Leiden University Libraries (UBL) owns over 5 million paper materials. Loanable items can be picked up and returned at the UBL library location of your choice.

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for Research in Russian and Eurasian Studies

With its more than 1400 bindings and over a thousand fragments Leiden’s collection of medieval manuscripts (up to ca. 1550) is the largest in the Netherlands.

You are a PhD candidate and the completion of your dissertation is approaching. What to do next?

A web lecture is a recording of a presentation, a lecture, a class, a keynote, or even a workshop that can be viewed after the event has taken place.

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Psychology

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in German language and culture.

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Cultural Anthropology

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To use library facilities and services, you need a valid and activated LU-Card.

Under agreement with the Dutch National Archives (2011), all static archives created by Leiden University are kept as a loan in the University Library. In this way, users can study the history of the university and library in conjunction with other relevant archives, collections and items.

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for Law

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Latin American Studies

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Education and Child Studies

The Walaeus Library is Leiden University Libraries' medical library. The library is located on the first floor of the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC).

Leiden University alumni and PhD graduates can continue to use library facilities free of charge.

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Mathematics

The libraries offer several group study rooms, for use by Leiden University students. Rooms need to be reserved in advance, using the university's study places booking system.

Overview of databases, reference works and website for research in the History of Science

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Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Molecular Science & Technology

The Western manuscript, archival and letter collections consist of books and documents written in Latin, Greek and Cyrillic script.

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in African Studies

The African Library is located on the ground floor of the new Herta Mohr Building at Witte Singel.

Kiem-project Japanese Medical Histories

Looking for a book? Materials within the Leiden University Libraries (UBL) collection are (mostly) arranged according to the Library of Congress Classification.

If an item is not available at Leiden University Libraries (UBL), you can try and obtain it directly from another library, request it using ILL services, or suggest items for purchase.

The Centre for Digital Scholarship offers training, events and presentations aimed at researchers and research support staff affiliated with Leiden University on the many different aspects of digital scholarship.

As soon as your thesis has been approved, you will be asked to upload your final version to the Student Repository. The Repository is an online archive for Leiden University theses. You can send all questions regarding your upload to the repository to your Education administration office.

Overview of databases en websites for research in the Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences

Library staff will select, acquire, catalogue and manage materials to support teaching, learning and research at Leiden University. We aim to have all required study literature available online or in print at the beginning of the semester. Do you think that some titles are missing? Contact your…

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Public Administration

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Overview of databases and reference works for research in journalism and new media.

Conditions are attached to the use of information sources (databases) provided by UBL.

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Security Studies

Overview of databases and websites for research in Astronomy

A personal library account and LU-Card is needed to enter the libraries and use on-site facilities.

The Special Collections Reading Room houses a collection of 800+ facsimiles of Western manuscripts originating mostly from Medieval Europe. They enable students to consult a 3D version very close to the original manuscripts kept worldwide, especially those with contents or from cultural traditions that…

Two Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) have been placed in front of the University Library in memory of the Jewish Cosman family. At the time of the Second World War, they lived in one of the houses where the library is now located.

From study places to consulting collections and from a meeting with your faculty liaison to getting books after opening hours: the new Science Library offers it all. The library moved to a brand new location in the Gorlaeus building and will be open starting 15 April.

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Book reviews give you a quick overview of the main arguments, quality and structure of a book.

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Classics

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Criminology

According to a rough estimate the western manuscripts collections and (private) archives contain some 500,000 letters, of which over 300,000 are catalogued. The letters kept in the University archives are not catalogued; the same holds for most letters kept in the oriental collections. They can be found…

Text and Data Mining (TDM) is increasingly applied in various academic disciplines to extract useful information from unstructured textual data using computational methods.

Knowing where scientific information can be found and how to use it is of great importance for getting through university. In collaboration with teachers, UBL guides students in information literacy skills: from assessing information to searching in the Special Collections and citation management.

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