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What is Lean Library?

Working on your thesis or paper at home?Looking for electronic journal articles reports or reviews you want to cite in your publication? Or would you just like get a notice when a book that you have found online is already available to you via BUas library?

Then download the Lean Library Access browser extension: it will provide you with quick and simple access to digital content provided by your Buas Library wherever and whenever you decide to study or work. Using Lean Library Access means you spend less time searching for research material and more time studying.

After downloading, the extension will notify you when you are on a website that contains material that is available to you via BUas library. A single click will open the website where the publication can be accessed.  If the article you'd like is not yet part of the BUas Library collection, Lean Library Access will automatically check for a legal open access version of the article.

Step 1: Click on the button "Embed the library in your browser"

Unlock access to BUas digital library
Add the Lean Library extension to your browser to get easy access to BUas' digital library collection. You will have the ability to easily find study materials wherever and whenever you decide to study. And it's FREE!

Step 2: Give permission for use & select BUas

Depending on the browser you choose to install the lean libray extension on, you might need to give permission for the installation.

After permission has been given and the extension is installed, you can select BUas as your preferred library:

Step 3: Pin the extension, so you can easily access it

Lean library can do even more...

When you have found an interesting online report or article and Lean Library is not creating a pop-up with access for it, then this might be because the page you are looking at does not have an ISBN/ISSN or DOI number on it.

But Lean Library can still search for it!

--You simply Highlight the text

- do a:  Right mouse click

- And choose "Search@Buas.nl"  to search with these terms in BUas Metasearch (a search tool for a collection of databases the library has licenses on).

The Lean Library extension will then check this online library collection for you!

Screenshot of how to select the "Search@BUas.nl" option: