Search the Library’s Discovery portal
The Library contains books, e-books, databases and articles. Discovery is the Library’s search portal where you search for different types of material across several databases simultaneously.
Opening hours
The Library is currently open:
9.00–18.00
Information desk:
9.00–15.00
Shortcuts
Printed books and course books can be found in our Library catalogue, as well as electronic course books. This is also where you log in to your Library account.
Our databases contain articles, reports, legal texts and more. Here you can find our databases in alphabetical order.
Here you will find information on how to borrow books, the Library's borrowing terms and how to get a library account.
Course books can be borrowed for 14 days and if you return them late, you have to pay a fee. The late fee for course books is 10 kronor per book and day.
Here you will find information about group rooms, rules of conduct, computers, self service opening hours and other things that are good to know if you want to study at the Library.
To book a group study room in the Library, log in to the booking system KronoX and select Resource Booking. Remember that you can only use the group rooms when the library is open.
You can get knowledge and help from the Library to search and assess information. Contact the information desk, book a librarian or use our search guide.
We have created subject guides for various subjects and programmes. They contain tips on databases, books, web resources and how to search for specific topics.
Here you can read more about borrowing books if you are a student enrolled in a distance learning course at the University of Gävle, who live in Sweden but outside Gävle municipality.
This page contains information about the Library that may be useful for new library users.
Latest news
2025-06-13
New look for several library databases
In August 2025, the databases Business Source, CINAHL, ERIC, PsycInfo and others will have a new look and some features will change.
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2025-06-05
Between 9 June and 31 August, the library and Infocenter have changed opening hours
During the summer, the library and Infocenter have changed opening hours. As a standard, the library premises are open 9-18 and the information desk 9-15, but exceptions are made for the Midsummer holidays. Between 7 July and 2 August, the library is completely closed. The library is closed on Saturdays until September.
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This page was last updated 2025-06-19