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Full access to licensed content via the links in this list only within campus network.
If you are not on campus, please click on "more information" first and chooseÌýone of theÌýremoteÌýaccess options (EZProxy / VPN). Only for members of the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg: login with IT account.
Literature research in library catalogues
Catalogues of libraries and booktrade
:Ìý Library catalogue of the University of Applied Sciences Augsburg. Covers also the collections of the University Library of Augsburg, the State Library Augsburg and the Bavarian Library Network.
:Ìýjoint catalogue of all Bavarian scientific libraries. The SFX-button offers the possibility to order books not available in Augsburg viaÌýinterlibrary loan.
Nationwide:
(KVK):Ìýnationwide research in library catalogues
:Ìýbooks available in German booktrade.
: books available at antiquarian booksellers.
Books not available in Augsburg or Bavarian libraries may be orderedÌýviaÌýÌýinterlibrary loan nonetheless. Enter your "Heimatbibliothek" (HSB Augsburg), user number (on your CampusCard, 11Ìýdigits)Ìýand pin (date of birth, ddmmyy) and fill in the order form with the complete relevant data (ISBN if possible).
Reference Databases:
:Ìý E-Journals and e-books on economy [more]
EBSCO Psychology: PsycINFO, PSYNDEX: high quality research literature in the field of psychology
ÌýBibliographic reference for German publications concerning urban and regional development, civilÌý engineering and housing [more]
ÌýLiterature references on psychology, social sciences and economy [more]
ÌýLiterature references on technology, management, environment and sustainabilityÌý[more]
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E-books
E-books licensed by the library:
Ìý-ÌýE-books from the publishers Vahlen, Schäffer-Poeschel, Haufe, UVK and Versus on economics [more information]
-ÌýLegal comments and manuals on tax law [more information]
Ìý(via Content Select) -ÌýThe entire e-book program on social work [more information]
Ìý-ÌýMany e-books by the publishers Kohlhammer, VDE-Verlag and the scholars-e-library (various publishers), as well as the entire e-book program of Beltz, O'Reilly and mitp-Verlag. [more information]
Ìý-Ìý5 selected e-books on tax and finance [more information]
-ÌýE-books of the publishers DeGruyter, Birkhäuser, Oldenbourg, Böhlau, Transcript and Harvard University Press [more information]
- English e-books on business and economics
-ÌýE-books on business, technology, mathematics, IT and science [more information]
- E-Books of the Institution of Engineering and Technology [more information]
(via Content Select) - Selected e-books on social work and psychology [more information]
(via Content Select) - E-books on computer science and design (e.g. photography) [more information]
Ìý(via IEEE) -ÌýMassachusetts Institute of Technology e-books on computer science and engineeringÌý [more information]
-ÌýE-books and e-journals on social work and social economy [more information]
-ÌýE-books on various tax issues, pensions, payroll and tax audits[more information]
Ìý(via Content Select) -ÌýThe entire e-book program [more information]
-ÌýE-books and more of a variety of IT publishers (formerly Safari Books Online) [more information]
: english e-books: Cloud & Networking, Game Development, IoT & Hardware, Mobile, Programming, Security, Web Development [more information]
(via Content Select) -ÌýE-books of various publishers on social work [more information]
-ÌýE-books and eJournals covering almost all subject areas [more information]
Ìý-ÌýE-books by utb [more information]
(via Content Select) -ÌýE-books on electrical engineering and construction [more information]
- E-Books from Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht and Böhlau [more information]
- E-books on technology, architecture & construction, computer science, design, business [more information]
-Ìýover 1500 e-books, mainly on economics [more information]
E-books for free available online:
- Computer science e-books (Galileo Computing books; however only old editions, the more recent ones are subject to a fee)
Legal texts, judgments, regulations
- database for several fields of law [more information]
- open access legal commentary on German civil law
Ìý- research tool "LEXinform / Info database online" on taxes and finance [more information]
-ÌýReal estate & construction law [more information]
- jurisdiction, administrative regulations, legal commentaries, ... [more information]
Ìý-ÌýJurisprudence on tax issues (BFH full texts, FG full texts, BVerfG full texts, ECJ, cases in tax law, BGH judgments, BAG judgments, BSG judgments, aBVerwG judgments)[more information]
Ìý- environmental law regulations [more Information]
University papers
Ìý- scientific search engine with the option to filter by document type "thesis"
- University publications and research reports of German universities and research institutions
- German university publications via the catalogue of the German National Library ( to show only documents available online)
(possibilty to filter by document type "Hochschulschrift" and "Online access" in the "advanced search")
- Europe e-theses portal
- for international university publications
Conference reports
-ÌýConference proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery [more information]
- Reports of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [more Information]
Ìý- Conference reports published by Springer (focus on computer science and engineering) [more information]
Reference works
-ÌýInformation on construction equipment and building site equipment [more information]
Ìý-ÌýResearch tool "LEXinform / Info database online" (taxes and finance) [more information]
-ÌýGeneral and technical dictionaries and Duden [more information]
