Books and eBooks

Finn is the search tool for the libraries at Lund University. Here you can find books, articles, journals, reports and databases. It provides information about which library holds a printed book or journal, where it is shelved, and whether it is currently available. If you want to know how books are arranged at the HT Libraries, you’ll find details under Shelf Locations.

Log in with your Student or Lucat account to access the full range of search results and use electronic resources from anywhere. Once logged in, you can also view your loans, save searches, reserve books that are currently on loan, and request materials from our closed stacks or other Lund University Libraries.

At the top of the Finn start page, you will also find links to ePublications and Databases A–Z.

• The ePublications search tool allows you to find all e-journals and e-books subscribed to by Lund University Libraries. You can search by subject, title, keyword or ISSN.
• In Databases A–Z, you’ll find both open-access and licensed databases and online resources considered essential by the Lund University Libraries for each subject area. You can search using the search box, by subject, or browse the alphabetical list.

Catalogue –1957, is a digitised card catalogue where you can search for Lund University Library’s (UB) older material. The catalogue lists holdings printed 1957 or earlier. Try Catalogue –1957 if you are looking for something printed before 1957, and cannot find it in Finn.

Information about how to use the catalogue and how to order material on the catalogue's help page

In order to access an ebook in Finn, you must use one of the libraries' computers or log in with your LUCAT or Student account when you are at home.

You’ll find the link to the e-book under the Get it button. Please click the arrow rather than the text on the button, because sometimes the book’s table of contents appears on top. If you click directly on the Get it text, you may end up there instead of in the book itself.

If you have any problems accessing an ebook that you find in Finn, please contact us.

Students and PhD students with dyslexia, visual impairments, or other reading disabilities can get assistance in accessing course literature in alternative formats, such as talking books or braille.

More information and our contact details on our website

Sweden’s national library search service is called LIBRIS, here you can find information about titles such as e-books, journals, rapports and e-books held by research libraries and major public libraries in Sweden.

Oria is a search engine that lets you search through the collections at Norweigan university- and special libraries.

Bibliotek.dk is a Danish catalouge where you can search for material available there.

KVK - Karlsruher virtueller Katalog is a bibliographical service administrated by Universität Karlsruhe, Germanys oldest college. You can search through a lagre number of German, Austrian, Swiss and other library catalogues.

Worldcat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories.

If you need a book that is not available through the libraries at Lund University, you can make an interlibrary loan.