Economics and health economics
We have put together some tools for you to search for and obtain literature and information on topics relating to economics and other subject areas:
- Tools for searching our holdings and for obtaining literature through the university library,
- subject-relevant bibliographic, full-text and factual databases (podcasts and other resources that you can use to learn how to use individual databases independently are listed where available),
- subject-relevant electronic journals and
- dictionaries, encyclopaedias, reference works and
- subject portals, virtual subject libraries.
Academic search engines can be found on our page Subject-related information > General / Interdisciplinary and recommended resources on the subject of academic work on the page of the same name.
Prove library holdings - Procure literature
Online library catalog (OPAC)
Search our catalog for specific author names, titles or ISBNs to find out whether certain books you are looking for are in our library collection. To find literature on a specific topic, you can search using keywords.
If a media unit you require and which is in our stock is currently on loan, as can be seen from the copy data, you can reserve it online for loan.
You can find e-books in our catalog by adding the keyword e-book to your search terms. Our eOPAC is also suitable for subject-specific e-book searches.
Please note: You can only access the eOPAC and the full texts of licensed e-books from off campus by dialing into the campus network via Virtual Private Network (VPN). You can find out more about VPN on our page External access to electronic resources.
If we do not have a book in our collection that you would like to read, you are welcome to send us asuggestion for a new acquisition to New acquisition proposal.
You have become aware of an article and would like to know whether the journal and the specific issue in which the article is located is in the holdings of the university library. - For the area of print journals, it is a good idea to clarify this via our Print Journals page.
For the systematic identification of journal articles on a specific topic, the relevant databases are particularly useful.
Our Electronic Journals Library (EZB) allows you to search a large number of international electronic full-text journals covering all subject areas and to access the full texts of e-journals that are activated in the campus network and of e-journals that are generally freely accessible on the web. In the case of electronic full-text journals that are not accessible, you often at least have the option of viewing abstracts and tables of contents.
For specific searches of certain electronic journals, please use the simple search offered in the Electronic Journals Library (search slot "quick search") or the advanced search.
Please note: From outside the campus area, you can only access full-text e-journals that require a license and are activated campus-wide by dialing into the campus network via Virtual Private Network (VPN). You can find out more about VPN on our page External access to electronic resources.
For systematic retrieval of journal articles on a specific topic, please use the relevant databases.
Detailed information on for economics relevant electronic journals can be found further down this page.
Database Information System (DBIS)
Search databases in our Database Information System (DBIS). Via DBIS you can get very good information about the content of the individual resources. As far as databases are unlocked for you to use or are generally freely available on the web, you can access them directly via DBIS.
Please note: From outside the campus area, you can only use databases that require a license and are available campus-wide at by dialing into the campus network via Virtual Private Network (VPN). You can learn more about VPN on our External Access to Electronic Resources page.
A selection of the databases relevant to economics is available further down this page.
In addition to querying the holdings of our university library, you can use the metasearch of the Digital Library (DigiBib) to simultaneously search in catalogs of the region and union catalogs, among others, via a search mask.
Further resources for finding subject-relevant materials of all kinds (books, data carriers, e-books ...) in the holdings of other libraries can be found on our page Other catalogs.
Interlibrary loans via the Digital Library (DigiBib)
Books, articles ... that we do not have in our collections can usually be obtained via interlibrary loan. You can find more information about this on our page Interlibrary Loan.
Bibliographic, full text and factual databases
In the following, we have systematically compiled databases that are available campus-wide under license and selected databases that are freely accessible on the web.
In addition to the possibility of accessing the listed databases directly from this page, you will also find links to detailed database information in our database information system (DBIS) as well as to e-learning offers, if available.
Please note: From outside the campus area, you can only access our databases requiring a license by dialing into the campus network via Virtual Private Network (VPN).
Economics
Major databases with business content:
- Business Source Premier (campus license)
- Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - NWB database (campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
An E-Learning offer on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - OECD iLibrary (campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - SpringerLink (campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Web of Science (campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - WISO (campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
A E-Learning offer on this database can be found on our page E-Learning
- Brill Online Books (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Brill Online Journals (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Cambridge Journals Digital Archive (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS - DeGryter Online / Research Now E-Journals(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - EBSCOhost eBook Collection (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - EIU Country Reports Archive (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS - Elsevier Journal Backfiles (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers Information on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Emerald Fulltext Archive Database (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers Information on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Handbooks in Economics(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Hoppenstedt-Aktienführer-Datenarchiv (1956-2018)(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS - International Monetary Fund(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - The Making of the Modern World (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - Oxford Journals Digital Archive (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - Periodicals Archive Online(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Periodicals Index Online (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Sage Journals Online (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS - Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - World Bank E-Library Archive (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS
- Directory of Open Access Journals
Information on this database is available in DBIS
For information on other databases with economics content available to you, use our Database Information System (DBIS).
Health Economics / Medicine
Important databases with health economics content:
- CareLit (campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - CINAHL (campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - CNE - Certified Nursing Education: Continuing Education and Knowledge for Nursing (Campus License)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - OECD iLibrary (campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers Information on this database can be found on our website E-Learning - SpringerLink (campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
A E-Learning offer on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - WISO (campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our site E-Learning
- APS Journal Legacy Content (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS - Annual Reviews (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be accessed in DBIS - BioOne Online Journals (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - BIOSIS Previews(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS - British Medical Journals(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - DeGruyter Online / Research Now E-Journals(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Elsevier Journal Backfiles (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - Emerald Fulltext Archive Database (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS - Informa Healthcare Digital Archive (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be accessed in DBIS - Karger eBooks Collection Archive (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be accessed in DBIS - Karger Journals (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS - Liebert on Line Archive(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 'Legacy Archive' (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - nature.com(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be accessed in DBIS - Oxford Journals Digital Archive (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - Sage Journals Online (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Science / Science Classic Archive(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS - Taylor & Francis Online Archives (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - Thieme Connect / Thieme Zeitschriftenarchive(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - World Bank E-Library Archive (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS
- Directory of Open Access Journals
Information on this database can be found in DBIS - BioMed Central
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS
For information on other databases accessible to you with medical content, use our Database Information System (DBIS).
