Whittaker Library

The library contains thousands of books, plays, sheet music, DVDs, CDs together with thousands of electronic resources. You can access all of our print and e-books via our Catalogue and thousands of additional e-resources via Catalogue Plus. Additionally, check out our E-resource data base listing and our E-journal titles. Expert library staff are available for subject enquiries in person, or via the chat with a librarian service, which you can access via the library website.

Further details on all of the above can be obtained at the Information Services webpage at and via the Student Portal.

If you have any Library-related questions or enquiries, please email library@rcs.ac.uk


Music from the Performance Library

Within the Whittaker Library, the Performance Library Administrator provides music as required for concerts/events, performance classes, assessments, operas, vocal studies, academic studies and juniors. All performance library material will be issued to your library account and will remain your responsibility until it is returned to the Library. They will be held behind the issue desk ready for you to collect. If you have any Performance Library-related questions or enquiries, please email performancelibrary@rcs.ac.uk.