Library A-Z

You need a UMcard to access the library, borrow books and make use of inter library loan services. This card is also used for printing and copying.

How do you ensure that your data remain accessible and usable in the future, for yourself and others? Since a great deal is invested in obtaining valuable research data, good data management is important. But what does that involve?

Library support service for all your questions, suggestions and remarks.

This course shows you how to start your data retrieval process. After selecting the right variables, industry or countries as well as time frame it is time to work with the databases.

Thesis Skills training on how to search for books and (online) journal(articles) in the fields of business and economics that are relevant to your thesis topic. The databases Business Source Premier (EBSCO), EconLit (EBSCO) and the Web of Science are included.

Assistance with bibliometric analyses for research assessment topics, e.g. articles, authors, institutions, countries, research positioning, identification of research trends.

Since the University Library hosts the electronic learning environment, we feel it as our duty to support teachers in getting acquainted with and making use of tools to facilitate e-teaching and e-learning.

How to borrow books, journals and other items from the library

DataHub provides online and onsite collaboration facilities for knowledge exchange.

Library collections

You can make use of the computer facilities in the library or bring you own devices. There are multi function printers at your disposal.

You can find multi-function printers in all library locations.

The Maastricht University Library compiled the Copyright Information Point to inform and advice UM students, teachers and researchers about copyright issues.

If existing products are insufficient for your data collection, or when you need additional features, you probably need a custom application or app.

Store, archive, retrieve and share data without worries.

MEMIC offers data cleaning and adheres to high standards when it comes to data quality.

Doing scientific research is a comprehensive and complicated process. MEMIC offers advice RDM, writing DMP (using tool DMPMaastricht), workflow (using tool Ldot), creating data (reuse, (e)questionnaires, building an app),… Consultancy is free of charge.

Use DMPMaastricht for creating, reviewing and sharing DMPs. To ease the burden on the researcher DMPMaastricht provides institutional guidance and example answers.

Use DMPMaastricht for creating a Data Management Section, the first step towards a full stack Data Management Plan. To ease the burden on the researcher DMPMaastricht provides institutional guidance and example answers.

DataHub can help you with the pseudonymisation and anonymisation of personal data.

The Data Science Research Seminar series serves as a forum to learn about, discuss and critique high impact publications from all facets of Data Science.

Data Search Support: database manuals, workshops and support for Maastricht University students and researchers.

Data security and protection.

To leverage the power data needs to be structured. DataHub has the knowledge and tools to help with that.

Subject specific databases for a comprehensive literature search

MEMIC builds databases and data warehouses and manages these in a safe and certified environment (ISO27001)

DataHub can assist in making sure that your data is stored securely and that you can access it easily.

Store, archive, retrieve and share data without worries.

Register, store and share your research data

EleUM, Maastricht University’s electronic learning environment, offers a collection of information and tools for students as well as teaching and support staff.

About e-books

DataHub provides the technology to enable the use of patient data for research purposes.

EleUM Support

EndNote is a software programme that helps you collect and keep track of your references, and easily insert them into your research documents as in-text citations, footnotes or a bibliography in any of a large number of citation styles.

Next to the face-to-face workshops for internal researchers the library offers remote live Q&A sessions for external researchers as well. Do you want to know more about EndNote’s advanced features, or tackle specific problems, these remote sessions are meant for you.

This training helps you to get the most out of EndNote and make your research easier. There is plenty of time to deal with individual questions and/or problems on using EndNote as a research tool. The workshop makes use of EndNote, but other collaborative tools like Mendeley will also be discussed.

This training gives you a basic understanding about how to use EndNote.

DataverseNL is a shared service and an online solution to preserve, explore, cite and share research data. It enables researchers to register, store and share research. In this workshop you will be guided through the options of having a dataverse in DataverseNL as a ‘personal’ container for your research data.

The Inner City Library, the Randwyck Library, the Bonnefanten Learning Spaces and the University Sports Centre Learning Spaces are easily accessible for people with disabilities. You can reach almost all parts of the buildings using a lift. All buildings also have a disabled toilet.

