Access to licensed digital offerings

Our licensed services - databases, electronic journals and newspapers, e-books and e-papers - are available to you on campus. University members can also access these resources from off campus. Users without university affiliation can access the online services at the library's PC workstations after registering at the information desk.

On campus, most electronic resources are accessed via the university's network connection (IP authentication).

There are various options for working and researching at the two library locations: Workstations for using your own mobile devices and library research stations. In the Central Library there are also PC workstations in the print and copy room.

To use the library PCs (research stations and PC workstations in the print and copy room of the Central Library), you need to log in with your campus access data.

If you have your own mobile devices, you can use the services via the university's WLAN.

In addition, further PC workstations are available at the university (e.g. in PC pools outside the library) as part of the general IT infrastructure.

Education Roaming (eduroam) is available for Wi-Fi internet access.
This allows you to use Wi-Fi not only on campus but also at numerous other educational institutions worldwide.

You can find information on how to set it up on the “Guide to Setting Up Eduroam” page on our IT Service Center’s website.

To access licensed resources (databases, electronic journals and newspapers, as well as e-books, including those from Springer) off campus, you generally need a connection to the university network. This connection is provided via a Virtual Private Network (VPN).

• Installing a VPN client
• Log in with your campus credentials
• You will then have access just as if you were on the university network

You can find setup instructions on the IT Service Center’s “Setting Up a VPN” page.
If you have any questions, please contact IT Support directly.

Individual services use alternative authentication procedures and are accessible independently of the VPN:

• ProQuest e-books
  One-time registration on the platform required.
  Access is then granted within and outside the campus network via personal access data.
• Ciando e-books
  • On campus: access without login (IP authentication)
  • Off campus: use via a personal account (registration with university e-mail address; see our instructions)

People without a university affiliation can use the library's digital services on site. After registering at the information desk, you can access the online resources at the library's PC workstations.

When using all electronic resources, please observe

• the applicable copyright regulations
• the license and terms of use of the respective providers