For tips on taking care with original documents in the Document Reading Room and Map and Large Document Reading Room see how to handle documents.
There is a growing collection of electronic publications and online resources which are available in all reading rooms.
The Map and Large Document Reading Room is a reference room for records and subjects before 1688, and modern legal records.
It is also a reading room for:
There is a copying service on the first floor, so if you want copies of any documents, you can take the document here along with the computer slip that arrives with the document.
Please note:
There are self-service scanners you can use to make copies of original documents, available just outside the Document Reading Room on the first floor. Please talk to the staff on duty in the area to find out if it is possible to make copies of your particular documents using this equipment.
There are also self-service scanners in the Map and Large Document Reading Room on the second floor.
When you have finished with your documents you'll need to return them to the document returns counter, on the first floor.
When you have finished with all your original documents and your allocated table in the Document Reading Room, please swipe out using your Reader's Ticket at the swipe machine just outside the entrance to the reading room - that way someone else can use your table.
If you are in the Map and Large Document Reading Room, on the second floor, you will need to return documents to the counter there.
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