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There is a lot of guidance online about how to search for information in the best and most efficient way. Some of it is general, whereas some of it is more specific to a particular subject. Subject guides Sambib staff have created a number of Subject guides. In the guides you'll find links and tips to various resources but also extensive pages dealing with search strategy and what to conside
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/find/cant-find-what-you-are-looking/search-tips - 2025-07-23
How long you may keep a book depends on the sort of book you have borrowed; a course book, a long term loan or an interlibrary loan. Read more here! Renewing loans on course books The loan period for a course book is 2 weeks. Unless no one else is waiting to borrow the book, the loan will be automatically renewed and you can have it for 2 more weeks. There is maximum of 5 automatic renewals, if yo
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/borrow/renew-your-loans - 2025-07-23
The Social Sciences Faculty Library charges a late fee of SEK 10/book and day for course books returned after the loan has expired. This applies to all borrowers. The late fee is applied as of the day after the stated return date. No fee is generated during days when the library is closed, or during weekends. Books, returned in book drops, are checked in the following working day. Course books tha
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/borrow/overdue-fees - 2025-07-23
Direct pick-up When the book is listed in LUBcat as being at "Sambib" and noted "Pick up from shelf", you can pick up and check it out yourself. See a map of the library Most books are classified by author surname. Exceptions are books with an editor or books with more than three authors, which are placed on the shelf according to title. You borrow your books in our self-service machine. Picking u
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/borrow/picking-and-returning-books - 2025-07-23
You need a library card to borrow books from the Social Sciences Faculty Library. Students and staff use their LU card as library card. Other users receive a library card at the circulation desk. The library card, which is valid at all the libraries at Lund University, is used to borrow material. Getting a library card Students and staff: Pick up your LU card at a card station. To be able to use t
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/borrow/library-card - 2025-07-23
Loan periods at the Social Sciences Faculty Library Course booksThe regular loan period is 14 days, with automatic renewal, if there is no reservation for the book. Course books can be renewed a maximum of 5 times. Also applies to older editions.Other booksThe loan period is 28 days, with automatic renewal, if there is no reservation for the book. Maximum 5 automatic renewals for students and exte
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/borrow/loan-periods - 2025-07-23
The Social Sciences Faculty Library is part of the network of libraries at Lund University. For loans, we apply our common lending conditions. Lending conditions for library loans (PDF, 571 kB, new tab) Most of our material is available on open shelves and can be removed from the library on loan. We also have books in closed stacks – these must first be requested in LUBcat. Reference books and jou
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/borrow/lending-conditions - 2025-07-23
We at Sambib offer all students at the faculty various forms of support and service for writing and publishing your degree projects in LUP Student Papers. In addition to managing information resources, databases and collections which will hopefully cover your needs, the library also offers interlibrary loans in cases where our collections prove insufficient. On these pages, we have gathered inform
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/write-and-publish/student - 2025-07-23
Lund University Publications Student Papers Student theses from Lund University are published in full text in LUP Student Papers. Theses published in LUP Student Papers are also accessible via the national database Uppsök. LUP Student Papers at lup.lub.lu.se Uppsök, national database for student papers Publishing your paper in LUP Student Papers The author of the theses is responsible for uploadin
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/write-and-publish/student/lup-student-papers - 2025-07-23
LUP Student Papers allows students themselves to upload their degree projects and make them available in the shared database. When the department has approved the degree project, the author uploads the final version. This is sent for review and subsequent publication. LUP Student Papers is also included in the national degree project database Uppsök, which is part of Libris. LUP Student Papers at
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/write-and-publish/student/lup-student-papers/lup-student-papers-teachers - 2025-07-23
The library manages information resources, databases and collections which can hopefully cover your needs, and also offers interlibrary loans where necessary. We also offer courses and support in reference management and reference management software such as Zotero, as well as support regarding our archive of student papers in LUP Student Papers. Read more about our support and services specific
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/write-and-publish/student/library-support-services-students - 2025-07-23
Things to remember When you write academic texts, it is important to follow the tradition of the subject in question. This applies regardless of whether you are writing a degree project or other research papers. When writing an academic text: You base your own work on what other authors have written and you must be very careful to distinguish your own contribution to the subject from other peo
Reference management is important for anyone writing an academic text, as it is through references in the text that you show where you obtained your information and you compare various theories. The structure of the reference list is important, as readers of your text need to be able to refer to your sources and locate them. There are several software programs that can be used to facilitate refere
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/write-and-publish/student/library-support-services-students/reference-management-software - 2025-07-23
The Social Sciences Faculty Library (Sambib) is your faculty library, if you study or work at the Social Sciences Faculty. Here you can find, borrow and read course and reference books, and consult journals and databases within the Social Sciences. In addition, you can get help in finding research material and managing your references. The library offers courses in information skills and special s
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/about-library - 2025-07-23
Library support for researchers at the faculty of social sciences At the Social Sciences Faculty libraries (Sambib in Lund and Campus Helsingborg’s library) we provide researchers with support and service in various aspects of the research process. In addition to managing information resources, databases and collections which hopefully cover your needs, we also offer interlibrary loans free of c
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/write-and-publish/researcher - 2025-07-23
What is it and what does it mean for your research publishing? Open Access (OA) means free availability of research publications. Most funders require that publications (most often scholarly journal articles but often monographs as well) funded by their money should be made available open access upon publication. Gold, hybrid or greenPublications can be made open access in different ways: by choos
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/write-and-publish/researcher/open-access - 2025-07-23
There are several software programs you can use to manage your references Researchers at Lund University can access the software EndNote via a campus license. EndNote is a software which is both desktop based and online. We usually recommend EndNote for researchers and PhD students, but we can also provide some support for Zotero. Zotero is a free software for reference management. To install EndN
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/write-and-publish/researcher/reference-management-software - 2025-07-23
Comparing and evaluating research publications and publication channels Where should I publish and why? How do other researchers in my discipline usually publish? Which impact and which citation level can I expect? There are many levels and differents ways to evaluate research depending on what you want to look at. As a researcher, you need different tools to be able to compare publications and pu
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/write-and-publish/researcher/evaluation-research - 2025-07-23
The Social Sciences Faculty Library has a number of resources for people interested in searching for information within our subject areas. Finding the right material LUBsearch is the shared access point for both electronic and printed material at Lund University. Large parts of the electronic material are available in full text and a student or LU account allows you to access this from wherever
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/find - 2025-07-23
Show on map via Google Social Sciences Faculty Library Visiting address G:a barnsjukhuset, Allhelgona kyrkogata 12 A, Lund Postal address For letters up to 2 kg (including book returns): Sambib Lund University Box 42 221 00 Lund Delivery address For parcels and other deliveries: Allhelgona kyrkogata 12 A 223 62 Lund Sweden Telephone: 046-222 09 90 E-mail: info [at] sambib [dot] lu [dot] se Inte
https://www.sambib.lu.se/en/contact/find-library - 2025-07-23
