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FindIt@Bham

A guide to support the use of the University of Birmingham library catalogue FindIt@Bham.

What FindIt@Bham can do

Screenshot of FindIt search bar

FindIt@Bham gives you access to information about all the Library's resources from one location. This includes books, journal articles, theses, audio-visual materials, databases, archives and much more.

You can also consult your module resource lists from here, place inter-library loans and obtain help and guidance from library staff. For further details about any of these services, click on the relevant tab on the right.

If you are based at the University of Birmingham's Dubai campus, it is recommended that you use the Dubai version of FindIt@Bham

FindIt@Bham video tutorials

Alongside this library guide, we have also recorded a number of short tutorial videos to help you get the most out of using FindIt@Bham. These videos can be found as a playlist on Panopto and YouTube. The range of videos include, but are not limited to:

  • searching for books;
  • searching for journal articles;
  • creating search alerts;
  • placing interlibrary loan requests.

Some of the videos are also included in this guide.

Signing in and viewing your library account

Signing into FindIt@Bham ensures that you will be able to:

  • Access our electronic resources as an authenticated member of the University of Birmingham.
  • View your personal library account.
  • Retrieve personalisation services such as saved searches. 

To sign in, select Sign in on the top right-hand corner of the screen and follow the prompts to login with your University of Birmingham credentials.

The 'How to sign in to FindIt@Bham' video tutorial outlines the signing in process:

After signing in, you will be able to access your library account. Click on Menu in the top right-hand corner and select Library Account.

You can use your Library Account to:

  • see what items you have on loan;
  • check books you have requested;
  • see your potential fines;
  • see a list of books you've returned (you can sort by title and when you returned them)
  • view your saved searches

Instant help and advice from library staff

We are here to help 24 hours a day and seven days a week via live chat, or you can submit a question to us. You can also email us at library@mail.libanswers.bham.ac.uk

Problems connecting? We're here to help

If you are having problems with logging on or connecting to any of our electronic resources, please contact our IT Service Desk.

If you have any other comments about our services, we would welcome your feedback so that we can improve our service in the future.

Study and research skills support

Libraries and Learning Resources provide training and support for developing your study and research skills. This training can be in the form of face-to-face and online classroom sessions or workshops, online self-paced Canvas courses, printed guides or individual appointments.

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