Library

The HZB's scientific special library procures the required literature - as a loan or by purchase, electronically or on paper, from its own inventory or through interlibrary loan, and also at your workplace in the web browser via direct links on the provider pages or with the help of literature databases.

It supports and advises on publishing in scientific journals (with a focus on Open Access) and concludes publication agreements with publishers. It ensures the quality of the literature database and records all publications from the HZB environment there.

What media do we have on offer?

Our over 800,000 media units (600 m books, 300 m journals, 100 dissertation thesises and 740 000 reports, mostly mikrofiches and microcards) are located in our closed compact magazine and can be viewed and partly borrowed with the help of our staff.

What electronic media are available?

Our subscribed electronic media (thousands of journals and ca. 10 000 e-books) and databases can be accessed free of charge from the intranet via the pages of the publishers and database providers. You have to comply with the rules of usage for this content.

Our publications are often freely available on our publication server.