BLPC contains information on c10 million books and other material in the Library's collection. The system includes details of the Library's reference holdings in the humanities, social sciences, science, technology and business dating from the beginning of printing to the present day plus printed music scores. Users can also search for books and reports from 1980, journals and serials from 1700, and conferences from 1800 held at the Library' s Document Supply Centre in Yorkshire. This material, once located, can be ordered online. The system features a new interface, which can be accessed via the Internet with Web browser.
Users can do a basic search by author, title, subject keywords, publisher, or date.
A new, advanced Boolean function has now been introduced for more sophisticated searches. Searches can be across the entire catalogue or limited to specific files. Non-registered users can also order photocopies of journal articles or conference papers from journals or conference proceedings. A new template order function enables users to request an item they think might be in the Document Supply collection but is not accessible via the online catalogue, e.g. a book published before 1980.