The Duisburg-Essen University Library keeps expanding its range of electronic media by purchasing and licencing e-books of all subjects. In the framework of the contracts the library has entered, more than 27.000 e-books are currently available (IEEE, OECD, Ovid, Springer, Thieme). Moreover there are further e-books available through the national licences financed by the DFG.

• The e-books are recorded in the catalogue.
• A complete overview of the range of e-books can be found in the Digital Library.

• E-books are accessible anytime and anywhere through the internet. An access beyond the campuses is possible with one's university identification via the VPN client.
• In general, e-books can be used by several users at the same time so that reservations and waiting periods do not apply.
• The complete content of an e-book is quickly accessible via a full text research so that it is faster and easier to obtain information than in printed media.

According to the applicable copyright it is forbidden to completely or largely download or print out e-books.

Regarding smaller parts it is allowed to do so for one's personal use and for the purpose of study and research. You are not permitted to relay information to any third party.

In this context you also have to mind the terms of use of the respective provider.

Online textbook collection Medicine

In this column you will find our weekly presentation of an e-book that, according to the library's opinion, deserve particular attention.

Martin Treppel: Neuroanatomie. Schritt für Schritt durch die komplette Neuroanatomie. 4. Aufl. Elsevier, 2008. ISBN 978-3-437-41298-1