Subject librarians

Our subject librarians provide specialist support for students and researchers in their disciplines. They provide guides to resources and offer training and 1-1 sessions to help you with:

  • Finding and evaluating books and journal articles
  • Finding and using electronic resources (ebooks, databases, ejournals)
  • Literature searches
  • Finding source materials
  • Advise on citations and managing your references for essays and dissertations
  • Purchasing resources for your research, teaching and learning
  • Open access and research data management

Each of our subject librarians are here to help you make the most of the library resources on offer.

Use the table below to search for a subject or librarian to find their contact details, or ask for them in the relevant library.

If you can't see your subject listed, you can use our Ask a Librarian services.

Subject Librarian Email
African and Commonwealth Studies Sarah Rhodes sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Anatomy Karine Barker karine.barker@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Ancient Near Eastern Studies Anthea Crane anthea.crane@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Anthropology Helen Worrell helen.worrell@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Arabic Studies Lydia Wright lydia.wright@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Archaeology Helen Worrell helen.worrell@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Art and Architecture Sarah Currant sarah.currant@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Belarusian Language and Literature Nick Hearn nick.hearn@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bibliography and the History of the Book Alan Coates alan.coates@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Biochemistry Ollie Bridle oliver.bridle@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Bioinformatics Ollie Bridle oliver.bridle@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Biology Ollie Bridle oliver.bridle@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Biomedical Sciences Karine Barker karine.barker@bodleian.ox.ac.uk 
Bulgarian Literature and Language Nick Hearn nick.hearn@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Business Hal Kirkwood hal.kirkwood@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Byzantine Art and Archaeology Charlotte Goodall charlotte.goodall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Catalan Language and Literature Joanne Ferrari joanne.ferrari@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Caucasian and Central Asian Studies Niko Kontovas nicholas.kontovas@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Celtic Languages and Literatures Janet Foot janet.foot@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Chemistry Alessandra Vetrugno alessandra.vetrugno@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Chinese Studies Mamtimyn Sunuodula mamtimyn.sunuodula@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Church Slavonic Nick Hearn nick.hearn@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Classical Archaeology Charlotte Goodall charlotte.goodall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Classics and Ancient History Charlotte Goodall charlotte.goodall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Computer Science Rachel Scanlon rachel.scanlon@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Conservation Chantry Library chantrylibrary@magd.ox.ac.uk
Continuing Education Angela Carritt angela.carritt@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Criminology Elizabeth Wells elizabeth.wells@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Czech and Slovak Studies Barbara Baj Wojtowicz barbara.bajwojtowicz@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Digital Scholarship Learning Support Librarian Emma Huber emma.huber@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Dutch Language and Literature Johanneke Sytsema johanneke.sytsema@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Earth Sciences Rachel Scanlon rachel.scanlon@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
East, Central, South European Studies (Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, Balkans and the Baltic States) Barbara Baj Wojtowicz barbara.bajwojtowicz@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Eastern Europe, North Central Asia History and Social Sciences (Belarus, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine) Eleanor Peers eleanor.peers@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Economics John Southall john.southall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Education Catherine Scutt catherine.scutt@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Egyptology Anthea Crane anthea.crane@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Engineering Alessandra Vetrugno alessandra.vetrugno@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
English Helen Scott helen.scott@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Environment and Environmental Law Andy Kernot andrew.kernot@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Experimental Psychology Karine Barker karine.barker@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Film Studies Sarah Currant sarah.currant@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Finance Hal Kirkwood hal.kirkwood@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Forestry Ollie Bridle oliver.bridle@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
French Language and Literature Nick Hearn nick.hearn@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Frisian Language and Literature Johanneke Sytsema johanneke.sytsema@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Galician Language and Literature Joanne Ferrari joanne.ferrari@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Genetics Karine Barker karine.barker@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Geography Andy Kernot andrew.kernot@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
