Corona info
What you should know
Access to the branch libraries:
- The 3G rule applies: Only immunised (vaccinated and recovered) and tested persons have access to the branch libraries.
- The UDE issues a digital boarding pass and, if required, a paper access card at check-in desks.
- A test may not be more than 48 hours old and must be verified by a certificate from a citizen test centre or doctor. Please feel free to use one of the test centres at the UDE for this purpose.
Mask obligation:
- A medical mouth-nose protection (surgical mask or FFP2 mask) is to be worn during the entire stay in the branch libraries, also at the study places and in queues in front of the buildings.
- Please note the information on the compulsory use of masks at the UDE.
Study places:
- All workstations are available without restrictions.
- Individual workstations can no longer be booked.
- Previous bookings automatically expire.
- Group work is possible again in the group work rooms and zones.
- All PC workstations are also available again.
- The minimum distance at the workstations no longer applies.
Lending & Return:
- Lending and returning is only possible at the self-service stations.
- Suitable protective and hygienic materials are available for use of the self-service stations.
Printer, copier, scanner:
- All copiers and scanners are available without restriction.
- The minimum distance no longer applies.
How you can reach us
We will gladly answer your questions ...
in person at the information desk, on the phone, by email or via videochat:
information.ub@uni-due.de
+49 203 379 2010 (Duisburg)
+49 201 183 3727 (Essen)
Please remember our service times:
on-site at the information desk: Mondays to Fridays, 10am - 4pm
by phone and email: Mondays to Fridays, 8am - 4pm
online via videochat: Mondays to Fridays, 10am - 6pm
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
From Wednesday, October 6th 2021, all study places will be available without restrictions.
Bookings are no longer possible; existing bookings automatically expire.
Group work is possible again in the group work rooms and zones.
All PC workstations are also available again.
The minimum distance at the workstations no longer applies.
Individual study places Group work areas (partly bookable!) PC work stations
Lending, ordering, returning
Lending & loan periods
Please note:
- Loan periods can be extended for a maximum of 1 year.
- 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).
- Due to the system change, the loan periods of the media due in April and May were automatically postponed.
Exceptions are reserved media and interlibrary loans.
Please check your lending account.
Reservations & orders
- Loanable media from the closed branch libraries can be ordered via Primo.
- The media will be provided within approximately three working days.
- Media are available for pickup for seven days.
- Please have your notification ready when you pickup the media.
Returns
The return of media is possible during opening hours:
- In the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, LK Library and the MNT Library at the return machines.
- In the BA Library and the Medical Library at the lending desk.
You can also use our return boxes around the clock:
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.
Registration & library cards
UDE students & members
Students and employees of the UDE who are not yet registered in the library system must register their data once.
Registration takes place via Shibboleth using your university ID.
Please log in with your university ID and complete the registration form.
External users
New registrations of external users are possible.
You can register online at home or at one of the PC workstations on-site.
Afterwards, you can get your library card at one of the lending desks.
Please remember our service hours.
You can 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
Interlibrary loan orders (books and articles) are possible again after the successful system changeover.
Access to interlibrary loan media, which may only be made available in the reading room, is now possible again.
Essay copies may no longer be delivered electronically from 01/08/2021. The VG Wort's exemption was not extended.
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.
Search options:
- 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.
Search options:
- 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