Welcome to MBS Library Services

Where is the Library?

We are here (roughly).

Opening Hours• Mon – Friday: 09:00 – 20:00• Saturday: 10:00 – 18:00• Sunday: 13:00 – 18:00

The Precinct Library is home

to the largest collection of

business and management

textbooks in the University…

Precinct Library

Home to a huge collection of

books, journals etc & a wide

variety of services…

Opening Hours:Mon – Fri: 08:00 – 20:00Sat: 09:00 – 17:00Sun: 12:00 – 17:00

Other sites: Joule Library -

Science, Engineering & Technology

The Main Library

Alan Gilbert Learning CommonsBrand new building provides you with a world

class 21 st Century learning space:

PC / Wi-Fi access Multi-media facilities Printing, Scanning, Copying facilities

Group / Individual Study Spaces

Indoor / outdoor café space

Social meeting spaces

Open 24/7 - 364 days a year!!

Getting Started

PGT: 25 books4 weeks (normal)

7 day loanHigh Demand (24 hrs)

You can also book study rooms here…

Off campus access…

Download the University of Manchester VPN software

- Assigns your PC / device a University of Manchester IP address. - Allows you to access resources as if you were on campus.

- Software available from the IT services section of the University website:http://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/vpn/

Use your University of Manchester username and password

- Resources can also be accessed using your University username & password.

- You will need to enter this EVERY time you access a resource!

Instructional videos available from the library website

www.mbs.ac.uk/library

Remember the name…

www.mbs.ac.uk/library

For access to: Books / ebooks Journal articles Business information databases

Specialist help and support…

Library databases

We provide access to over 50 databases/datasets from leading business information providers. These provide access to high level quality data not freely available online. 1000’s of statistical datasets – 1000’s of analysis reports.

Databases are grouped by the type of research they contain.

Look through the different categories to view details and

link to available databases

Specialist Financial databases available in the PrecinctLibrary

Training courses on

Bloomberg, Bloomberg

certification and other

databases (e.g.

Datastream) run all year

Getting help…

Need Help? Ask us… libdesk@mbs.ac.uk

0161 275 6507

@MBS Library