German and Yiddish Language and Literature Emma Huber emma.huber@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Greek (Modern) Kostas Skordyles kostas.skordyles@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Hebrew and Jewish Studies Cesar Merchan Hamann / Rahel Fronda cesar.merchan-hamann@bodleian.ox.ac.uk / rahel.fronda@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
History (British and Western European) Isabel Holowaty (Research) / Rachel D'Arcy-Brown (Teaching) isabel.holowaty@bodleian.ox.ac.uk / rachel.darcy-brown@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
History (US) Bethan Davies bethan.davies@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
History of Science, Medicine and Technology Isabel Holowaty isabel.holowaty@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Human Sciences Helen Worrell helen.worrell@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Hungarian Studies Zsuzsanna Varga zsuzsanna.varga@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
International Development Sarah Rhodes sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Islamic Studies Lydia Wright lydia.wright@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Italian Literature and Language Andrea Del Cornò andrea.delcorno@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Internet Studies Andy Kernot andrew.kernot@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Japanese Studies Anna Sharko anna.sharko@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Korean Studies Position vacant chinese.librarian@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Latin American Studies (Languages and Literatures) Joanne Ferrari joanne.ferrari@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Latin American Studies (History and Social Sciences) Frank Egerton frank.egerton@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Law Elizabeth Wells elizabeth.wells@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Linguistics Johanneke Sytsema johanneke.sytsema@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Macedonian Studies (History and Social Sciences) Barbara Baj Wojtowicz barbara.bajwojtowicz@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Macedonian Studies (Language and Literature) Nick Hearn nick.hearn@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Management Studies Hal Kirkwood hal.kirkwood@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Materials Rachel Scanlon rachel.scanlon@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Mathematics Alessandra Vetrugno alessandra.vetrugno@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Medicine: Clinical Edina Pillok (collections and subscriptions) / Outreach Librarians (training and subject support) edina.pillok@bodleian.ox.ac.uk / hcl-enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Medicine: Pre-clinical Karine Barker karine.barker@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Music Martin Holmes martin.holmes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Numismatics Charlotte Goodall charlotte.goodall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Official Papers Hannah Chandler hannah.chandler@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Open Scholarship Sarah Humphreys sarah.humphreys@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Ornithology Sophie Wilcox sophie.wilcox@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Palaeography and Manuscript Studies Martin Kauffmann martin.kauffmann@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Persian Studies Lydia Wright lydia.wright@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Pharmacology Ollie Bridle oliver.bridle@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Philosophy Hilla Wait hilla.wait@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Physics Alessandra Vetrugno alessandra.vetrugno@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Physiology Karine Barker karine.barker@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Plant Sciences Ollie Bridle oliver.bridle@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Plant Taxonomy Sophie Wilcox sophie.wilcox@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Polish Studies Barbara Baj Wojtowicz barbara.bajwojtowicz@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Politics and International Relations Jo Gardner jo.gardner@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Portuguese Language and Literature Joanne Ferrari joanne.ferrari@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Psychology Karine Barker karine.barker@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Refugee Studies Sarah Rhodes sarah.rhodes@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Research Data Management John Southall john.southall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Romanian Studies Adina Bradeanu adina.bradeanu@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Russian Language and Literature Nick Hearn nick.hearn@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Social Policy and Intervention Andy Kernot andrew.kernot@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Socio-Legal Studies Elizabeth Wells elizabeth.wells@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Sociology John Southall john.southall@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
South Asian Studies (Classical Collections) Gillian Evison gillian.evison@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
South Asian Studies (Modern) Emma Mathieson emma.mathieson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Spanish Language and Literature Joanne Ferrari joanne.ferrari@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Statistics Rachel Scanlon rachel.scanlon@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Theology Hilla Wait hilla.wait@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Tibetan Charles Manson charles.manson@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Turkish Studies Niko Kontovas nicholas.kontovas@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Ukrainian Language and Literature Nick Hearn nick.hearn@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
US Studies Bethan Davies bethan.davies@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Zoology Ollie Bridle oliver.bridle@bodleian.ox.ac.uk