Special collections
Close up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
New books
Some of the most recent additions to the library collection Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
Academic Skills Collection
There are 200+ books in our Academic Skills collection, covering topics such as essay writing, referencing, presentations, and interviews. These books can all be borrowed from the library. Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
Wellbeing Collection
This collection has been curated by the library team with assistance from the College Nurse and College Counsellor. The Wellbeing Collection has 150+ books on topics including adjusting to university life, gender and sexuality, body image, depression, and self esteem. These books can all be borrowed from the library. Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
DVD Collection
Films, boxsets, documentaries, operas etc. Our DVD collection is shelved in the Maisonneuve Room of the Bevin Library - DVDs can be borrowed at the self-issue machines. We also have plug-in USB DVD players available for loan, please ask in the Library Office if you would like to borrow one of these. Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
Graphic Novels
A small but growing collection of graphic novels, with award winning titles as well as books on undergraduate reading lists. Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
College History Collection
This ever-growing collection contains titles relating to the history of Churchill College and its members. Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
Roskill Library
The Roskill Library housed in the Churchill Archives Centre contains collections on political and scientific history and biography of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, amassed partly to assist researchers at the Archives Centre. Books may be borrowed from the Roskill Library at the discretion of the Archivist. Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
Rare Books Collection
These books are shelved in the Archives Strong Room; please contact the Librarian if you wish to consult them. Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
Napoleon Collection
The Library holds a special collection of books on Napoleon collected by Sir Winston Churchill. These books are shelved in the Archives Strong Room; please contact the Librarian if you wish to consult them. Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
C.P. Snow Collection
The Library has a collection of the fiction and non-fiction works of C.P. Snow, one of our founder Fellows. Many of the books have been inscribed by the author. These books are kept in a locked bookcase in the Maisonneuve Room in the Bevin Library; please contact the Librarian if you wish to consult them. Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
Powys Collection
The Library has a collection of around 80 books by and about the Powys brothers, particularly John Cowper Powys. The collection includes many first editions, and was presented by Mr James D. Watson of Cambridge, Massachusetts (father of Professor J.D. Watson, Nobel prize-winner and sometime Overseas Fellow of Churchill). These books are kept in a locked bookcase in the Maisonneuve Room in the Bevin Library; please contact the Librarian if you wish to consult them. Find out moreClose up of book spines from the Napoleon Collection. The books are bound in red leather with gilt tooling.
