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Search the Online Catalogue

Our on-line catalogue is freely available to search.

stack of books plugged into a PCThe catalogue is an index of the 55,000 books, reports, theses and videos held in our library, as well as 17,500 articles selected from our main journals since 1989.

If you are a registered borrower, you will also be able to select and order material whilst you are viewing your search results. To do this - login with your Borrower ID and Password, then make selections and add them to your basket.  Click on "Show Basket" to review your selection then click to "Request".

You can also review what items you have on loan,  your loan history and new items added to the library stock in your areas of interest.

Catalogue search improvements.  The online catalogue has been enhanced to provide: 

  • Date range restrictions for searching
  • Cover images of books and 
  • Streamlined requests for material

Disruption to stock access.  The ceiling of the Long Gallery in the Bramshill Mansion which houses the major part of the National Police Library's collection is being repaired.  Library staff still have access to much of the collection and will do their best to retrieve requested material.

For health and safety reasons, the room is out of bounds to readers.