TU Delft Library


Overview of the collection

TU Delft Library provides access to an extensive collection of scientific and technical information from leading scientific publishers and platforms. An ever-increasing part of the collection is now available online.

Where to find what you need

Find a book

  • You can search by title, author, subject or ISBN using the search box on the top right.
  • Click on the title for availability information, such as 
  • available for loan, online or reference only.
  • Looking for inspiration? Search by subject in the big book wall in the central library or in one of the specialised faculty locations.
  • See Tips on searching in the collection if you cannot find the book you are looking for. 

Find an article

  • You can search by title, author, subject or ISBN using the search box on the top right and search in the articles databases.
  • You can find subject-specific search systems and databases in the VKCs.
  • If you are unable to access an article, it may be possible for us to order it for you.

Find a journal

  • Search by title words, ISSN or subject using the search box in the top right-hand corner.
  • Click on the title for availability information, such as online or reference only.
  • Look in the A-Z list of e-journals.
    Occasionally a journal may not be explicitly included in the collection, but may be accessible for you via the library.

Other information

Online

With the exception of Open Access information, online information is only available on the TU Delft campus or for users who are connected to the TU Delft campus via a VPN-client or teleworking-connection.

For digital information, different rules apply than for information on paper. 

The collection in numbers

The collection includes:

  • 862,000 booktitles,
    • 52,000 e-books
    • 86,500 doctoral theses
    • 37,000 books before 1900
  • 16,000 journal subscriptions
    • 90% is available online
  • 31,000 TU Delft Open Access publications
  • 25,600 online photos and videos
  • 5,226 datasets
  • 5,500 museum objects
  • 249 subscriptions to online databases 
    with millions of article references, patents, standards or statistics.

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