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The database information system DBIS shines in a new design! With the latest version, the layout and user interface have been completely redesigned to give you a more modern and intuitive user experience.

The University Library (UB) is now on Instagram! This offers numerous advantages for students and the entire FAU university community. By being present on the popular platform, current information and news can be shared quickly and easily.

From Monday, 16 September 2024, the construction work in the Main Library will not only take place outside on the north side of the building, but will also move inside the building for a few weeks. Specifically, reading room 1 will be affected in addition to the technical and stacks rooms.

The Enter Award is a nationwide prize for Open Access, awarded for the first time in 2024, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and implemented by iRights.Lab. The trophy for the Enter Award 2024 in the infrastructure category goes to the DeepGreen project. DeepGreen is an aut...

Many students and researchers are already using them - tools with integrated artificial intelligence (AI for short). What can AI-supported tools do, what opportunities do they offer and where are their limitations? AI tools can facilitate and accelerate the search for literature and usefully supp...

We not only provide scientists with specialist information and research data, but also support them in publishing and archiving research data.

As an academic library, we are committed to Open Access so that everyone can access academic information and research results free of charge. The University Library is participating in the nationwide WEITER WISSEN campaign to highlight the social relevance of academic libraries, their tasks, func...

Starting February 1st, copies of articles ordered via interlibrary loan will be delivered electronically. You will receive a link via email which allows you to download the PDF documents. The download link expires after 40 days. This makes the interlibrary loan delivery of articles much faster and m...

FAU declares its participation in the DEAL contract negotiated with the publisher Elsevier for the years 2024-2028. This means that FAU employees, lecturers and students can read most of Elsevier's e-journals, including the titles of Cell Press and the Lancet, and have improved publication options.

From Tuesday, 16 January, members of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) will be able to reserve study spaces in the reading room of the old building in the Economic and Social Sciences Branch Library (WSZB) up to seven days in advance. The bookable spaces are labelled with...