Research opportunities at Ostfalia
Here you will find the Ostfalia Library's media offerings. The online catalogue offers printed monographs and journals as well as eBooks. You also have separate access to electronic media that are licenced for Ostfalia.
Media that are not listed in the Ostfalia online catalogue can be ordered for a fee from libraries of other institutions (see interlibrary loan (external link, opens in a new window)).
Instructions on how to use the catalogues can be found in the Ostfalia clip Research (external link, opens in a new window).
The Ostfalia clip Electronic Media (external link, opens in a new window) will help you get started with the use of electronic access.
Online catalogue of the Ostfalia
Here you will find media from our collection as well as new acquisitions sorted by subject. You can also have books from another Ostfalia library location sent to your location free of charge. Simply send us an e-mail with the shelfmarks (a combination of letters and numbers that identifies the location of the item in the library and can be found in the catalogue) and the desired pick-up location, call us or contact us directly. You can find our contact details here (external link, opens in a new window).
Our Smarter Ostfalia Clip "Library introduction" (external link, opens in a new window) also provides you with a brief summary of all the important information. Media that are not listed in the Ostfalia online catalogue can be ordered from other libraries (see interlibrary loan).
To search the online catalogue (external link, opens in a new window)
To the new acquisitions (external link, opens in a new window)
E-Books
All e-books licensed by the library(onlyaccessiblein full text from the university network or externally via VPN ) are listed in the Ostfalia online catalogue and can be accessed in the overview below.
To the Ostfalia e-books (external link, opens in a new window)
Print magazines
Journals can be found in the Ostfalia catalogue
This general catalogue also contains the printed journal holdings of the Wolfenbüttel, Wolfsburg, Salzgitter and Suderburg libraries.
Click here for the print journals in the Ostfalia library catalogue (external link, opens in a new window)
European Documentation Centre
The European Documentation Centre supports the university in expanding its teaching and research activities in the field of European integration.
It documents and communicates the basic documents and the most important publications of the European Union and its institutions, provides access to online databases and also offers its services to the economy, social organisations and the interested public in the region.
Search EU literature
EDZ - Address and advice
Electronic journals
Electronic Journals Library EZB
All of the library's electronic journals are listed in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB). In addition to the electronic journals licensed for the library, academic journals freely available on the Internet are also displayed.
Licensed journals are only accessiblein full text from the university network or externally via VPN !
To search the EZB (external link, opens in a new window)
Databases
The database information system (DBIS for short) offers you access to all database content licensed by us as a library(only accessiblefrom the university network or externally via VPN or only on site in the library) as well as database content freely available on the Internet.
The traffic light shows you the availability of the respective medium. The access modalities are also explained within the database mask.
Database access (DBIS) (external link, opens in a new window)
VPN - What is it and how do I use it?
The library has licenced many databases, e-books and e-journals that are only available on the university network.
If you would like to use databases, e-books and e-journals from home, you will need the Virtual Private Network (VPN) software. Information on installing the VPN software can be found in the Computing Centre Wiki (external link, opens in a new window).
Attention! Non-university members can only access licenced services at the stationary PC workstations within the library after prior registration!
VPN - instructions and download (external link, opens in a new window)
Utilisation of e-resources
On-site use is possible in the following ways:
- At the library's internet workstations (for all registered users)
- In the entire university network (pool rooms, labs, workstations, etc.)
- With your own notebooks if you use the university's WLAN (eduroam)
Help with access problems to the electronic services
- Always start the VPN first, then start the search. Otherwise, many database providers will save in your browser history that you do not have access authorisation.
- Please allow cookies. Instructions on how to accept cookies can be found in the Data Centre Wiki.
- If you have access problems, please delete the browser history (especially cookies).
- If several databases are not accessible, please check the VPN connection: see the computer centre's instructions.
- You can also try to access the database via another browser that you have not yet used to search the database.
- If you are unable to access an individual electronic resource, there may be a fault with the provider. In this case, please send an e-mail to bibliothek-edv(at)ostfalia.de.
OPUS - University publications
On the OPUS publication server, you can search for academic theses and research papers or multimedia content published since 2004 by students, researchers and employees of Ostfalia University in accordance with the Open Access concept. The interface of the document server offers you various search options and filters for your search.
Publication of work
Would you like to publish something? The OPUS publication server offers Ostfalia students, researchers and staff the opportunity to publish their texts or multimedia content under their own licence, provided the author has all the rights to publish. Bachelor's and Master's theses can only be published on the OPUS publication server under the conditions of the relevant faculty. Further information on the publication process and Open Access can be found on our library information pages (external link, opens in a new window).