We are excited to welcome all international students and look forward to having you as a part of the IADT community.
IADT Library is a hub of research, academic support, and a welcoming space where you can study comfortably, designed to help you succeed in your academic journey during your time here.
At IADT Library, you’ll find a range of services to support your studies—from access to research materials (such as books, articles, eBooks, databases, dissertations) and quiet study spaces to expert help with academic skills. We understand that adjusting to a new environment can be challenging, so our friendly team is here to guide you every step of the way.
Explore our resources, ask questions, and connect with us online or in person. Looking forward to meeting you!
What do we have in the Library?
The Library is not just a place for books! Alongside our print books, we also have a huge amount of other material, such as:
We also have amenities in the physical Library space, such as:
The Library on campus is located in the Atrium Building. We are on Level 1 and Level 2.
Level 1 is a more collaborative space, with soft seating, and our information desk and Library Staff office are located here too. Level 2 is our silent study area with individual desks. The books are located on Level 2.
We have a wide range of facilities available in the Library. You can borrow books at our self-service machine, you can borrow a laptop for a couple of hours, you can browse our DVDs, you can use the computer and printing facilities, you can use our meeting booth, you can practice presentations, you can do group work, and more. Our friendly staff at the information desk ← will be happy to chat with you if you need help 😊
The Library is one of the key players in your college experience which has an active role in helping you complete your degree. The Library provides you with the information you need to complete your assignments, as well as helping you develop skills to be able to navigate the different sources of information you are presented with during your college career.
We can help you with your assignments. Please come and talk to us if you have an essay (or similar piece of work) due and don't know where to start or how to write it. We can advise you on how to go about completing your assignment.
It is important to use the material in the library so that you are searching the appropriate type of sources for your assignments. This means academic journals and academic books, and appropriate official sources like government reports. Searching Google will bring up many thousands of results, few of which would be appropriate to use in an academic piece of writing such as your assignments.
To ensure that you can actually access the items you find and that they are of appropriate academic quality, we advise searching the library's collections of journal articles and books rather than Googling your topic. These collections have been quality-checked and approved for academic use.
The tabs above will show you how to find this appropriate material in the Library.
If you've been given a reading list but don't know where to start understanding what's on it or where to find the things on it, watch the video below to help you understand it:
