The Learning Resource Centre
'State of the Art' centres where Students can access:
- computers
- the Internet
- books & journals
- multimedia resources
- information about and practical help with Essential Skills
Opening hours:
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Grove Park |
Bersham Road |
You can find out about the resources we have by using our online catalogue (link opens into new window).
What’s in the LRC?
A wide range of resources to support your course including:
- Computers with Internet access linked to colour and black and white printers
- Books
- Newspapers, magazines and journals, both in hard copy and on-line
- Televisions for videos and DVDs
- Videos
- DVDs
- Audio-cassettes
- Sets of slides
The LRC bookstock consists of over 35,000 items and there are over 100 different journals to consult on a variety of relevant subjects. Most books are available for loan with a few of the most popular titles short loan.
In order to keep up to date, over a thousand new resources are introduced into the LRCs annually and access to current information and electronic resources is available through the LRC computers.
- Professional staff always glad to help.
- Study areas for group work and silent study
Services to support your study:
- CentreBooks – We can order any books you need - all with 10% discount
- Second hand book service – you can buy and sell second hand books
- Card and coin operated black and white photocopiers and colour photocopying
GaLW – Gateway to Libraries in Wrexham
GaLW is a network of the public, higher and further education libraries, the archives and local studies services, the Schools Library Service and the Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham (AVOW).
Through the GaLW partnership, students and staff at Yale College are able to use the other libraries within the GaLW scheme to borrow certain material and for reference access.
Other libraries within the scheme include:
- North East Wales Institute (NEWI) Library
- Wrexham Library, including all the branch libraries
- Wrexham School of Health Studies Library
To join, call into a GaLW library and ask for a joining form. If you are a current member of another library in Wrexham, take along your identity card and a proof of address with you.
You can also find out more by visiting the GaLW website at www.newi.ac.uk/galw