The Duisburg-Essen University Library is an academic library whose literature holdings are organised in six branch libraries, most of which are freely accessible according to subject-specific criteria.

• About the library
• Management and departments
• Addresses and opening hours of the branch libraries

The University Library supports research, teaching and study at the UDE with a wide range of printed and digital media. Its collection is function-orientated, i.e. it is based on the needs of the users.

• Collection management at the University Library

The library collection includes printed volumes and journals as well as e-books, electronic journals and databases.

• Library in numbers

The University Library is a reliable partner for researchers at the UDE when it comes to the open, considered and responsible handling of scientific processes, data and results.

We offer support in organising your research data, publishing and verifying your publications and accessing literature.

• Information especially for researchers at the UDE

The "Primo" catalogue
Using the library catalogue ‘Primo’, you can not only find books and other media in the branch libraries, but also hundreds of millions of licensed and free e-resources such as journal articles, e-books and database content.

• Go directly to Primo
• Access to electronic resources via VPN and Shibboleth

Bibliographies and course reserves
As a guest lecturer, you - like all lecturers - have the option of setting up course reserves for your courses. You can make digitised texts, literature recommendations, links and other materials relating to a course available online via course reserves. If you require, additional print media can be placed in one of the branch libraries for parallel access as a physical course reserve.

The new Leganto tool for managing bibliographies and course reserves is currently being tested. It can be integrated directly into Moodle and helps to provide structured course literature - both digital and printed. Leganto can already be used and is being continuously developed.

• List of course reserves
• Information for lecturers and staff
• Create and manage bibliographies with Leganto

In our courses and self-study programmes, we make our users fit for finding, evaluating and working with literature, information and data.

We provide support for all general and subject-specific questions relating to literature research. We can also advise you on specialised topics such as Open Access or Research Data Services. In addition, there are individual advisory services for different user groups.

• Overview: Support
• Courses and offers for information literacy
• General support (Information services)
• Contact persons by subject
• Dates and events 
• Services for different user groups