Starter guide for teachers

This overview of pages will help you get started at the University Library when you first arrive at the University of Twente as a teacher.

Library staff
Information Specialists
Within your faculty, the Information Specialists are the first contact point for library-related matters
Content management
For questions about processes taking place in the back office of the University Library.
Data stewards
Within your faculty, Data Stewards are the first contact point for Research Data Management related matters,
Other Specialists
Specialists Open Access, Fair Data and Research Data Management.
Library Service Desk
For general information
Literature for education
Find books, ebooks & more
All books, ebooks, articles and other items in the collection of the University of Twente can be found in FindUT.
FAQ Using literature for teaching
FAQ specific about teaching subjects.
Available literature
As a teacher you will regularly need literature that you cannot access or borrow right away as an employee or student of the University of Twente.
Course Reserves (FindUT)
Course Reserves in FindUT gives an overview of recent compulsory literature. This can be used to quickly gain insight into the availability of the literature and the restrictions of the listed e-books. Select “all courses” for your discipline.
Databases A-Z
This page provides access to frequently used databases, regardless of your location or installed browser plugins for Off-campus access.
Off-campus access
To access content the University of Twente is subscribed to from anywhere in the world as a UT student or employee, please consult the options below.
Information literacy
Quick start to information literacy
This guide is a quick start to Information Literacy. If you are new to the topic or are looking for a refresher, this guide will walk you through the basics of information literacy.
Information Literacy | Microlectures
These microlectures are used in Information Literacy education, and address topics ranging from academic databases and adapting a search string to plagiarism and peer-review.
FindUT Tips & Tricks
FindUT is an application that can be used as first search tool for all content in the University Library Collection.
Copyright, Referencing & Plagiarism
Copyright
As a University of Twente teacher you will inevitably have to deal with copyrights.
Referencing & Plagiarism
Your scientific work is an extension of the work of those who went before you, but when you use someone else’s work without referencing, you are plagiarizing.

Last edit: 16 April 2025

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