85 search results for “start formation” in the Library website
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Lukasz Tychoniec
Science
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Start a thesis
How do you pick a topic and research question for your thesis or paper? And is your schedule realistic? Check out the tutorials and resources below.
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Get Started
A flying start to your studies at the library!
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Frederic Lens
Science
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Leindert Boogaard
Science
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Wood formation further explored by NWO-XL grant
Leiden researchers, Professor Remko Offringa and co-applicants Salma Balazadeh and Frederic Lens received an NWO-XL grant (2.5 million euros). Together with researchers in Wageningen and Groningen, they will study the genetic and environmental drivers of woodiness. From plant to molecule, the groups…
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Manuel Cabal Lopez
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Huub Rottgering
Science
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Michiel Hogerheijde
Science
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Jeffrey Fynn-Paul
Faculty of Humanities
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Ewine van Dishoeck
Science
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Randal Sheppard
Faculty of Humanities
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Jeroen Duindam
Faculty of Humanities
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Connect & Preserve: File formats
Lecture + Q&A
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ERC Starting Grant for research on diversity in outdoor recreation
With an ERC grant, anthropologist Jasmijn Rana will explore how outdoor groups address the lack of diversity and how ethno-racial inequalities are experienced and resisted in Europe's outdoor spaces.
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Selection
Subject librarians and Medical Information specialists employ general criteria when evaluating titles to be added or removed from the collections, some criteria having greater or lesser importance depending on subject area.
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Zsuzsika Sjoerds
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Extended opening hours starting 28 April
From 28 April onwards, national curfew restrictions will be lifted. Library opening hours will be adapted.
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Network unavailable 6 February starting 23:00
Library
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Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland
Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Leiden University and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) planted roughly 3,000 rice plants on the Polderlab near Leiden. The researchers want to test rice as a…
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Sugoi! Start of Leiden Asia Year
Throughout the coming year, all attention in Leiden will be on Asia. This special year, featuring numerous Asian events, conferences, exhibitions and concerts, celebrates the new Asian Library at Leiden University. Come and read, watch, listen, taste or dance Bollywood style.
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Fighting corona starts with sharing data responsibly
Gathering and distributing patient data can make an important contribution to containing the coronavirus. But if we want to be successful, we need better data. With this objective in mind, Leiden data stewards have joined the Virus Outbreak Data Network (VODAN).
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Open Access agreement with Oxford University Press starts in 2019
As of this year, Leiden researchers form both University and LUMC may profit from the open access agreement that the Dutch Universities (VSNU) concluded with Oxford University Press (OUP).
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Tropical start to 55th edition of EL CID
Armed with sunglasses, a thick layer of sunscreen and several bottles of water, over 3,300 students have arrived in Leiden for their introduction week. The start of the 55th EL CID happened to be on the hottest day of the year.
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FAIR data and software
Everyone working with research data will, at some point, come across the acronym of FAIR, which stands for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.
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Reference management
Systematically collecting, organising and citing your literature can be an overwhelming and time consuming process. A reference manager, like EndNote, Mendeley or Zotero, can help you with that.
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Workshop: How to write a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Workshop
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Finding and requesting materials
Library staff will select, acquire, catalogue and manage materials to support teaching, learning and research at Leiden University. We aim to have all required study literature available online or in print at the beginning of the semester. Do you think that some titles are missing? Contact your…
- Call for projects : ReCNTR Lab | Two-year Multimodal Research Workshop
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Finding open access publications
Resources for searching Open Access articles, journals and books
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Classics
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Classics
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Keep up-to-date in your field
A number of tools and services are available to help you keep up to date with the latest developments in your subject field.
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Working with Mendeley
Read all about the most important functionalities of Mendeley.
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Text & datamining
Text and Data Mining (TDM) is increasingly applied in various academic disciplines to extract useful information from unstructured textual data using computational methods.
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RDM Checklist
In short, data management can be defined as the creation, storage, maintenance, disclosure, archiving and sustainable preservation of research data. Increasingly the so called FAIR principles are referred to as a final goal: data should be made 'Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable'.
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Accessing Special Collections
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.
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Manuscripts, Archives and Letters: further information
A collection consists of items and parts that have been collected by one or more individuals or institutions not responsible for their formation. An archive has been created by one or more individuals or institutions.
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Can't find it at UBL
If an item is not available at Leiden University Libraries (UBL), you can borrow materials directly from another library, request a book loan or article delivery through interlibrary loan, or suggest items for purchase.
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Submitting your PhD dissertation
Practical information on submitting your dissertation
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Leiden University Research Data Management Community
All University staff involved or interested in research data management are invited to join Leiden University Research Data Management Community.
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NEW: Trial for Academic Writer
Education, Library
- Introduction to Digital Humanities
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Caribbean Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for research in Caribbean Studies
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Chinese Special Collections
The Chinese Special Collections are part of the Asian Library. Items can be consulted at the Special Collections Reading Room.
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Call for proposals: (digital) resources for the library
Education, Library, Research
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Developing a vaccine against arteriosclerosis
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death across the world. Professor Johan Kuiper of Leiden University carries out research to develop a vaccine for arteriosclerosis, which is the main cause of cardiovascular diseases. With the aid of a European research grant of six million euros he is…
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Announcement of Scaliger Institute research fellowship winners
With support of several companies, including Brill Publishers and private foundations, Leiden University Libraries and the Scaliger Institute welcome around 15 to 20 Fellows and guest per year to consult and examine material in the Special Collections. The Scaliger Institute received a large number…
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South and Southeast Asian Studies
Overview of databases, reference works and websites for South and Southeast Asian Studies.
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Exhibition Maps: navigation and manipulation
Are maps objective or do they convey hidden messages that you would miss at first glance? A map is always a simplification of reality. Mapmakers reduce, distort and select. This allows the reader to be guided literally and figuratively. Leiden University Libraries (UBL) and the Museum Volkenkunde jointly…
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UBL acquires rare Chinese Miao album
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) has been able to acquire an exceptional two-volume Miao album. The acquisition was made possible by the Rombouts Fund for Chinese collections. The extraordinarily well-preserved work contains 70 full-page paintings on silk, depicting non-Chinese peoples in the area…