-ÌýBiographies and other personal information [more information]
Standards, patents
(Perinorm) [more information]
DIN-VDE-standards and DIN-VDE drafts(access only via one PC in the library) [more information]
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers [more information]
-ÌýRoad construction engineering and road traffic engineering [more information]
-ÌýCollection of technical guidelines and official regulations for the road system [more information]
- online research in the database of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office: covers patent publications from all over the world. Full texts available)
Statistical data
-ÌýReliable data, surveys and dossiers by market research institutions, organizations, governments and scientific publishers [more information]
- statistics of top companies, internet / electronic commerce, information technology and telecommunications, media research, advertising, financial market, health and society (sources: business and news magazines, trade journals, newspapers, reports of trade associations and market research studies released by TNS Infratest)
- open access database of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (data on regions, population, employment, elections / education, social benefits, health, law / housing, environment / economic sectors / foreign trade, companies, crafts / prices, income and consumption / public finances /accounts)
Company data
Alpha Vantage: financial data API [more information]
Financial Times: :ÌýCompany and industry reportsÌý [more infomation]
- information on companies, industry and countries [more information]
-ÌýCompany profiles, M&A background information, commercial register announcements and annual accounts [more information]
Videos
Espresso Tutorials: SAPÌý- video tutorials on the economic and IT aspects of SAP
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:ÌýVideo courses on various topics (e.g. 3D & CAD, image processing, business, programming, web, social skills, ... [more information]
-ÌýVideo courses (Learning Paths, Case Studies) for computer scientists [more information]
: quality-controlled scientific films (mainly technology and natural sciences, but also e.g. architecture and media); search function covers not only metadata, but also spoken word, captions and images; semantic search: synonyms, related words and translations with one search term.
Scientific search engines
: Google search specifically for scientific literature (books, journal articles, technical papers)
:ÌýSearch engine for scientific open access documents ()
:ÌýResearch portal of the German Central Library for Economic Sciences (ZBW) (literature references and in some cases also full texts)
: Research portal of the Technical Information Library Hanover (TIB) (main focus of its collection: technology, architecture, chemistry, computer science, mathematics and physics);Ìý literature references as well as full texts (for a fee, sometimes open access)
- Catalogue of the Library of Applied Sciences Augsburg. This tab in the result list offers articles of journals / conference proceedings. Covers only some of the databases licensed by the library (indexed contents) - please access the relevant databases directly for a comprehensive research.
Documents without direct online access may be ordered for free / at low costs via interlibrary loan.
Magazines/journals and journal articles
Journal articles
Full text search of journal articles in the following databases:
- journals and magazines of the Association for Computing MachineryÌý [more information]
-Ìýeconomics (in English) [more information]
:Ìý [more information]
-Ìýmore than 3,000 project documentations published in DETAIL magazineÌý [more information]
: journal for current developments in the fields of social work and social education [more information]
-ÌýGerman magazines on education, social work and social sciences published by Beltz-Juventa [more information]
The Economist [more information]
- English e-articles on business and economics
Ìý- over 40 journals on psychology and psychiatry [more information]
- journals on electrical engineering and computer science [mehr Infos]
Juris Zusatzmodul 91Âþ»nÌý- magazines on various fields of lawÌý [more information]
Marketing - Zeitschrift für Forschung und Praxis (ZFP) ()
- E-journals on social work and social economy [more information]
- access to the following journals: NWB Steuer und Wirtschaftsrecht, NWB online, NWB Rechnungswesen – BBK online, NWB Unternehmensteuern und Bilanzen – StuB online, NWB Betriebswirtschaftliche Beratung, NWB Erben und Vermögen – NWB-EV, NWB Internationale Rechnungslegung – PiR, NWB Internationales Steuer und Wirtschaftsrecht – IWBB, WP Praxis[more information]
- more than 1100 scientific e-journals with a wide range of topics [more information]
Ìý(by AAAS) [more information]
-ÌýJournals on the sciences and engineeringÌý [more information]
- journals published by Springer more information]
-Ìýthe magazine [more information]
Ìý [more information]
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Print journals
ListÌýÌýof print journal subscriptions of the library (with reference to the electronic edition, if available)
Electronic journals
(EZB)
Directory ofÌýabout 105000 electronic journals, 69000 of them are open accessÌý[more information]
(DOAJ) - Directory of quality-controlled scientific electronic open access journals. (Full-text search for single articles in about 50% of the listed journals.)
Newspapers
- Economic and financial newspaper [more information]
-Ìýover 4400 newspapers from all over the world, updated daily (e.g. ) [more information]
- all issues from 1992 on [mehr Infos]
-ÌýNewspapers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland [more information]
More open access newspapers and newspaper archives can be found inÌý.