Oxfordshire Studies

What is Oxfordshire Studies

Find out about Oxfordshire Studies collections and services.

Opening hours from August 2008

Owing to delays in the Westgate development project, Oxfordshire Studies will remain open in the Central Library at Westgate until further notice. Transfer to Oxfordshire Record Office, Temple Road, Cowley, has been delayed, and the timescale is as yet uncertain.

However, some packaging will continue to be carried out, and part of the Oxfordshire Studies area will remain closed off to allow this to happen.

There may be Saturdays when the service closes for lunch, as staffing was determined on the expectation of closure in October. We apologise for the uncertainty around our opening hours over the past few months, but this has been due to circumstances beyond our control.

Normal opening hours are:

What can I find?

Oxfordshire Studies gives you access to the largest collection in the country of printed, microform and audio-visual material relating to Oxfordshire.

Research and copies

If you are unable to visit us we can offer a limited research service on specific local studies and family history topics.

Using Oxfordshire Studies

How to make the most of the Oxfordshire Studies service:

Heritage Search

Details of photographs, publications, documents and objects can be viewed online using Heritage Search - Oxfordshire County Council's database of heritage material.

From Oxfordshire Studies collections, Heritage Search includes:

• over 30,000 records of printed books, periodicals, microforms and electronic media
• over 60,000 images and records relating to 100,000 more
• records of 5,000 oral history recordings
• name indexes to Oxfordshire businesses and people, 1800-2006.

Who else can help?

Oxfordshire County Council provides many local studies and family history resources outside Oxfordshire Studies.

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