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

The UBL provides access to an endless collection printed and online journal articles

Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has received a donation from Dr. Freerk Heule to digitise and publish an internationally unique collection of unofficial (minjian) poetry journals from China. These poetry journals are produced outside the official infrastructure for literature in China for literature…

Leiden University Libraries has made a large number of unofficial poetry journals from China accessible online in its Digital Collections. This opens up thousands of pages from an internationally unique collection of unofficial Chinese poetry for teaching, research, and the general public, including…

We are very pleased to announce that the Dutch Universities (VSNU) and publisher Elsevier have reached an agreement on the journal list that will aim to make 30% of the Dutch research publications Open Access by 2018.

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

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for historical research

Check whether you may incorporate journal articles in readers (via ReaderOnline) or place these articles on Brightspace, without having to pay costs via the Easy Access Agreement (also referred to as Reader Agreement).

Leiden University students, staff and (dual) PhDs can use the libraries' databases, e-books and e-journals both on-campus and off-campus.

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for Law

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

Resources for searching Open Access articles, journals and books

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

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

Need a book or journal the library doesn’t own?

Leiden University Libraries has a huge collection of books, journals and other materials to help you in your studies, both physical and online. Most of these materials can be requested through the Catalogue. Take a look at the video's below to learn how to borrow items or read about how to read books…

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Computer Science

De Boekenwereld is a Dutch language journal on the history of the book and prints. The journal is published by Amsterdam University Press in collaboration with the Royal Library, Allard Pierson|Special Collections of the University of Amsterdam and Leiden University Libraries. Each partner is responsible…

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

Overview of reference works, journals and website for research in Politics and International Relations of Japan

Leiden researchers are entitled to take part in deals regarding Open Access that have been arranged with a substantial number of publishers.

A number of tools and services are available to help you keep up to date with the latest developments in your subject field.

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Italian Language and Culture

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

Our list of commonly used tools facilitate your work and research online.

Assistance creating links to journal articles and (e-)books.

Overview of databases and websites for research in Astronomy

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

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Political Science

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

Open Access provides free online availability of academic output without restrictions. Open Access increases the visibility of research enormously.

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

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Physics.

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

Open Access provides free online availability of research output without restrictions. Open Access increases the visibility of a publication enormously. The Executive Board has decided that Leiden University will endorse Open Access.

Welcome to the Sub-guide for North Korea. This Sub-guide is designed for students looking to locate, access and use a wide variety of scholarly and non-scholarly sources which are either (1) published or produced in North Korea or (2) about North Korea. This Sub-guide is a part of the General Subject…

The Leiden University Libraries (UBL) catalogue contains millions of (e-)books, (e-)journals, manuscripts, letters, and other materials available at the UBL.