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Search systems and reference tools

Do you want to use the University Library's digital collection from home, abroad or elsewhere? You can! At the University Library you will find handy tools to help you search for literature, manage your sources and access the digital collections. Use the search and reference tools to make your search for the right sources easy.

LibSearch & Lean Library
Use LibSearch to search the library's entire digital collection. You will find not only papers, but also e-books, files and journals. You can also use LibSearch to search collections outside the VU. You can also use the tool to display VU LibSearch links directly in PudMed and Google Scholar. Use the Lean Library tool to do so. 

EndNote
The software tool EndNote helps you organise and manage your literature references. Thanks to the tool, all your citations and references are properly formatted in no time. 

University Library archives
If you are involved in research in the social sciences, you can visit the University Library's archives. Here you will find academic and Protestant heritage, maps and old prints, among other things. These can be used for (historical) research. Contact the curators for more information on how to use the archives.

Overview collections University Library databases

APA PsycInfo
APA PsycInfo is a database with references to literature from behavioral sciences: articles, books, reports and dissertations. 

ATLA Religion Database with AtlaSerials PLUS  
ATLA is a database with references to articles, reviews and essays in all (sub)fields of religious studies and theology (including archeology, philosophy, and ethics). ATLA Serials Plus contains full text of more than 530 journals. 

Dissertations VU A-Z

e-journals A-Z

Google Scholar  
Google Scholar is a search engine that explores full text of scientific literature from many academic disciplines. Full text articles from the University Library collection are added with a download link. Check this page to get linked with Libsearch (and full text). 

Image database VU

Collections A-Z

Nexis Uni  
Nexis Uni provides full text of articles from newspapers and magazines worldwide. Nexis Uni also offers company information of national and international enterprises. 

PubMed
PubMed is the primary global database with references to (bio)medical literature. 

Scopus  
Elseviers’ database Scopus contains literature and citation references from all academic disciplines. The focus is on English literature from (bio)medical sciences and Science. Scopus also refers to books about the humanities and social sciences. 

VU Publications in VU Research Portal 

Web of Science
Clarivate’s database Web of Science contains literature and citation references from all academic disciplines. The focus is on English literature from (bio)medical sciences and Science. Check the Web of Science Platform for Web of Science content. 

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