Learning Resources

The BCNO Group boasts a wealth of learning resources for our students, to enhance learning.

Discover a wealth of osteopathic wisdom at our libraries!

You can access a vast collection of books and journals and other resources, carefully selected to enhance your osteopathic learning.

ESO Library Opening Times
ESO Library now open 08:00am - 17:30pm, Monday to Friday during term times

ESO Learning Resources

The ESO Library and Information Services is the student’s information hub with a wide range of information resources to support the School’s curriculum including:

  • More than 7,500 texts including books on a wide range of medical and health sciences topics, osteopathy and its history, statistics, ethics, differential diagnosis and other manual therapies, undergraduate and postgraduate research projects and dissertations
  • A collection of mainly peer-reviewed journals in the field of osteopathy and manual therapy (students also have access to online journal articles in Science Direct and other additional digital databases through our partner universities)
  • Educational DVDs and a large video collection of in-house lectures and tutorials, that have been digitised and accessible via our Virtual Learning Environment
  • More than 200 anatomical models
  • Study spaces, and laptops available for students to utilise whilst in the Library
  • Photocopying, printing and scanning facilities

The ESO Library also has:

  • Access and support with the BCNO Group’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) – the Learning Zone
  • Links with other osteopathic and health sector libraries enabling rapid document supply and inter-library loans of items not held at ESO
  • Assistance with obtaining SCONUL cards for study access to 173 academic libraries right across the UK
  • IT support with ESO online 365 accounts, including Microsoft Teams, Padlet, Analyse IT and other applications.
  • Drop-in sessions for Library research skills
  • Video Room for capturing recorded assessments and online lectures
  • Out-of-hours book return boxes

The ESO Library Catalogue

Resources available at the ESO Library include books, journals and models as well as a study space and photocopying, printing and scanning facilities.

Please click on the button below to access the ESO Library catalogue.

If you would like more information regarding the ESO library, please contact the Library staff on 01622 760818 or esolibrary@bcnogroup.ac.uk