About Us
The English Faculty Library (efl) was founded in 1914 and exists primarily to serve the needs of all those reading and teaching English at Oxford, as well as other readers requiring access to its collections. For many years it was housed in the attic of the Examination Schools before moving into the purpose-built St Cross Building in 1965.
The library holds over 105,000 volumes and subscribes to around 80 current journals, almost all of which are on open access. The library's books are all catalogued on OLIS. Most books, except for those in our special collections, are available for loan to registered borrowers. The Library also holds an extensive audio visual collection supporting Shakespeare, poetry and Film Studies courses in Oxford.
The efl also provides information skills training to support teaching and research in English at Oxford.
A short Guide to the English Faculty Library is available to download in the following file format PDF
