At York, the Women's Studies librarian, Kirstyn Radford, is always willing to help students and provide support. York Information Connections, maintained by the Library, brings together Internet resources of relevance to staff and students of the university. Descriptions are provided of the content and origin of each site, in order to help users identify the most appropriate sources of information for their needs. The University of York is approximately 30 minutes by car from the British Library at Boston Spa. In addition to the major collections mentioned above, there is also a number of smaller, specialist collections within the University.
Most colleges have a small library with study places and a small collection of books.
The Borthwick Institute for Historical Research in the city centre has an extensive specialist historical collection. The Centre for Women's Studies organises regular staff-graduate seminars at which members of staff, graduate students and distinguished visiting scholars present research papers. The University has one of the largest concentrations of social science researchers in the UK in, for example, the Addiction Research Centre, the Centre for Health Economics, the Social Policy Research Unit and the Centre for Housing Policy. Each of these units has its own regular series of research seminars which graduate students are welcome to attend. The Centre for Women's Studies also has good relations with departments throughout the University, especially those in the humanities and the social sciences.