Floorplans, learning spaces, room numbers and routing of the library buildings

How to find articles, books, databases and more in the library. A quick overview to get you started.

Next to the face-to-face workshops for internal researchers the library offers remote live Q&A sessions on finding information for your research for external researchers as well.

Contact members of the Contract Research Center for personal advice.

GDPR consultancy

When the library cannot provide access to the publisher version of full-text journal articles, you can use one or more of these tools to find alternative versions of the articles.

Library crowd trackers and overview of library locations and opening hours.

More and more data is visual. DataHub is working on facilities for storing visual data.

Strategies to increase the likelihood of an article being cited, discussed or otherwise mentioned in scientific and relevant societal groups.

This course offers researchers the opportunity to learn strategies that aim at increasing the likelihood of an article being cited, discussed or otherwise mentioned in scientific and relevant societal groups. Besides this, some tools to measure research impact will be discussed.

The library is not only a study environment but also a meeting place. Students have access to the library buildings as well as to the Online Library, where all our electronic journals, books and databases are stored. A quick guide.

Information skills & Support

Books or periodicals that are not available in the collection of the Maastricht University Library can be requested from other Dutch libraries using the inter library loan service (ILL).

Peer Point provides free research assistance to students studying at Maastricht University. Peer Point is staffed by students trained at responding critically and constructively to the work of their peers. Our mission is to help you improve your research skills and this workshop is a first step at doing so.

The ISBN identifies the registrant as well as the specific title, edition and format. Maastricht University PhD students and staff can ask the library to register an ISBN for their theses or other UM publications.

Find out which journals offer open access publication and which arrangements (such as APC discounts) are in effect.

Logistical software package for keeping track of your respondents. To be used for sending invitations and reminders. Also to store patient data separately from research data as is required in medical research.

All materials related to your course.

When you are off-campus, you can use the Library Assist extension to read electronic journal articles, e-books, reviews and other online material provided by the Library without having to login to VPN or visit the Library website first.

Short practical videos on how to search, how to borrow, reserve and renew your loans, the UM card, remote access and more.

Overview of the library regulations and house rules.

Library+ Researcher portal, start page for research support by the library

Library+ Student portal, start page for student support by the library

Library+ Teacher portal, start page for education support by the library

LibSearch and library catalogue

Workshop that learns you how to develop strategies for finding the book/article you need within LibSearch and how to make an Inter Library Loan request.

Link is an informal study environment, where you can study using the computers or your own devices. You can also buy coffee and sandwiches in the FFWD >> coffee corner.

Need any help in your preparation of search strategies for structured, systematic literature review or searches in databases?

Manuals for Inner City Library computer facilities

MEMIC facilitates different possibilities for data collection and data processing. We provide different forms of digital questionnaires, paper surveys and interviews by phone.

The computers in both library locations have all the hardware and software you need to be able to use images and sound.

The DataHub (meta)data catalogue provides insights in collected MUMC+ research data. The catalogue offers you the opportunity to find out if suitable data for your proposed research is already available for reuse or combination.

Find out which journals offer open access publication and which arrangements (such as APC discounts) are in effect.

Open Access (OA) means unrestricted online access to your writings. The following guide explains how you may promote OA.

Open Education

Establishing your researcher identity with ORCiD

UM staff and students can make suggestions for ordering books for the library collection. UM teachers can order titels for the Learning and Resource Centre or change references in Reference List.

At both library locations, you can pay at the information desk, using your bank card only. You can also charge your UMcard at the charging stations in the libraries.

Peer Point provides free assistance to students studying at Maastricht University and helps them to improve writing and research skills.

Our Similarity Check service helps you to prevent sloppy referencing or plagiarism in any document that you are about to submit for publication. Every UM-affiliated researcher can use this service.

You can find multi-function printers in all library locations.

The University Library provides a comprehensive service for setting up, managing an e-journal and facilitates the different stages of the publishing process, from submitting, reviewing and editing to publishing manuscripts.

Pure & Research Publications Support

Build, distribute, and analyse online surveys. Qualtrics is available to Maastricht University staff and students and can be used for teaching, research and business purposes.

These facilities provide a variety of 260 computer workstations and laptop workplaces (where users may connect their own laptop computers).

