An international port, Portsmouth is a vibrant waterfront city it's skyline
dominated by the iconic Spinnaker Tower with views of the South Coast, the Isle of Wight and the city of Portsmouth.

A diverse community continues to inhabit this island city home to the renowned Historic Dockyard, the famous tudor 
warship the Mary Rose and Portsmouth City Football Club. A city of sanctuary welcoming and assisting migrants and a community focused 
University at its heart all helped to give Portsmouth its distinctive character. 

Portsmouth is easily accessible by road and rail and the University is just a short walk from
either Portsmouth Harbor or Portsmouth and South Sea railway stations.

The University of Portsmouth library is home to the prestigious Outside in World Children's Books in
Translation, a collection of international books that have been translated from the original language
into English.

We actively encourage the collection to be used to support research and teaching at the University
of Portsmouth and in the wider academic world and for community outreach work. We also warmly welcome members of the
community who simply want to use the collection for pleasure.

The University Library is open to everyone. If you are not a member of the university and would
like to visit the collection please see our library membership web pages. You can visit just for the day or 
if you want to come along regularly you you can apply for external membership which allows you to borrow two 
books at a time. Membership is free.

As you approach the entrance to the library on Cambridge Road peer through the floor to ceiling windows on
your right hand side and you will see the collection and the library Cafe just beyond. 

Items within the collection are included on the library catalog and most items are available for loan. They are
shelved in a separate sequence. The shelf mark - that's the number which helps you 
locate a specific book - is proceded with Outside in World. 

Items which are not available for loan can be consulted in the library on request. They are housed in a glass
cupboard alongside the bookshelves. The collection can be browsed on the Outside in World website giving you a flavor of the
books you can expect to find in this special collection.

Within the University of Portsmouth Library other children's literature and illustration collections can be 
discovered in the main University Library sequence and our friendly Library staff will be able to help you
locate them.

We look forward to meeting you soon