Abstract
I review UV observations of AGN, with a focus on the use of such data to probe the possible connection between AGN and starburst. The vacuum-UV is the energetically-dominant spectral regime for the hot high-mass stars that power starbursts, and contains a wealth of spectral features for diagnosing the presence of such stars. I also review the non-stellar sources of UV line and continuum emission in AGN, including scattered or reprocessed light from the ‘central engine.’ Spectroscopy shows that starbursts provide much of the UV light in at least 40% of the brightest type 2 Seyferts. There is still very little vacuum-UV spectroscopy of LINERs, but the existing data reveal a diverse origin for the UV line and continuum emission, including mini-AGN, shock-heated gas, and hot stars.
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