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Last Updated: May 23, 2013 URL: http://infoguides.pepperdine.edu/london Print Guide RSS UpdatesEmail AlertsShareThis

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Welcome to the London InfoGuide!

 

Watch Shakespeare Plays Online! (BBC)

Through Ambrose Digital Video you have access to 37 BBC Shakespeare plays. The plays are chaptered by acts and stream video allowing students and faculty to watch content online (just use your WaveNet login!). Ambrose Video 2.0 is 100% closed captioned and streams are viewable directly through browser to all mobile devices, including iPads and iPods.

Access the entire Ambrose Digital Video database HERE!

Here is an example of the Ambrose Digital Video -- Shakespeare's Hamlet Act I (you may have to use your Pepperdine ID to login to see the video):

 

London Museums

  • Victoria and Albert Museum "V&A"
    The Victoria and Albert Museum is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
  • The Natural History Museum
    The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within five main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation.
  • Museum of Science and Technology
    The Science Museum does not charge for admission. Temporary exhibitions, however, do usually incur an admission fee. The museum is a major London tourist attraction, attracting 2.7 million visitors annually.
  • Tate Modern
    Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year.
  • National Portrait Gallery
    The National Portrait Gallery is an art gallery in London, England, housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was the first portrait gallery in the world when it opened in 1856.
 

Getting Help

We know you're far away from Pepperdine campus, but the librarians are still here to help you!

Email a Librarian

Claire Moler is the Librarian Liaison for International Programs and can be contacted at:

claire.moler@pepperdine.edu

You can also email a Subject Liaison Librarian for help in a speciality area. The list of Subject Liaison Librarians can be found here.

Chat with a Librarian

Chat with a librarian: submit questions for librarians to answer and also search through past answered questions.

Librarians are available Monday-Friday from 10AM-7PM Pacific Standard Time.

 

Interactive London Map with Destination Points


View Getting Around London in a larger map

 

Getting Around London

· Tube and Bus Timetables

· DLR Timetables

· River Routes and Timetables

· Tramlink Timetables

· First and Last Tube Times

· Booking Taxis and Minicabs

 

Journey Planner

 

Transport for London Real-Time Data Feed, Multi-modal

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News in the UK

UK News from the BBC

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Additional Links & Resources

For photos, videos, and student blogging, visit the London Vimeo Site

U.K. Factsheet: Background Notes: United Kingdom

Find out more about London on Lonely Planet

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