Tips on how to search for Dutch articles or articles published in the Netherlands.

Searching for relevant scholarly information can be a challenge. These tutorials can help you navigating the catalogue and other databases.

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

Sources for finding legislation, treaties and parliamentary documentation

Leiden University Libraries hosts materials in hundreds of different languages, including many languages that are written in non-Latin scripts.

Leiden University Libraries hosts materials in hundreds of different languages, including many languages that are written in non-Latin scripts. Since 2015, all items are catalogued in the original scripts. Therefore, you may use for instance Arabic, Persian, Russian, Hebrew, Japanese, Korean or Chinese…

The collection guides of archives and collections of Leiden University Libraries (UBL) have been made available via the portal Collection Guides. This has greatly improved the findability, visibility and ease of use of these collection finding aids.

With the addition of over 16,500 new catalogue records, the collection of Johannes Tiberius Bodel Nijenhuis (1797-1872) is now almost entirely searchable online. The private collection of the Leiden map collector laid the foundation for the special collection of maps and atlases of Leiden University.…

Describing almost 1400 maps of Africa in three months. It’s no small task that student assistants Artemis Mantheakis and Beatriz Veiga have been working on within the joint ASCL-UBL Africa Maps Project. The project’s aim is to describe and catalogue a 20th-century map collection of the library of the…

The archives created by Leiden University and the private archives of Leiden professors are an invaluable source for the history of the university and its functioning. The main sources have been edited (nearly always in Dutch). In addition, several studies have been published, describing the development…

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

Resources for searching Open Access articles, journals and books

AI in major academic databases, such as EBSCO, Elsevier, and JSTOR explained: what can these tools be used for – and where do they fall short?

A systematic review answers a central question by summarising (all) relevant studies.

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

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

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

The library holds an extensive collection of books, journals, and other materials to support your studies.

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

Leiden University Libraries' favourite tools to facilitate your online work and research.

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

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

A (systematic) review article provides a summary of the state of affairs in a particular field. Review articles are written by experts based on extensive research. Reading a review therefore provides quick insight into a field or subject.

Leiden University owns extensive collections of portraits. These include around a hundred painted portraits of scholars, librarians and professors and around 30,000 prints of scholars, politicians, rulers, artists, writers and other persons of fame. A smaller partial collection is that of writers, belonging…

A collection consists of items and parts that have been collected by one or more individuals or institutions not responsible for their formation. An archive has been created by one or more individuals or institutions.

This Subject Guide is designed to support students of Japan studies at Leiden University in their research process. For every step of the research process, this guide introduces a number of tips and recommended resources. You can find several sub-guides and contacts in the 'quick links' in the tab on…

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

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

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

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

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

This Subject Guide is designed to support students of Korean studies at Leiden University in their research process. For every step of the research process, this guide introduces a number of tips and recommended resources. You can find several sub-guides and contacts in the 'quick links' in the tab…

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

This Subject Guide is designed to support students of International Studies with writing their BA thesis and research papers. This guide focuses on the research process, and suggests effective ways to: 1. find a topic and formulate a good research question; 2. search, find and evaluate literature; 3.…

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