We have put together some tools for you to search for and obtain interdisciplinary literature and information.

You will find on this page:

• cross-disciplinary  bibliographic, full-text, and factual databases (podcasts and other resources through which you can learn to use individual databases independently are referenced where available),
• selected press sources,
• Sources of statistical data,
• dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference works, and
• subject portals or virtual subject libraries as well as
• Scientific search engines.

Recommended resources on topics related to scientific work can be found on our page scientific-work.

In addition to the possibility of accessing the databases listed below directly from this page, you will also find links in each case to detailed database information in our database information system (DBIS) as well as to e-learning offerings, where these are available.

Databases with general and interdisciplinary content:

• 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
   
• 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
• 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 site  E-Learning
• Sage Journals Online (DFG-funded national license, campus license)
  Information on this database can be found in DBIS 
  A E-Learning offer for this database can be found on our page  E-Learning
• Science / Science Classic Archiv(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
  Information about this database can be found in DBIS 
• World Biographical Information System Online(DFG-funded national license, campus license)
  Information about this database can be found in DBIS 
   
• CORDIS databases - databases of the European Community Research and Development Information Service ( & ), partly with full texts, further Information about this database can be found in DBIS 
• DissOnline - Digital Dissertations on the Internet

For information on other databases accessible to you with general and interdisciplinary content, use our Database Information System (DBIS).

• American City Business Journals (full texts of American business journals)
• China Digital Times
• China Digital TV Holding Co, Ltd
• Commission Press Corner (formerly RAPID, contains all press releases of the European Commission since 1985, mostly in several languages)
• Financial Times Historical Archive (campus license)
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (access only on campus)
• GENIOS: Archiv der Presse (archive portal of German-language media with search engine. Full texts are subject to a charge)
• The New York Times (free archive)
• Newstral (overview of German and international press)
• OnlineNewspapers (access to approx. 10,000 newspapers worldwide)
• Regional Business News (campus license)
• Reuters Germany (news agency)
• SSRN (Social Science Research Network) eLibrary (extensive collection of discussion papers from the entire field of economics, including on the topics of accounting, economics research, financial  economics, information systems & e-business, legal scholarship, management research, social insurance)
• Süddeutsche.de
• The Times Digital Archive(DFG-funded national license)
• Die Welt(Headlines/Archive)

• Asia at a glance
• Eurostat (Eurostat's mission is to provide the Union with European statistics that allow comparisons between countries and regions).
• Eurostat Yearbook (Eurostat's Statistical Yearbook of Regions 20 provides a wealth of information on life in the European regions of the 27 Member States of the European Union as well as the candidate countries and EFTA countries).
• National Bureau of Statistics of China (Languages: English and Chinese)
• OECD iLibrary (offers statistics from the OECD)
• Statista - statistics from over 10,000 sources. Note: Basic statistics freely accessible. The exact graph values are displayed on the campus of the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, via a VPN connection or after free registration.
• Statistics Bureau of Japan
• Federal Statistical Office (Facts and figures on the situation in Germany, supplemented by presentations of products and services of the Federal Statistical Office)

• Abbreviations (The abkuerzungen.de database shows the corresponding resolutions with short explanations for abbreviations entered).
• bab. la (bab.la offers an interactive dictionary in 24 languages, language tests such as TOEFL and a language forum. Vocabulary as well as grammar and conversation exercises can be practiced).
• Lexica / Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Topics include national and international politics, history, culture and economics. A number of online journals are also offered).
• DeepL Translator (a free machine translation system based on neural networks)
• Leo (online dictionary for English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Polish and Portuguese with learning aids)
• Linguee (Linguee is an online dictionary for the languages English, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese. It is especially useful when you need to formulate professional texts in a foreign language and are looking for special vocabulary and phrases from the professional environment. )
• LOGOS (LOGOS is a polyglot dictionary with entries from 200 languages. There are links to other dictionaries, a translation course, a database of conjugated verbs, etc.)
• MDBG (Chinese-English dictionary. Abbreviation. Input English or Chinese. Handwritten input of characters is possible. In addition, there are some useful tools, as well as a downloadable offline version, but there is a charge).
• Nciku (The Chinese-English dictionary n词酷 ncíkù contains numerous additional features, such as various online exercises as well as the ability to create your own vocabulary lists).
• Online Demography Handbook (This handbook consists of longer articles written by experts in the relevant field. It provides information on population dynamics, population policy, population science and demographic developments. Status: 2011)
• PONS.eu - the online dictionary

• Documents / German Bundestag (databases and protocols)
• KIBB : Communication and Information System for Vocational Education and Training (knowledge management system for German vocational training research)
• LOTSE : Library Online Tour and Self-Paced Education (navigation and training system that provides help in learning scientific working techniques and supports all steps of learning, research and education)
• OECD iLibrary (portal of 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)
• OpenDOAR - Directory of Open Access Repositories (international list of freely accessible research literature archives = document server)
• Philosophische Audiothek (audio documents with philosophical content in MP3 format)
• Federal Statistical Office  (free access and download option for statistical data, e.g. specialist series)
• Webis - virtual library (formerly vascoda)
• Wissen.de - knowledge portal with free access to various encyclopaedias and dictionaries
• Zeitgeschichte Informationssystem - database (large collection of historically relevant websites with a focus on the field of contemporary history)

• Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)
• dandelon - search engine for academic literature
• Google Book Search
• Google Scholar
• OAIster - search engine for digital license-free academic documents