Humanities collection
The Humanities Collection consists of the subcollections Philosophy, Language and literature,Theology and Religious Studies and Liberal Arts.
On this page you find information on the various collection items: (digital) books, journals, databases, Master's theses, mandatory literature and language tools. Information on special collection parts for Theology are to the left in the menu.
Books
The book collections of Humanities: Philosophy (CIF), Theology and Religious Studies (TFL), Language and Literature (LET) and Liberal Arts (LA) are located at level 2 of the library. The older part of the collections is in the closed depot (CBM) at level 0.The general indication for books from these collections is respectively CIF, TFL, LET and LA. The books are arranged in subject categories:
- Subject categories Philosophy (CIF)
- Subject categories Language and Literature (LET)
- Subject categories Theology and Religious Studies (TF)
- Liberal Arts: arranged by author.
The location of books can be retrieved in the Catalogue Tilburg University. You can also retrieve books from the Central Book Depot in the Catalogue via a depot request.
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E-books
The library is currently testing the offer of e-books (digital books). For the time being they are mainly student textbooks and encyclopaedias. The titles are listed in the Catalogue Tilburg University.Survey e-books: (link to the Catalogue UvT)
Printed journals
The location of printed journals is as follows:- At level 1 you find the most recent issues of the journals per collection in displays in alphabetical order.
- The last 5 years of the bound journal issues are at level 1, but then arranged on journal number (T-number).
- The TF journals have the indication T TF (T-TF-number).
- Older journals are in the closed stacks (CBM). You can request them via a depot request and collect for inspection at the LIS Service Desk
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E-journals
A large number of journals is digitally available full text. In the Journal catalogue UvT you can see whether a journal is digitally available.For a survey of journals per field of study you can use the journal portals of the various publishers. More information
Articles
You can use the various information databases to look for articles in journals or books. More information
Databases
Via the databases you find information you often do not find via Google or other search engines. The central starting point for the databases is the page Catalogues and databases. Via Survey per subject you enter the databases for Humanities.Some often used information databases:
Tips:
- Do you want explanation on the database or do you look for a manual? Click the
to the name of the database.
- Do you want to consult the databases at home or with a notebook at the campus? Use VPN! More information
- Also have a look at Search for information: where do I find...
Master's thesis
Bachelor and Master's theses of Tilburg University students are included in the collection (as of 2007 only online). The location of the URL can be retrieved in the Thesis database or (TF-theses befóre 2007) in the Catalogue UvT.More information.
Student library
The student library (SB) consists of mandatory and recommended literature of the study program. The student library is located in the sections CIF SB and LET SB at level 1 (with the other SB-collections). Books from the student library are not available for loan.More information.
Language tools
Part of the Language collection is a collection of tools for children and adults to learn Dutch as a second or foreign language. These tools are located in the section LET LM2 NEDE. This material is not available for loan.See also
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