dr. Sourou Joseph (Joseph) HOTEKPO

From the collection of Antarctic researcher and UHasselt emeritus Tony Van Autenboer to the hundreds of scale models, old scientific instruments, and animal collections in the numerous cabinets and display cases. Countless objects at UHasselt have their own remarkable stories.

On Monday 7 and Tuesday 8 December, you’re welcome at the Agora (Campus Diepenbeek) from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to browse a wide selection of books - from children’s stories to novels - all at friendly prices. All proceeds will go to De Warmste Week. Still have some books lying around? You can donate them at the Campus Library in Diepenbeek (contact person: An Baeten) or at the rectorate (contact person: Martien Braekers).

During the international Open Access Week 2025, the Belgian universities are organizing 3 webinars on 3 days, between October 20th and October 26th, 2025.

In 2025, the University Library expanded its digital collection with several key databases and book and journal packages.

Starting from April 2024, students and staff of Hasselt University will have access to two e-book packages from Edward Elgar Publishing Company: the Essentials in European Law and the Elgar Advanced Introductions to Law Online.

Just started at UHasselt? Welcome! We're excited to have you here! In this practical overview you will find everything you need to know about the library's collections and services.

Through the online platform LexNow, you can consult the books and journals from a range of legal publishers based in Belgium.

Through the browser extension LibKey Nomad, you can quickly and easily access all scientific articles for which UHasselt has a license.

All staff and students of UHasselt can still become free members of the BHL, but from this year onward, it no longer happens automatically.

The University Library now provides institutional access to CINAHL Ultimate, the most comprehensive version within the CINAHL family. The database is an important resource for research and teaching in nursing, healthcare and related disciplines.

Forgot your laptop charger? Need a pair of headphones to work without distractions? Or looking for a calculator, computer mouse or cable? The University Library has you covered. At the Campus Library in Diepenbeek, you can now borrow a range of useful items from the library desk. This new service is part of our Library of Things.

The University Library has expanded its digital collection with the Taylor & Francis Education Collection. UHasselt students and staff now have access to 228 scholarly journals in the field of education.

This book brings together stories and objects that have helped shape our university: research and teaching in action, from laboratory instruments and collection items to maps, models, traditions and everyday traces of campus life.

The University Library now provides access to the full-text version of Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals through an upgrade of our existing subscription to the bibliographic database.

Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy is now available on a new and enhanced platform.

From now on, UHasselt students and staff can use the Summon Research Assistant in our Discovery Service. The Research Assistant searches directly in Clarivate’s Central Discovery Index (CDI), a broad index of reliable scholarly publications.

Good news for students and staff: from now on, you can not only pick up library books, but also return them via the Student Desk in the Old Prison.

Access to Emerald journals is being significantly expanded. The former packages Emerald Management 120 and Emerald Business, Management & Strategy eJournals are being replaced by the Emerald Management Core Collection.

From 9 January 2026, UHasselt will no longer hold a licence for the COTAN test documentation.

Discover the A+T platform: a rich digital library featuring leading architecture books, thematic magazines, and project analyses from a+t architecture publishers.

The University Library now provides access to Mathematics Source, a specialized database featuring publications on topics such as algebra, geometry, number theory, probability, and statistics.

Access to Statista will end on Friday, 10 October 2025, and will not be renewed. From that date onwards, the platform will no longer be available via the University Library.

During the month of August, renovation work will take place above the library. These works will cause noise, which may temporarily make studying in the library more difficult. To provide students with a quieter study environment during the resit examination period, alternative study rooms have been reserved.

The Ebook Central Reader App has replaced Adobe Digital Editions for full-book downloads. To read offline, install the app on up to six devices. Existing ebook loans will sync automatically.

The full text from 1998 onwards of 17 renowned peer-reviewed journals on operational research, decision analysis, analytics, and much more is now available in Business Source Complete.

As of January 1, 2025, the Read & Green Program of ACS (American Chemical Society) has come into effect. In this context, Hasselt University now applies the policy that all author versions of ACS publications with a corresponding author from Hasselt University are made available without embargo by default.

From now on, UHasselt provides access to EBSCO SocIndex with Full Text, a comprehensive database for sociological research, and SpringerProtocols, a database offering detailed protocols for experimental research in the (bio)medical sciences.

UHasselt University Library now offers early access to JSTOR's interactive research tool, leveraging AI to enhance discovery and streamline research. This tool highlights key points in texts, facilitates exploration of JSTOR’s vast collection, and supports intuitive, conversational searches. 

As of 1 April 2024 students and faculty of Hasselt University have access to the full online journal portfolio (some 420 titles) published by Cambridge University Press. 

Elektron and the VLIR working group on RDM and Open Science jointly voice serious concerns regarding the recent implementation of the Article Development Charge model by the American Chemical Society.

As of 28 March the University Library offers on and off campus access to 18 law related titles from the Oxford University Press Very Short Introductions collection.

Earlier this year, the shareholders of the legal database Jurisquare decided to discontinue the service via the platform. This means that for UHasselt, after the current license expires on January 5, 2024, lecturers, researchers, and students will no longer have access to this database.

UHasselt will maintain full access to all journals in JSTOR and open-access e-books

The Research Data Management (RDM) policy plan of the University of Hasselt outlines a framework for all researchers to ensure the quality, availability, and accessibility of their research data. It provides a foundation to assess compliance with laws and regulations (such as GDPR) and ethical codes.

UHasselt recently acquired an online subscription to the Omnilegie database. The so-called 'blue codes (Blauwe Wetboeken) of Die Keure' serve as the foundation for this database.

In addition to the Emerald 120 offering, you can now access the journals from the e-journal package 'Emerald Business, Management & Strategy' through the University Library.

The University Library is also enthusiastic about supporting the Sustainable Week. Starting from 8th May, you'll find our very own Book Exchange Cabinet in the photocopying area of the Campus Library.

Starting from the academic year 2023-2024 all employees and students of UHasselt can still become members of the BHL for free, but unlike previous years, this will no longer happen automatically. 

Something that spent years simply travelling in the boot of the car on fieldwork can, over time, become academic heritage. The speed guns used by the School of Mobility Sciences are a fine example.

At our Faculty of Architecture and Arts, there are some real gems to be found. Anyone stepping into the studios sees not only miniature buildings, but also a story of craftsmanship, imagination, and technological evolution.