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Reference & Research Service

Welcome to the Asia & African Studies Reading Room Reference Service

The Asian & African Studies Reading Room contains a wide range of bibliographical, biographical and other reference tools in both western and oriental languages relating to Asia, Pacific and Africa and the British involvement there.

For enquiries about the Asia, Pacific and Africa collections held in the British Library, contact staff in the Asia, Pacific & Africa Reference Service, who will be happy to help you.

Within the reading room is a print room where items from the Prints, drawings and photographs collection may be consulted, Mon-Fri 14.00-17.00. Contact us for an appointment.

Open access material | Using the Asian & African Studies reading room | Reader services

Ecclesiastical search service

The remote ecclesiastical search service is for enquirers who are unable to visit our reading room. We also regularly hold Family History Study Days.

Electronic resources

British Library subscribed resources of interest to researchers on Asia, Pacific and Africa.

These resources are only available within the Library's Reading Rooms. Access from outside the Library is not possible owing to licensing restrictions.

Research resources

Freely available Internet resources:

  • Resources for research - institutions in the United Kingdom and overseas with an interest in Asian, Middle East and North African studies, or associated with the activities of the India Office Records.
  • Asian and African Studies - British Library collections relating to all the cultures of Asia and North Africa and the European interaction with them.
  • Official Publications of India - includes Asian & African Studies holdings of pre - 1947 Indian Official Publications.
  • Access to Archives (A2A) - catalogues of archives held across England and dating from the 900s to the present day.
  • Times Digital Archive - articles in the Times newspaper of London, from 1785 to 1985.

Further information

For general enquiries, or requests for our search service, contact

The British Library
Asia Pacific & Africa Collections
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7873
Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7641
Email: apac-enquiries@bl.uk

For Prints, Drawings and Photographs Collections enquiries and appointments, contact

Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7877
Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7641
Email: apac-prints@bl.uk


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