Collections are divided into categories in the lists below: British History, General, Other European, Rest of World/International and Miscellaneous (theses, journals and microfilms). All items are reference-only. Locations are as follows:
| | Open access: | Items marked open access are available in the open access library space in the 3rd floor Senate House south block. | |
| | Onsite store: | Items marked onsite store can be requested in person, by phone or email. See contact details. Request forms can be handed in at the library enquiry office or reception. Fetches will be carried out at 9am, 11am, 2pm, 4.30pm on weekdays and 2pm on Saturdays. | |
| | Offsite store: | Items marked offsite store will be available within 1-2 working days by pre-ordering in person, by phone or email. See contact details. | |
British History:
| | Collection | Classmark | Notes | New Location |
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| | British History: Bibliographies/Guides | B.0 | | onsite store |
| | British History | B.1-B.8 | Old editions of DNB to offsite store | open access |
| | British History Folios (except individual items listed below) | BB | | onsite store |
| | British Journals | B.9 | pre-1950 journals offsite | onsite store |
| | Quick Ref | | Some selected material from closed access collections to be added here | open access |
| | Hansard Parliamentary Debates | B.999 | General/Commons: 1-615 (1803-Dec 1959); Lords: 1-225 (1909-Oct 1959) | open access |
| | Lords and Commons Journals | BB.4012-3 | Lords Journal (1831/2-1869 & 1899) and Commons Journal (1831/2-1899) | open access |
| | Lords Papers/C19th sessional | BB.719 | | open access |
| | Division Lists | | | open access |
| | Statutes of the Realm | BB.40189/Sta | | open access |
| | Public Petitions | B.999 | | onsite store |
| | London Gazette | B.73 | | offsite store |
| | 19th century journals | B.Per | | offsite store |
| | British Local History: General | BC.0-BC.50 | excluding BC.25-26 | onsite store |
| | British Local History: English Counties, Poll Books and Victoria County History | BC.51-BC.95, BC.25-26 | | open access |
| | London History | BL.0-8 | Excluding folios | open access |
| | Scottish History | BS.0-7 | Main sequence, excluding local history, periodicals & folios | open access |
| | Scottish History Periodicals | BS.9 | | onsite store |
| | Scottish Local History | BSL / BS.8 | | onsite store |
| | Welsh History | BW/BWL | | open access |
| | British Local History Folios | BCC, BLL, BSS, BWW | | onsite store |
General:
Other European collections:
| | Collection | Classmark | Notes | New Location |
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| | Irish History | BI.010-883 | Excluding folios, periodicals and Dublin Gazette | open access |
| | Irish History Periodicals/Folios | BI.9/BII | | onsite store |
| | Irish History (Dublin Gazette) | BI 151 | | offsite store |
| | Austrian History | EA | | offsite store |
| | Eastern European History | EB | | offsite store |
| | Scandinavian History | ED, EDD | Including folios | offsite store |
| | French History | EF/EFP | Excluding Journal Officiel, folios & periodicals | open access |
| | French History (Journal Officiel) | EF.9001 | | offsite store |
| | French History Periodicals and Folios | EF.9, EFF, EFPP | | onsite store |
| | German History | EG/EGG | Excluding local history, including folios | onsite store |
| | German Local History | EGL/EGLL | Including folios | offsite store |
| | Monumenta Germaniae Historica | EGM | | open access |
| | Swiss History | EH | | offsite store |
| | Italian History | EI | Excluding Italian Parliamentary Papers and folios | open access |
| | French, German, Italian Parliamentary Papers | EI 501 | except Archives parlementaires, see below | offsite store |
| | Archives parlementaires de 1787 à 1860, Series 1 | EF.6312/Mav | IHR holdings: vol. 1, 1787- vol. 101, 1794 | open access |
| | Italian History Folios | EII | | onsite store |
| | Balkans/Mediterranean History | EM | | offsite store |
| | Low Countries History | EN/ENA/ENB/ENL/ENP | Including folios | onsite store |
| | Portuguese History | EP | | offsite store |
| | Ecclesiastical History | ER.01-89 | Excluding periodicals, folios and Patrologia Latina | open access |
| | Ecclesiastical History Patrologia Latina | ER.22 Mig | | onsite store |
| | Ecclesiastical History Periodicals/Folios | ER.9/ ERR | | onsite store |
| | Spanish History | ES.1-8 | excluding bibliography, periodicals, regional history and folios | open access |
| | Spanish History bibliography section, periodicals, regional history and folios | ES.0, ES.9, ESS, ESR, ESSR | | onsite store |
| | History of the Crusades | EU | | open access |
| | History of the Crusades Folios | EUU | | onsite store |
| | Byzantine History | EV | Including periodicals | open access |
| | Byzantine History Folios | EVV | | onsite store |
Rest of world/International collections:
| | Collection | Classmark | Notes | New Location |
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| | Asian History | A, AA | Including folios | offsite store |
| | Colonial History | C | Excluding C.517 Canada Gazette and folios | onsite store |
| | Colonial: Canada Gazette | C517 | | offsite store |
| | International Relations | IR, IRR | Excluding IR.32-39 Treaties series | onsite store |
| | International Relations: Treaties Series | IR.32-IR.39 | | offsite store |
| | Latin American History | LA, LAA | Including folios and periodicals | offsite store |
| | US History: Bibliography | UB | | offsite store |
| | US History: Federal and States | UF, US | Excluding folios | onsite store |
| | Military History | W | Including periodicals; excluding folios | onsite store |
| | Colonial, Military, US and Latin American Folios | CC, IRR, LAA, UBB, UFF, USS, WW | | offsite store |
Miscellaneous:
