If you are not a member of the Department of Statistics you will have to request access. 

Members of the Department 

• Staff: automatically given access to the library. 
• Graduate Research students: automatically given access to the library. 
• MSc in Statistical Science students: automatically given access to the library. 
• OMMS students : can be given access if they are doing a statistics project. 
• MMath Mathematics and Statistics students: fourth-years are given access, other years are not permitted to use the library. 
• Visitors to the Department: access granted if requested. 

Member of the wider University 

All new readers from outside the Department must register with the librarian, please e-mail lib@stats.ox.ac.uk. 

• Staff and graduate research students: admitted on request, please make an appointment by email to register. 
• Master’s students: admitted on request with a letter of recommendation from a supervisor, please make an appointment by e-mail to register. 
• Undergraduate students: not permitted to use the library.  MMath Mathematics students may gain admittance if they are doing a Statistics-based project. 
• Visitors: may be given access to books under special circumstances. 

A current University card is required to access the library. 

Below are the loan periods and limits for patrons. All loans can be renewed online via SOLO. 

• SOLO – Search Oxford Libraries Online

• Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) 

• Mathematical Institute eprints archive  

• ArXiv.org – eprint archive (Cornell University Library) 

• Front for Mathematics ArXiv (UC Davis) 

• Subject and Research Guides 

• Statistics Resources 

• Statistics Library Leaflet including rules of conduct

• Whitehead Library, Mathematical Institute