We are there for you
Pick up times in the branch libraries
Humanties and Social Sciences Library
Opening hours:
Mon - Fri: 10am - 4pm
Sat: closed
LK Library
Opening hours:
Mon - Fri: 10am - 4pm
Sat: closed
MNT Library
Closed from 16/12/2020!
Medical Library
Opening hours:
Mon - Fri: 10am - 4pm
Sat: closed
The BA, MC and MNT Libraries are closed. The holdings from the closed branch libraries can be ordered via Primo.
How you can reach us E-media and full texts Study places Lending, ordering, returning New registrations Interlibrary loan
Information specifically for ...
How you can reach us
We will gladly answer your questions by phone and email:
information.ub@uni-due.de
+49 203 379 2010 (Duisburg)
+49 201 183 3727 (Essen)
We are available by phone and email Monday through Friday from 8am to 4pm.
Retrieve e-media & full texts
Searching for e-media
Primo gives you access to hundreds of thousands of electronic documents, e-books or essays.
You can specifically limit your search to sources available online:
Retrieve full texts from home
Use our digital services.
Many publishers make their offers temporarily available free of charge. Research in our licensed databases is also possible regardless of location.
Study places
As of 16/12/2020, the study places are no longer bookable.
The individual study places can no longer be used, nor can the PC workstations.
Existing bookings for the period from 16.12.2020 will be cancelled.
Lending, ordering, returning
Lending & loan periods
Please note our changed conditions:
- Students and external users can extend loan periods up to 9x (previously 5x).
- UDE employees can extend the loan periods 2x for another 24 weeks.
- Loan periods can also be extended if the period has already been exceeded and fees have been incurred (with the exception of interlibrary loans and preordered media).
Reservations & orders
- Loanable media can be ordered via Primo.
- The media will be provided within approximately three working days.
- Media are available for pickup for seven days.
- Please present the email notification when you pick up the ordered media.
- Volumes from the reference collection cannot be ordered.
- UDE members can order extracts from reference collections via our scan services.
- Please send any queries by email to information.ub@uni-due.de.
Returns
The return of media is possible during opening hours:
- In the Humanities and Social Sciences Library and the LK Library at the return machines.
- In the Medical Library at the lending desk.
Please note:
The return is also possible at the return boxes.
In front of the Humanties and Social Sciences Library (Essen) and the LK Library (Duisburg), there are return boxes in which you can deposit the media.
Please keep in mind: The return is not possible if the boxes are already full.
Out of service:
currently, media cannot be returned at the box in front of the LK Library.
Registration & library cards
UDE students & members Activation of library cards
All library cards can be activated or extended until 30/06/2021 without appearing in person.
Please scan your student or UDE card and send the scan together with other necessary documents by email to: ausleihe.ub@uni-due.de.
External users Registration & library cards
New registrations of external users are possible.
Please fill out the online registration form before you come to the library, as there are no PC workstations available on site. To enter the library, the printed or saved proof of registration (PDF) must be presented.
You want to save time and a trip to the library?
After registration, please send the necessary documents by email to:
ausleihe.ub@uni-due.de.
You will receive a confirmation of registration and provisional registration data by email in order to be able to order media. When you visit the library, please first collect your library card and then the ordered media.
You can also apply for the extension of the card validity online.
Please scan your external library card and send the scan together with the necessary documents by email to: ausleihe.ub@uni-due.de.
Interlibrary loan
Book and journal article orders possible
Access to interlibrary loan media, which may only be made available in the reading room, is currently not possible.
Until 31/03/2021, copies of essays may be delivered electronically due to an exceptional regulation of the VG Wort.
Returns
Interlibrary loan media can be returned as usual during opening hours in the following branch libraries:
- the Humanities and Social Sciences Library,
- the LK Library and
- the Medical Library.
Specifically for students at the UDE
You want to suggest an e-book for purchase?
The title you are looking for is only available as a print edition?
First of all, please check in Primo whether the title is already available online.
Please use our form to suggest an e-book for purchase. We then check whether the e-book can be purchased for university-wide use.
Do you need scans from printed material for your scientific work?
We can scan individual journal articles completely for you. Use our article delivery service and order directly via Primo.
Information about our Article Delivery Service
We can scan extracts from books for you to a limited extent.
You have questions about Citavi or EndNote?
We will be happy to advise you by e-mail or online in a web conference room:
literaturverwaltung.ub@uni-due.de
You would like to publish your dissertation or habilitation?
The delivery is temporarily only possible with restrictions. We would therefore ask you to make an appointment in advance:
dissertationen.ub@uni-due.de
Specifically for lecturers at the UDE
The title you are looking for is only available as a print edition?
The title you are looking for is only available as a print edition?
First of all, please check in Primo whether the title is already available online.
Please use our form to suggest an e-book for purchase. We then check whether the e-book can be purchased for university-wide use.
If you have any questions, please contact the responsible subject specialists..
Scan services
You need digitized material from our print stock, a book or a magazine?
For teaching purposes Semester reference collections
Please use our online semester reference collections. Usually, up to 15% of a book could be digitized and made accessible in a protected way.
Questions are welcome: semapp@uni-due.de.
For teaching purposes Moodle
Please order journal articles directly via Primo or our article delivery service.
Information about our article delivery dervice
For scan requests of extracts from books, please use our order form.
For your research Personal, scientific needs
We can scan individual journal articles completely for you. Use our article delivery service and order directly via Primo.
Information about our Article Delivery Service
We can scan extracts from books for you to a limited extent.
Publication Services
All services related to our publication services are available without restriction.
How to reach the DuEPublico team: duepublico.ub@uni-due.de
Specifically for researchers at the UDE
Research Data Services
The Research Data Services team is available for consultations as usual.
Any questions? You are welcome to write us: rds@uni-due.de.
Publications Services
All services related to our publication services are available without restriction.
How to reach the DuEPublico team: duepublico.ub@uni-due.de.
Specifically for external users
You need articles?
For many of the articles available through the library, free author's versions exist (pre-prints are often referred to as "working papers").
In some cases, the published versions are even "open access", i.e. free of charge for readers.
Research ways:
- Restrict the number of hits in Primo to online available and Open Access.
- Filter in the database overview for full text databases that are freely available on the web.
- Use special search engines to find open-access publisher or author versions:
- Google Scholar: search engine for scientific articles
- IDEAS: search engine for economic Open Access articles
- Open Access Button: search engine for the open-access version of a specific essay
- Dissemin: search engine for the open-access version of a specific essay
- OADOI: add the DOI of a specific article behind the following URL to find the Open Access version
- Unpaywall: this browser add-on shows you if there is a freely available version of an article
You need books?
More and more often books are published in "open access", i.e. free of charge for readers.
In addition, individual chapters can often be read online.
Research ways:
- Restrict the number of hits in Primo to online available and Open Access.
- Use special search engines to find Open Access books:
- Use those chapters that you can read online for free:
- Google Books: search engine for books