E-books

How do you find out which e-books the University Library Erlangen-Nürnberg (UB) has on offer?

E-books can be found by searching the catalogue in the same way as printed books. A symbol in the catalogue indicates if a book is an e-book.

If you would like to use the catalogue to search specifically for e-books, choose ‘electronic resource’ under ‘publication type’:

From inside the university network, clicking on ‘full text’ will redirect you directly to the e-book.

Overview of providers in the Database Information System (DBIS)

By clicking ‘E-books‘ you can see an overview of all e-books available at the UB.

Information on the main providers’ conditions

Whether it is possible to access an e-book from outside the university network depends on the licensing agreements. You can find out how to access individual e-books or collections of e-books by reading the information under ‘Usage’ in the detailed view of the e-book in question in DBIS.

If you want to access a licensed e-book directly via a link in the catalogue, you must be inside the university network [if you are outside the University you can access the network via virtual private network (VPN)], as the catalogue only includes direct links to the publishers’ websites that cannot be accessed from outside the network. Alternatively, you can use the link ‘Weitere lizenzierte Zugänge – Start-URL für den externen Zugriff’ (other licensed forms of access – start URL for external access’) for the e-book collection on the DBIS website and look for a specific e-book there.