Opening hours

Main library opening hours:
Monday - Friday
09.00 - 21.00
Saturday 
10.00 - 17.00

PC cluster opening hours:
Saturday - Thursday
08.00 - 22.00
Friday
08.00 - 21.00

No entry without a valid Imperial ID card during unstaffed hours

Opening hours may change at short notice

cxissuedesk@imperial.ac.uk

+44 (0)20 7594 0755

Charing Cross Campus Library
Imperial College London
Charing Cross Campus
St Dunstan's Rd
London
W6 8RP

The library is on the 2nd floor of the Reynolds Building.

Campus maps and information

About us

There are 14 computers available for library users, including NHS staff, connected to the university network. We have 2 colour printer-copiers for A4 or A3 paper. These can also scan to email. Imperial College London WiFi is available to all registered library users.

Next to the library is a computer cluster with 62 computers and 2 colour printer-copiers accessible to all registered library users with a swipe card. NHS users requiring swipe access please email cxissuedesk@imperial.ac.uk.

Our collection covers general medicine, including medical textbooks, as well as nursing and professions allied to medicine. We also have a small collection of non-clinical titles.

Most journals are now available electronically but we also have some print journals from 1990 onwards.

Special collections

The archive collections of Charing Cross Hospital (1818-1974) and the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School / Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School (1823-1997) are at the Abdus Salam Library.

You can find listings of items in these collections on the AIM25 database.

Special collections

Study rooms

We have 2 group study rooms in the library for use by users when not booked for tutorials, seminars or staff meetings. The rooms can accommodate 12 people and each one has a PC connected to a large monitor.

To make a booking, contact the library during staffed opening hours or email cxissuedesk@imperial.ac.uk.

There is also a room available to book in the PC cluster.  You can book this room using Library Bookings. Bookings are restricted to one per day, for a maximum of two hours, up to 3 times a week.

Help with room bookings