On this guide, you'll find:

• Information about resources, both print and online, that you have access to in Cambridge
• Details of the collections held in the Scott Polar Research Institute which also include the Polar Museum, Thomas H Manning Archives and Picture Library.
• How to recommend a book
• Details of other libraries that might be relevant to your study or research
• Information on referencing, getting started with research, and all the support available to you here in Cambridge

SPRI is a reference library, so items cannot be borrowed and taken away for private study. Recommended lending libraries across the University are:

University Library

Department of Geography Library

(Your subject's Faculty or Departmental Library.)

At present iDiscover will only find those books acquired by the Polar Library since January 2016. We anticipate that the full library catalogue will be loaded into iDiscover during week beginning 30th September 2019. Until then please use the interim catalogue to find items acquired up to 2015.

• Peter Lund Librarian
• Naomi Boneham Archives Manager
• Laura Ibbett Archives Collections Assistant
• Frankie Marsh Senior Library Assistant
• Lucy Martin Picture Library Manager
• Eleanor Peers Arctic Information Specialist