Books, e-books and course books

Printed books

Most of our printed books are available in the Library Search Tool. If the book was printed before 1962, you may need to search the Library's older catalogues. For books printed up until 1850, see also Early Printed Books.

Finding printed books

Library Search Tool – the search box on the Library's homepage. Contains most of our print and electronic books.
Catalogue -1962 – printed books up until 1962. Some of the content is also available in the Library Search Tool.
Almedalen Library's Search Tool – printed books at Almedalen Library.
Libris – books in Swedish university and college libraries.

E-books

Our e-books are available to all. Students, researchers, and others working at Uppsala University can access them from anywhere by logging in with user ID and password A. If you are not affiliated with the University, you are welcome to use our e-resources on site in at any of our libraries.

Finding e-books

Library Search Tool – the search box on the Library's homepage. Contains most of our print and electronic books.

Course books

The University Library must ensure that all course literature is available. We always strive to have at least one copy of all course literature, but we adapt based on the size of the courses. You can see your course literature list via uu.se/student. Some copies can only be read in the Library, while others can be borrowed. Some course literature is also available as e-books.

You are welcome to submit purchase suggestions if your course book is missing from the Library.

Course books at our libraries in Uppsala

In the Library Search Tool you can see where your course books are located and if they can be borrowed. You will also find certain course books available as e-books. You need an account at Uppsala University Library in order to borrow and reserve printed books. Course books are located in the various subject libraries:

Location of course books at our libraries in Uppsala

The Biology Library

Geosciences
Sustainable Development
Biology

Bio-Medical Library

Biomedicine
Pharmacy
Chemistry
Food and Nutrition
Medicine
Caring Sciences

Blåsenhus Library

Psychology
Pedagogy
Didactics
Educational sciences

Carolina Library

Aesthetics
Albanian
ALM (Archives-Libraries-Museums)
Archaeology
Art History
Bachelor Programme in the Humanities
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Cultural Anthropology
Egyptology
Ethnology
Gender Studies
History
History of Science and Ideas
Languages
Linguistics
Literature
Musicology
Philosophy
Sociology
Theology

Dag Hammarskjöld and Law Library

Law
Political Science
Russia and Eurasian Studies
Development Studies
Peace and Conflict Research

Earth Sciences Library

Geosciences
Human Geography

Karin Boye Library

Aesthetics
Albanian
ALM (Archives-Libraries-Museums)
Archaeology
Art History
Bachelor Programme in the Humanities
Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
Cultural Anthropology
Egyptology
Ethnology
Gender Studies
History
History of Science and Ideas
Languages
Linguistics
Literature
Musicology
Philosophy
Sociology
Theology

Library for Economic Sciences (Ekonomikum)

Economic History
Business Studies
Commercial Law
Information Systems
Human Geography
Media and Communication Studies
Human-Computer Interaction
Economics
Statistics

Ångström Library

Mathematics
Information Technology
Physics and Astronomy
Chemistry
Engineering and Technology

Course books at Campus Gotland

Almedalsbiblioteket has course literature for all courses offered at Campus Gotland. You can search for course literature in printed format in Almedalen Library's Search Tool. You need a library account at Almedalen Library to be able to borrow and reserve printed books. Course literature that is available as an e-book can be found in the Library Search Tool.

Reading disabilities

Students who have a reading disability have the right to access customised course books. Read more about customised course literature and see MTM's talking book service Legimus.

How much can I copy?

If you would like to copy books from the Library's collections, either digitally or in print, certain conditions must be met. What and how much you can copy depends, among other things, on when the book was published and what you will use the copies for. You are ultimately responsible for following the conditions and being aware of the relevant agreements.