The library has large collections of printed books and e-books, use the library search tool for searching. The collections consist of nonfiction, fiction in several languages and children's books. Find older literature in our special collections, you can also search our digital collections for older books.
Refine your search by choosing the resource type “Books”. Limit the result to e-books by also choosing “Full text available (online)”.
Access more than 500 000 e-books via the library. In order to read them you may need an app and an Adobe ID.
As a student or an employee you have access to the library's electronic resources no matter where you are.
The library textbook collection holds textbooks for programmes and courses at Umeå University. There is at least one copy available for check out and one reference copy for reading in the library. Some textbooks are also available electronically.
The books are alphabetically shelved by author or title and not broken down by subject. You may also check out dictionaries to use at home from the textbook collection. Reference copies are marked with red tape.
The Medical Library holds textbooks for students at the Medical faculty. Books that can be borrowed are marked with a green dot on the book spine. Reference copies have red dots.
The Arts Campus Library holds textbooks for art, architecture and design. Reference copies are marked with red tape.
Doesn’t the library have your textbook?
Our purchases of textbooks are always based on the textbook lists your teacher enters in the educational administrative system Selma. If the library has not purchased your textbook, you need to ask your teacher to update the information in Selma.
A selection of new books that the library has acquired by purchase or through legal deposits is displayed on our news shelf.
Most of the materials in the library stacks you may pick up yourself. There are however materials that need to be ordered.
The special collections are stored in closed stacks and are ordered by a special form.
Items with a call number beginning with Per F are stored in closed stacks. Please contact the staff at the Information Desk if you need to order this material.
The library's special collections contains early printed books and various other items.
Click here to search our digitised material.
The older alphabetical catalogue is the original card catalogue of the library.