Digital Library

Please note: Licensed digital content is usually available on campus or via VPN connection only.
For most of these catalogues, an English interface is available. Look for flag symbols or drop-down menus.

Database information system (DBIS)
Index of all licensed and free-to-use bibliographic and full-text databases.
Please note: This part of the website is available in German only. You can find links to all databases containing English information lower on this page.

E-books
A complete index of all e-books purchased by the library is only available using the online catalogue (WebPAC). Limit your search to e-books by using the "Type of item" menu in the advanced search form.
There is a special catalogue available for e-books published by Springer and recorded in the database wiso. You can only access this catalogue from campus or via VPN connection.

Electronic Journals
Access to electronic journals, free-to-use as well als licensed by the library.

German standards (DIN)
This library provides access to data published by the German Institute for Standardization. Using the database "Perinorm", you can look up full texts on all valid DIN- and VDI-standards.

ACM Digital Library
Access to full texts of publications of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Journals, proceedings, newsletters, reviews, special interest groups etc.

ScienceDirect College Edition
The library license for this database contains the collection "Physical Sciences and Engineering" and provides access to about 1.000 scientific periodicals.

Tutorials

If this is your first time working with databases licensed by this library, we recommend you read the database pointers.
You can find definitions of terms and expressions you may encounter during research in the Glossary.

For our most popular databases you can download detailed tutorials aimed at helping you achieve precise results.