Catalogues, databases, and more for research in Political and Social sciences at Ghent University

Open Access

• BookSC (Full-text free articles)
• Z-Library (Full-text free books)
• SciHub (Articles, via article URL), alternative link
• Elsevier Open Access (Free articles)
• Google Scholar (Articles)
• ResearchGate (Facebook for Academics, with articles)
• WorldCat (Global, books and bibliography)
• UniCat (Belgium, books and bibliography)
• Google Books (Books, fragments)
• Talk to books (find relevant passages from books by asking a question)

Via Ghent University Access*

• Ghent University Library (Books, research done at Ghent University, some articles)
• JSTOR (Mainly articles)
• ProQuest (Articles, some books)
• EBSCO Search Host (Articles, some books)
• GoPress (Read newspapers and articles for free)

*To Access the UGent VPN: log in on athena.ugent.be and select the google chrome application (top right: applications), browsing within this you are within the UGent Network, if you want a proper VPN on your computer you can also visit the Helpdesk

Libraries

• Library Free University of Brussels (Dutch)
• Library Free University of Brussels (French)
• Library KU Leuven
• Library University of Antwerp
• Library Université Catholique de Louvain
• Library University of Liege
• Royal Library of Belgium
• Royal Library of the Netherlands
• Bibliothèque Nationale de France
• The British Library
• The United States Library of Congress

Archives

• UN Archives
• UNESCO Archives
• International Council of Archives
• State Archives of Belgium
• Dutch National Archive
• German Federal Archive
• French National Archives
• British National Archives
• United States National Archives and Records Administration

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