Search for specific materials and data
Here you will find tips on how and where to search for different types of material or sources. How to find course literature, scientific articles and financial data, among other things.
FAQ - Finding and referencing
In the library's FAQ you will find instructions and tips on how to search for financial data and company information. You will also learn what a scientific article is, how to reference it and database tips.
LUBcat - the Library Catalogue
Search for books in our library catalogue LUBcat, which is common to all libraries at Lund University. Here you can see at which library and shelf the book is lokated on, and whether it is available as an e-book.
If you search for a book within a specific topic, do an advanced search, where you can combine different search terms to narrow down your topic. You can also limit your search to year of publication, language or library.
Course books
At LUSEM Library, you find all course books within the school's subject areas, either in print or as e-books. The course books are collected in the library, with books in mehtodology on the first shelf and then other course literature in alphabetical order.
In LUBcat you can see where the book is located. If all copies are already out on loan, you can make a request, and will be notified by e-mail when the book is available.
The loan period is two weeks, and will be automatically extended if there are no requests. You will receive an e-mail (to your student e-mail) when the book must be returned. Please note! The late fee on course books is 10 SEK per book and day.
You can ask for reference copies at the circulation desk, and they may not be borrowed home.
Read more about rules and loans on our pages on loans.
E-books
You find e-books in ePublications, which is a part of LUBsearch. Most e-books can be downloaded, and it is usually possible to print some pages. To read an e-book off campus, log in with your Student or Lucat account.
Search for e-books in ePublications
More resources for books
- LUBsearch - Lund University Libraries’ common search service for e-resources and printed material.
- Catalogue -1957 – the University Library’s card catalogue, featuring books and journals printed up to and including 1957.
- LIBRIS – Search for literature in Sweden's national library catalogue.
Electronic articles and journals
Search for electronic articles in LUBsearch. To access full texts, log in with your Student account or Lucat account.
If you are looking for a specific electronic journal, go to ePublications, which is connnected to LUBsearch.
Search for electronic journals in ePublications
Printed journals
In our library we also have printed journals on open shelves. You can search for them in our library catalogue LUBcat. The loan period is two weeks.
LUBITO - scanned articles
Students and staff at Lund University can order scanned articles from journals available in print at the University Library (UB). The service is free of charge and a link to the PDF-file will be delivered the following weekday.
In our subject guide on finance you will find databases and resources containing financial data.
Printed annual reports
Annual reports from companies listed on the Swedish stock exchange are collected in LUSEM Library. Fetch the ones you want to borrow and register the loan in the self service machine. The loan period is two weeks.
In the library catalogue LUBcat you can see which printed annual reports we have in the library
Online resources
Retriever Business - Database for Swedish company information (in Swedish)
Accounting: Annual reports and financial data - Library subject guide with links to databases containing, among other things, annual reports.
Where do I search for research publications?
Dissertations and research publications (including journal articles, conference abstracts and books) written by researchers at Lund University are collected in the Research Portal. Some of the publications are in full text.
In the Research Portal you can also find information about the researchers, about projects and about the departments at Lund University.
If you want to find the same type of material published at other Swedish higher education institutions, go to SwePub.
Search for publications from Lund University in the Research Portal
Search for publications from other swedish universities in the national database SwePub
Dissertations
More than 20 dissertations are published every year at LUSEM. They are collected in our Book Collection.
You can search for dissertations, written at LUSEM and at Lund University, in the library catalogue LUBcat, LUBsearch or in the Research Portal.
Lund University Publications - Student Papers
Every year, hundreds of student theses are written at LUSEM.
LUP Student Papers allows you to search for theses, dissertations and degree projects published by students at Lund University, including LUSEM. In most cases, the documents are available for download.
In LUP Student Papers, there are also statistics regarding the number of registered papers, the number of downloads, which papers are the most popular and so on.
Theses and essays at Lund university (LUP student papers)
Theses at other Swedish universities and colleges (Uppsök) (In Swedish)