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Electronic copies of past exam papers at UCL. Access is restricted to registered UCL staff and students.
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To find a paper
There are two ways to find a paper:
- Use the blue search bar above to access your exam papers via the library Explore catalogue. Search by module code or title of Exam Paper.
- Alternatively, you can use the Collection Discovery in Explore to click through to department, level and year required.
To submit exam papers for inclusion in Explore
There are two ways to submit exam papers for inclusion in the library catalogue Explore:
First method
Download a local copy of the metadata sheet, and add a line of metadata for each exam paper you are submitting, and then email the PDFs together with the completed metadata sheet to readinglists@ucl.ac.uk. There is an example line at the top of the metadata sheet. Feel free to delete this before proceeding.
Second method
Download a local copy of the metadata sheet and add a line of metadata for each exam paper you are submitting. Then upload the PDFs of the exam papers, together with the completed metadata sheet to the 'Exam Papers Submission’ sharepoint folder'.
Within the sharepoint folder, create a departmental folder containing your PDFs (e.g. 'Anthropology 2023) and metadata sheet. TLS will get an automatic alert and will process the papers in due course. There is an example line at the top of the metadata sheet. Feel free to delete this before proceeding.
Please note: You may need to click on “skip verification” if you are off-site to access the metadata sheet.
Which method to use
It does not matter which method you use, but method 2, using the Sharepoint folder is best for larger submissions, which may exceed the maximum size for an email.
In both cases a metadata sheet needs to be completed and submitted along with the exam papers. This is to ensure that each paper has the correct metadata when uploaded to the Explore library catalogue. Please ensure you make clear which line in the metadata sheet relates to which exam paper being submitted, and that you adhere to consistent naming between the PDFs and the metadata.
Once you have submitted your paper(s) using one of the above methods, TLS will contact you to let you know once the process is complete.
If you have any queries at all about the process, please don’t hesitate to email readinglists@ucl.ac.uk.
Support
Please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions or contact us at lib-exams@ucl.ac.uk.
Pre-2019 papers
We are in the process of only providing papers from 2019 onwards, either for 3 or 5 years. If you had papers older than 2019, and would like to make more current papers available, then please use one of the above methods for submission.