Here you can find general information resources from the Library's collections, as well as tools for information seeking and reference management.
You can also study information seeking independently or take a course - the Library helps you with information seeking throughout your studies.
Books on research methods
An extensive research methods database, including hundreds of books on research methods. You can also find reference works and journal articles on research methods. Sage also offers webinars, where you can get advice and tips on using the Sage Research Methods database. The webinars are available for all users and they’re held on March 17, April 20 and May 25, 2021.
Digital resources
Do you need primary sources for your thesis or other assignment? The Library offers several digital archive collections to support digital scholarship. The collections include, among others, newspaper archives of The Times and The Economist, The British Library Newspapers collection and extensive collections of material from the 18th and 19th centuries. These primary sources are especially suitable for the fields of humanities and social sciences.
Information seeking tools
A cloud-based study and research tool that allows users to study, analyze and data-mine Gale digital resources provided by the Library. You can, for example, create custom data sets from the archives available and use digital tools to analyse them.
An artificial intelligence-based information search assistant brings a more visual point of view to traditional information seeking. Iris.ai helps with getting to know your research topic and its key concepts.
A reference manager helps you keep your references both safe and in order. With Refworks you can easily add references you have saved as citations to your thesis, and create a bibliography with a specific citation style. For more information on reference management, see