Home to the archival collections of Toynbee Hall which, in addition to serving the East London community since 1884, has helped to shape British social policy in the 20th century.

One of the UK's leading business libraries which is open to everyone with no membership required. Also hosts a range of free seminars and workshops.

Aimed at those in tertiary and adult education, the Goldsmiths' Company Library has special collections covering hallmarking, assaying, jewellery and other subjects relating to precious metals.

One of the UK's richest sources on London history with an unrivalled collection including trade directories, poll books and archives dating from the 11th century.

The LMA, refurbished in 2009, holds a vast amount of information about the capital and its citizens, including the official records of the City of London Corporation.

The Library has some 40,000 volumes in the lending section covering a range of subjects including Marx, Engels, Lenin, the Spanish Civil War and the History of Socialism and the British Labour Movement.

Part of King's College London, the Maughan Library & ISC is not open to the general public as a walk-in facility, but anyone wishing to access their specialist collections for items not easily available elsewhere can do so by contacting us.

The National Philatelic Society Library (NPSL) is a world-class philatelic library with over 7,000 philatelic books and some 1,100 titles of philatelic periodicals.

Open to non-members for a fee, this library – the largest for family history in England – has 8,000 printed family histories on open shelves and a vast range of genealogical records.

Described as "the world's foremost printing and graphic arts library", the St Bride collection covers printing, binding, graphics, typography, typefaces, calligraphy, illustration, printmaking, publishing and bookselling.