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  • Evidence Based Acquisition deal: access to thousands of law e-books from Brill

    Explore the Brill law e-books collection, now available to all UM community members through Evidence Based Acquisition.

  • woman in a hospital showing a book

    Talking about books IX

    For a new video in the series Talking about books, we were invited to Maastricht University Hospital MUMC/azM. This time, a book about nursing research is presented.

  • Make your teaching more interactive with Wooclap

    Did you know that interaction between teachers and students can enhance students’ attention and involvement? Furthermore, long-term retention of information improves when you actively engage your audience.

  • Beyond his art: The personal side of Bernard Reith

    As an exceptional exhibition of Bernard Reith’s work is showcased at Maastricht University, his family offers insights into the artist’s personal life and lasting legacy.

  • Important Update: Single Sign-On (SSO) Implementation for Qualtrics

    As part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing security and user experience, we want to inform you about a crucial update to the Qualtrics login process. Starting 22 January 2024, Qualtrics will transition to a Single Sign-On (SSO) system. This implementation requires all users to log in exclusively through SSO, contributing to a more secure and streamlined access experience.

  • NTvG stopt met instellingsabonnement

    Met ingang van 1 januari 2024 heeft het bestuur van het Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (NTvG) besloten om geen instellingsabonnementen meer aan te bieden. Als gevolg hiervan heeft de Universiteit Maastricht (UM) en het Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum+ (MUMC+) per 1 januari 2024 geen toegang meer tot dit abonnement.

  • EAR II and the CopyrightCheck tool

    The Easy Access Agreement 2023 (EAR II) is an agreement between the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) and the collective management organisation Uitgeversorganisatie voor Onderwijslicenties (UvO) regarding the use of extracts (fragments) from publications for educational purposes, such as PDFs, images, etc. This agreement revises the existing Reader agreement concerning the use of extracts in (digitally) delivered educational materials. At the initiative of UNL and UvO, SURF (cooperative association of Dutch educational and research institutions) collaborated closely with universities to develop the CopyrightCheck tool.

  • woman in garden who holds up a book

    Talking about books VIII

    Sharon Anyango talks about Silent Spring, a book by Rachel Carson about the impact of pesticides on the global environment.

  • image of two portraits of Marlene Dietrich

    A Hollywood star in Maastricht: Marlene Dietrich as seen by Charles Eyck

    A wartime sketch of Hollywood icon Marlene Dietrich by Dutch artist Charles Eyck sparks intrigue as it resurfaces, shedding light on an important chapter of Maastricht’s history and the hunt for the missing original.

  • Kluwer Navigator wordt InView Essential

    InView Essential is vanaf 22 november 2023 de nieuwe naam van Kluwer Navigator.