Course coordinators can store all literature related to a course on one place: Reference List. Every course coordinator has access to this University Library service in order to add the needed literature. Students can make use of it through EleUM.

Publications and other relevant research output can be registered in our Current Research Information System – Pure. Output registered in Pure can be made available worldwide via Research Publications.

Maastricht University students and staff members, as well as azM staff members have off-campus access to protected services and resources, like databases, e-journals and e-books of the UM Library.

You can easily renew your loans yourself via LibSearch

We are happy to assist you in requiring relevant information from Pure.

Research Data Management refers to the storage, access, and preservation of data produced from a given research project.

The university library offers a range of bibliometric and research impact services for faculties and research groups to assist in research evaluations, profiling, and decision-making.

Overview of the rooms that can be reserved by teachers and/or students

You can find multi-function printers in all library locations.

Do you have documents you would like to use in your research? You could use our expertise in scanning, indexing and storing scientific and academic sources.

An aid for structuring your search strategy. Use this form to identify/clarify the key concepts and the scope of your research topic.

Our Similarity Check service helps you to prevent sloppy referencing or plagiarism in any document that you are about to submit for publication. Every UM-affiliated researcher can use this service.

Students can use software provided by the library at all study places equipped with a computer in both University Library locations.

When you are unfamiliar with automated alerts services this 1 hour lecture and demo will save you a lot of time and energy in staying up to date in your research area.

All students of Maastricht University have a personal drive to their disposal: the I:drive

Student Desktop Anywhere provides Maastricht University students with access to all student desktop facilities.

Library+ Student portal, start page for student support by the library

The Learning and Resource Centres, aim to provide students with a wide selection of educational resources as well as study places for individual or group use.

SURFdrive is a personal cloud storage service, offering staff, researchers and students an easy way to store, synchronise and share files in the secure and reliable SURF community cloud.

SURFfilesender is a transfer service that allows you to send and receive large files quickly, securely and easily.

In this two hour introductory workshop a demo will be given on how to develop a systematic search strategy – usable in multiple databases – and where to search for data.

You share, we take care: use your right to share scholarly publications after six months via the UM repository. The university library will help you out.

Are you teaching in the University Library computer rooms in the upcoming period? In that case there are a number of things you need to take into consideration.

This course shows you how to start your data retrieval process. After selecting the right variables, industry or countries as well as time frame it is time to work with the databases.

EndNote is a tool which allows you to organize and keep track of your references, and easily insert them into your research documents as in-text citations, footnotes or a bibliography in any of a large number of citation styles.

Thesis Skills training on how to search for books and (online) journal(articles) in the fields of business and economics that are relevant for your thesis topic. The databases Business Source Premier (EBSCO), EconLit (EBSCO) and the Web of Science are included.

All about thesis writing

Information on membership and services for UM alumni

Find out which journals offer open access publication and which arrangements (such as APC discounts) are in effect.

Selected full text master theses from Maastricht University faculties

Publications by UM scholars and affiliated institutes

The UM website about video for education

Activate the UM VPN service and your device will communicate with the Internet via the Maastricht University. You can use your device as if you’re on campus.

We offer a dedicated collaboration tool, that not only facilitates communication and information sharing but explicitly offers the possibility to work together.

The Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database covering high quality research across the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities. This training helps you to get the most out of the Web of Science and make your research easier.

This workshop deals with the following topics: what’s Westlaw and what information can be found; what are the best ways to gain access to this information and how to use the Westlaw functionality.

In this 1.5 hour workshop, criteria are discussed which influence an author’s journal choice, and some tools that could be of help. There is plenty of time to deal with individual questions and/or problems.

A secured wireless network connection to the Maastricht University network and the internet. (Link opens in ICTS website)

UM Library offers two sessions on Tuesday 26 February 16.00-16.45 hour @ Universiteitssingel 60 and Thursday 28 February 16.00-16.45 hour @ Inner City Library.

Maastricht University Library offers all sorts of courses and workshops in the field of information skills.

The main goal of the Writing Studio is to support students and help them reflect on their thinking, searching and writing process.