Information Services

Learning Resources Centres
Knights Park: 020 8417 4057
Nightingale Centre: 020 8417 5380
Penrhyn Road: 020 8417 2101
Roehampton Vale: 020 8417 4903


Help using Library services

Library Catalogue

iCat library search can be accessed from any PC within the University or from home. It can be viewed using a PC with a large text facility and can be made easier to read by adjusting the colours of the web browser software e.g. Mozilla FireFox or Internet Explorer.

In Internet Explorer:

  • Tools
  • Internet options
  • Accessibility:tick Formatting boxes
  • Fonts:select Arial Black web page font
  • Colors:choose Text and Background colours

In Netscape this can be done by selecting:

  • Edit from the browser toolbar
  • Preferences
  • Fonts
  • Colours

LRC Access Card

There are a variety of additional services designed to improve access to services and facilities for students with disabilities or special needs. These include extensions to loan periods, book fetching, one to one help with databases etc.

In order to benefit from these services you need to apply for an LRC Access card through the Disability & Dyslexia Support Service. An advisor will assess your individual requirements and issue you with an LRC Access Card indicating to which services you are entitled. Please contact either:

An advisor will assess your individual requirements and issue you with an LRC Access Card indicating which services you should be entitled to. Please note that the LRC Access Card is only valid when used with a current Kingston University ID card

Services available with an LRC Access card:

  • We can offer either a one-to-one or group introduction to the Library. An appointment should be made by contacting the Library Disability representative on the site concerned.
  • We can also offer one-to-one help in using electronic resources, the library catalogue etc. Again an appointment should be made on site with the appropriate Library Disability representative
  • For an additional charge we can send books to you by post.
  • We can fetch books or other resources for you on request. However it would be helpful, if you could telephone, to confirm availability of the items you require at least 24 hours before you intend to visit. We could then have them ready for collection at the Lending Counter.
  • If you have a Student Support Worker they can collect items for you on provision of your student ID and the Access card.
  • You may need to borrow books for longer. Your LRC Access card enables you to have extensions to the normal loan or renewal periods automatically when borrowing any items or renewing them using self issue machines, the counter and when using online renewal or renewal over the phone.

    7 day loan to extend to a further 7 days
    4 week loan to extend to a further 4 weeks

    Please note that there may be occasions when this is not possible.
  • Assistance is available for students when scanning or photocopying.
  • If you are entitled to reclaim money for the photocopying or printing the Record of Photocopier/ Printing Usage form can be issued to you by LRC staff on request.