The Special Collections of Leiden University Libraries contain a world-renowned and vast collection of old prints, manuscripts, archives, prints, drawings and photography. Our collections are accessible to Leiden researchers and students, as well as external researchers and other interested parties.

A guide for finding Korean newspapers, magazines, live TV broadcasts and audiovisual materials.

The Asian special collections comprise tens of thousands of rare books, thousands of manuscripts, maps, prints, drawings and photographs, and hundreds of archives.

Study support

Systematically collecting, organising and citing your literature can be an overwhelming and time consuming process. A reference manager can help you with that. This is software with which you can gather, store and organize your references, including pdf-files. You can insert citations and a bibliography…

Some books have particular features such as design, unique illustrations and descriptive annotations. These features can be of interest for specific research.

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

The collection Prints, Drawings and Portraits comprises over 100,000 prints, 12,000 drawings and 30,000 portraits.

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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…

Scanners, copiers and printers can be found throughout the Leiden University Libraries' locations.

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

The collection of prints was started through a donation from the aristocrat Jean Theodore Royer, who bequeathed some 20,000 prints to the university in 1815. The collection has expanded through further donations and some major purchases. The nucleus consists of Dutch graphic art from 1500 until now.…

We have inspiring study places at all our locations. Whether you want to work alone or in a group or need a computer, you will find the perfect spot in the library. Some study places have to be booked first.

Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has seen an increase in the number of visitors seeking a place to study. In order to meet Leiden University students' concerns, UBL has chosen to regulate library and study place access.

Study support

Study support

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 Art & Art History

EndNote is the standard, licensed bibliographic software used by Leiden University.

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

The domain of the post-medieval manuscripts and private archives covers the period from about 1550 to the present. A clear distinction with the medieval manuscripts, however, is difficult to make. There are many undated manuscripts and it is often difficult to date them even within a decade or a quarter…

A (digital) course reserve shelf offers the possibility to set library materials for a designated period aside.

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

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

In the course of over four centuries the book collections have been greatly enlarged thanks to the bequests and grants or the purchases from the propriety of scholars or private collectors. Sometimes it concerned collections with thousands of early printed books, such as the purchase of the library…

Mendeley is a free programme that you can download to your own computer, but it can also be downloaded to the university computers, using your own account.

The University Library's Open Science services are available to individual researchers as well as on the level of the University's faculties and institutes.

Research

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

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

Overview of databases, reference works and websites for Law

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.

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

This page will offer more in-depth information about the reference manager Zotero. We also offer an online tutorial on this reference manager. Zotero is a free open-source tool that you can download to your own computer or use online to collect your sources and cite them. At the moment it is only possible…

Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) is an international system for the persistent identification of academic authors.

Leiden University teachers that have requested course reserves for students at Leiden University Libraries (UBL), or have made books non-lendable for educational purposes, now have four ways to offer these materials to students at home.

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.

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

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 research in Classics

Resources for searching Open Access articles, journals and books

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).