E-Books
Where to find E-Books?
As a rule, e-books licensed by the library can be searched via our library catalogue. They can also be accessed on the corresponding provider pages.
How to find E-Books in our library catalog?
To do this, choose the following settings in the hit list:
Improve my results → Type of resource "Books" AND Show only → Online resources
In a hit list, you can recognize e-books by the following information:
- "Full text available" or
- "Online access to the HTW campus network" or
- "Online access to the HTW campus network. The library also has printed copies".
Please observe the generally applicable terms of use and notices for electronic books on the websites of publishers and providers or the currently applicable copyright provisions.
Which e-books from which providers are in the library stock?
Supplier / Publisher | Subject | Dowloading, Saving, Printing? | Access |
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Bundesanzeiger-Verlag: Bautabellen digital | construction engineering | by chapter | VPN |
Beck: Beck online | law | by chapter | only in campus-network |
Elsevier Nationallizen eBook-Collection | mathematics, statistics | by chapter | VPN |
Erich Schmidt Verlag | economics, social sciences | completely | VPN |
Espresso-Tutorials: Digitale SAP-Bibliothek | computational science, economics | no saving possible | VPN |
GBI-Genios: WISO | economics, social sciences | completely | VPN |
De Gruyter EBS 2019-2020 | multidisciplinary | completely | VPN |
Hanser | multidisciplinary | by chapter | VPN |
Nomos eLibrary | economics, social sciences | completely | VPN |
OECD iLibrary bis 2018 | multidisciplinary | completely | VPN |
OEKOM | sustainability, ecology | by chapter | VPN |
Oxford Music | music | completely, by chapter | VPN |
Springer: Springer Link | multidisciplinary | completely | VPN |
UTB: Studi-E-Book | multidisciplinary | 30 pages per session | VPN |
Ulmer | agriculture, ecology | by chapter | VPN |
Vahlen: e-Library | multidisciplinary | by chapter | VPN |
Wichmann | geodesy, carthography | by chapter | VPN |
E-Book-Platform
Ebook Central of Proquest is a platform that contains e-books from over 100 publishers. Each e-book, whether licensed or not, can be read every day for five minutes free of charge. After 5 minutes a Shibboleth registration appears. For this you need your university login.
licensed | not licensed | |
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display in hit list | available | available on demand |
functions | unlimited online reading, 40 % per book may be printed as pdf, 20 % of a book may be copied, download per day with planned offline use possible (installation of freeware Adobe Digital Editions necessary) | Request to the library with acquisition proposal, every day five minutes of free reading is possible. |