A more recent collection of note is the Hall-Carpenter archive of gay and lesbian materials. Electronic Library Electronic publishing is expanding rapidly and LSE's Electronic Library reflects this. Most of the sources can be accessed from any machine on the LSE network - so it is not necessary to go to the Library to use them. Freely available to all students are such services as the Social Sciences Citation Index, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences, recent issues of some journals in electronic form, leading UK newspapers in full text such as the Financial Times and the online catalogues of other libraries throughout the world. There are also many subject based abstracting and indexing services that enable details of journal articles, working papers and other publications to be traced.
Statistical series are also increasingly available in electronic form.
Statistics from the OECD, United Nations and World Bank are readily accessible on the School network. In addition, the Data Library provides access to a whole range of specialist datasets - primarily of interest to LSE research students and staff. The Library has amongst the longest opening hours of any UK university library - opening late into the evening Monday to Friday, and on Saturdays and Sundays, during term. Staff at the Information Desk can provide you with advice on information sources available and how to access them. If necessary, your enquiry can be referred on to specialist staff who will then contact you with more detailed advice.