offer to a student.” OU Student
Are you aware of all the different library resources available to you when you study with the OU?
Design, engineering and technology
Find out how the designers and architects prepared for the 2012 Olympics in London or how challenges relating to the sustainability and future use of the building developments were overcome
Environment, Development and International Studies
Find out how the effects of climate change are being felt across the world, or who shapes our world and why
Health and Social Care
Find out what improvements are being made to child protection services or want to discover what professionals say about how we can better protect children
Languages
Want to research somewhere to have a drink on Las Ramblas or order dos cafés por favor in Barcelona? Maybe you want to find out and talk knowledgeably about modern French culture
Law
Want to understand more about the origins and history of human rights in the UK