Pedagogy / Continuing education
Major databases with adult education content:
- Encyclopedia of Educational Science Online (campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
- Sage Journals Online (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
A E-Learning offer on this database can be found on our page E-Learning
- bidok - Disability Integration and Documentation
Information about this database can be found in DBIS - Database Educational Media - identifies audiovisual media
- Deutscher Bildungsserver - Medien und Schule
Information about this database can be found in DBIS - ERIC - Educational Resources Information Center
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
An e-learning offer for this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Fachinformationssystem Bildung (FIS Bildung)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers for this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Rehadat
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS
For information on other databases with educational science content accessible to you, use our Database Information System (DBIS).
Politics
Databases with political science content:
- WISO (campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS
A E-Learning offer on this database can be found on our page E-Learning
For information on other databases with political science content accessible to you, use our database information system (DBIS).
Psychology
Important databases with psychological content:
- PSYNDEX (campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
A E-Learning offer about this database can be found on our page E-Learning - SpringerLink (campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
A E-Learning offer on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Web of Science (campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers about this database can be found on our page E-Learning
- Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - Sage Journals Online (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
A E-Learning offer for this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Taylor & Francis Online Archives (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS
For information on other databases with psychological content accessible to you, use our Database Information System (DBIS).
Law
Important databases with legal content:
- Beck Online (campus license, not via VPN)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers for this database can be found on our page E-Learning - SpringerLink (campus license)
Information about this database can be found in DBIS
A E-Learning offer about this database can be found on our page E-Learning
- DeGryter Online / Research Now E-Journals(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers on this database can be found on our page E-Learning - Kluwer Law International Journals (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be accessed in DBIS - Periodicals Index Online (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
E-Learning offers Information on this database can be found on our page E-Learning
- KrimDok
Information on this database can be found in DBIS
For information on other databases with jurisprudential content accessible to you, use our database information system (DBIS).
Electronic journals
By subject area, we have compiled links below to lists of campus-wide licensed and freely web-accessible electronic full-text journals in our Electronic Journals Library (EZB). For specific research you can also use the advanced search of the EZB.
Economics
Electronic journals with economics content to which you have full-text access:
Health Economics / Medicine
Electronic journals with medical content and content relevant to the field of health economics to which you have full-text access:
Politics
Electronic journals with political science content to which you have full-text access:
Psychology
Electronic journals with psychological content to which you have full-text access:
Law
Electronic journals with law-related content to which you have full-text access:
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference works
- Stock exchange en cyclopedia of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
- Encyclopedia of Psychology (covers all disciplines of psychology)
- Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon (a very extensive German-language selection of business topics)
- Gesundheitsinformation.de (information about diseases and their therapy)
- Lexika / Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (information about terms, persons, countries and institutions from politics, economy and culture)
- Encyclopedia of banking
- Lexicon of sustainability
- Online Handbook of Demography (information on population dynamics, population policy, population science, demographic development)
- Thesaurus for business ethics
- Business Encyclopedia24
- The World FactBook (country information, flags, maps, ... provided by the CIA)
- Dictionary of Adult Education
Subject portals, virtual subject libraries
- Publications Office of the EU (offers Publications of the institutions of the European Communities and the European Union (EU) & Online services with free access to information on EU law (EUR-Lex), EU publications (EU Bookshop), EU public procurement (TED) and EU-funded research and development (CORDIS))
- Ariadne (specialist portal for women's and gender studies, which offers access to a bibliographic database of articles on women's and gender studies)
- Dadalos education server (the German part of the international UNESCO education server)
- Documents / German Bundestag (databases and minutes)
- DPMAregister - Amtliche Publikations- und Registerdatenbank (free service of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office for searching for trade marks, designs, patents and utility models)
- EconBIZ - Virtual Library of Economics (includes research in Internet sources, online catalogs and full texts as well as access to library information services).
- EconPapers (provides access to all working papers, journal articles, books etc. published by RePEc, a cooperative, often in full text)
- Firmenwissen (Joint portal of Creditreform together with Handelsblatt. Offers company profiles, credit reports, extracts from the commercial register and business press. Comparatively high prices for end customers).
- KIBB : Communication and Information System for Vocational Education and Training (knowledge management system for German vocational training research)
- OECD iLibrary (portal for online publications of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, provides access to all OECD studies and statistics and can be regarded as one of the largest online libraries for data and analyses on the economy, society and the environment)
- Philosophical audio library (audio documents with philosophical content in MP3 format)
- RFE Resources for Economists on the Internet (versatile collection of information from the American Economic Association)
- SSRN - Social Science Research Network Electronic Library (Amer. Papers and journals partly in full text on the topics of accounting, economic research, financial economics, information systems & e-business, legal scholarship, management research, social insurance)
- Virtual Law Library (access to specialized legal information on the Internet)
- Women's Studies Database (access to a wide range of information on women's and gender studies)
- ZBW German National Library of Economics Leibniz Information Center for Economics (current articles and working papers for free download, search option in the ECONIS online catalog, selected current literature on research topics or master's theses in ECONIS select lists)
- Contemporary History Information System - Database (large collection of historically relevant websites with a focus on the field of contemporary history)