Social Science Library

The Bodleian Social Science Library, Oxford is the main teaching social sciences lending library at the University of Oxford, . The library supports taught programmes for both undergraduates and postgraduates, and houses a dedicated research collection part of which contains legal deposit material out-housed from the Bodleian Library.
bodleian.ox.ac.uk
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  • Access is restricted and requires permission.
  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—10:00 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM and Sunday 11:00 AM—7:00 PM
    school holidays and Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—7:00 PM and Saturday 10:00 AM—6:00 PM and Sunday closed
    December 24th—January 1st: closed
  • Email: ssl@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
  • Type: Library
  • Description: at the University of Oxford
  • Also known as: “Social Science Library, Oxford” and “SSL”
  • Address: Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UQ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Catherine’s College and Bodleian Law Library.

University
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St Catherine's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. The college developed from the St Catherine's Society; it was granted full status as a college in 1962, after a campaign by the historian Alan Bullock, who became the first master of the college, and later vice-chancellor of the university. is situated 550 feet southeast of Social Science Library.

Library
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The is an academic library in , England. It is part of Oxford University, the Bodleian Libraries, and is also the library of the Faculty of Law.

University
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is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by Bishop William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as 's feeder school, was one of the first colleges in the university to admit and tutor undergraduate students. is situated 1,600 feet southwest of Social Science Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oxford and Norham Manor.

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is the oldest university city in the , some 50 miles to the west of the capital in its own county of , on the rivers Thames and Cherwell.

Quarter
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The estate is a residential suburb in , . It is part of central North Oxford. To the north is with its crescents, to the east is the , to the south are the University Parks and to the west is Walton Manor, on the other side of Banbury Road.

Neighborhood
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is a small residential area in central North Oxford, a suburb of , England. It was one of the earliest planned suburban developments in the area and most of the houses are Grade II listed.

Social Science Library

Latitude
51.75743° or 51° 45′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.2469° or 1° 14′ 49″ west
Operator
Bodleian Libraries;University of Oxford
Open location code
9C3WQQ43+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q7550793
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Social Science Library” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “牛津大學社會科學圖書館”
  • Japanese: “ボドリアン社会学図書館”

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Highlights include New College Sports Pavillion and St Cross Church.

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