Library
VIVES University of Applied Sciences has four libraries, one at each of its campuses, in Bruges, Kortrijk, Roeselare and Torhout. If your're doing research for a paper, our friendly staff is always there to help you out. Ask them how they can assist you. Many resources, both books and magazines, are available in English.
Library catalogue
You can search our library catalogue using Limo. You can find articles, books, movies, dissertations, ... (print or online) about your subject. Login with your VIVES login (= studentnumber and your own password) to have acces anywhere to our online resources. (account troubles?)
Limo Help (in English).
Opening hours
Bruges & Kortrijk Library
Monday: 8.00 u - 18.00 u
Tuesday: 8.00 u - 18.00 u
Wednesday: 8.00 u - 18.00 u
Thursday: 8.00 u - 18.00 u
Fridat: 8.00 u - 17.00 u
Closed on Saturday and Sunday
Frequently used databases in English
If provided, you can use the ezproxy link to login off campus. *Login : your VIVES account (= same as toledo)
- Academic Search Premier – scientific journals: all subjects (ezproxy for students of Kortrijk, Roeselare and Torhout)
- Business Source Elite - business (ezproxy for students of Kortrijk, Roeselare and Torhout)
- Cinahl with full text - international health journals (ezproxy for students of Kortrijk, Roeselare and Torhout)
- DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
- ERIC – education (ezproxy for students of Kortrijk, Roeselare and Torhout)
- Econbiz Open - virtual library for economics and business studies
- Google Scholar -
- Pubmed Central - medical database
- RePEc / IDEAS - research papers in economics
- Science Direct – journals edited by Elsevier (ezproxy for students of Kortrijk, Roeselare and Torhout)
- Springerlink – e-books and journals: all subjects (ezproxy for students of Kortrijk, Roeselare and Torhout)
- Web of Science - scientific journals: all subjects (+Endnote Web) (ezproxy for students of Kortrijk, Roeselare and Torhout)
- Wiley Online Library - peer-reviewed academic journals (ezproxy for students of Kortrijk, Roeselare and Torhout)
A list of all of the online databases available through the VIVES library, in Dutch, can be found by clicking here.
Dictionaries
- Van Dale dictionaries - (translation from/to Dutch, in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) (ezproxy)
- Diccionario Clave - Spanish
- Free Dictionary French
- Free Dictionary English
- Free Dictionary German
- Free Dictionary Spanish