Please note that there are two types of e-books in a-z.lu: scientific e-books and leisure e-books. Under the “Ebooks (all)” tab you will find all digital books, both digital scholarly books and digital leisure books. Under “Ebooks.lu (public libraries)” you will only find digital books from the ebooks.lu offering, therefore…
If you want to search for scientific articles on a specific subject, enter the term in the search bar and select “Digital library” from the drop-down list. Then filter by “Scholarly articles” (1) and relaunch the search (2). For certain scholarly articles, it is possible to search for sources that are…
a-z.lu also offers digital resources. For some of the online documents, you just need to be a member of the BnL, others are reserved for users from the LIST (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology), the LIH (Luxembourg Institut of Health) or the LLC (Luxembourg Learning Centre of the University…
There are two ways you can receive notifications from a-z.lu when new results are available for a query that you have saved. Please note that this option is only available when you are logged in.
To save your search, you must be logged in to the system. There are two methods for saving a search. By clicking on the push pin icon in the “Saved searches” section, you can remove the query from the list.
a-z.lu allows you to save your queries. The system does this automatically for the duration of the current system (until you close your browser) – even if you haven’t logged in to the system. By clicking “Menu” and selecting “Search history” , you can view your queries. If you wish…
With a-z.lu, you can save interesting results in “My favorites” by clicking on the push pin icon found next to the document. NB: to ensure that you don’t lose your favorites when your session expires (when you close the windows of your browser), you must log in to the system….
a-z.lu allows you to sort the list of results according to your preferences: by relevance, publication date, title or author. In a-z.lu, the results are sorted by default by their relevance – calculated by the system based on various parameters – to indicate whether the results match your query. To…
The a-z.lu search engine does not limit its search to titles and other publication information (e.g. authors, publisher etc.), but extends the search to indexation of the text body, tables of content and back covers. For a clearer understanding of a specific proposed result, a-z.lu highlights the search terms in…
The advanced search allows you to carry out a more precise search. Click on the “Advanced Search” button and select several search criteria. First select the tab in which you wish to carry out your search.(1) You can specifiy the search: In the following example, the search is launched in…
