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The Library offers students and employees at Umeå University and Västerbotten County Council one-on-one tutoring free of charge.

We answer questions about:

Information searching, for example, how to find scholarly articles
Citing information and using reference management programs
Academic writing, giving presentations and study skills – help available in English and Swedish from the undergraduate to the PhD level.

Tutoring is available in the library or via the Internet (if you are distance student). You should expect to receive a reply within 3 working days.

Request a visit from the library to our department/clinic

The library is happy to visit the departments of the university or the clinics of the Västerbotten county council to present news, resources and services or discuss library related issues.

Request education for our students

Are your students having tasks that involve information searching? We offer education at three different levels. The education is designed in cooperation with you and tailored for your subject and your students.

Sign up for a course

The university library has a course program each semester. You can sign up for a course in order to learn a specific database, subject-based searching or a reference management program. For more information check out our course program. It is also possible to send a letter of interest to courses with no dates set.Courses

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1. Introduction – borrow, request, find material in physical and digital library

2. Basic course – search, relevant databases, evaluation of sources

3. Advanced course – advanced searching, scholarly information, reference management, alerts

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