Free access to e-resources
To support studying and teaching, the NRW Ministry of Culture and Science is funding the cooperative acquisition of e-book licences with the E-Books.NRW Initiative: more
You can find and access the documents in Katalog PLUS.
Available for HSRW members only.
De Gruyter
Until 31.12.2026, there is access to all e-books (around 85,000) published by De Gruyter and its imprints Birkhäuser, De Gruyter Akademie Forschung, De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Oldenbourg and De Gruyter Saur. In addition, e-books from the following publisher partners are included: Academic Studies Press, Columbia University Press, Princeton University Press, transcript Verlag, and many more.
Elsevier
Until 30.04.2024, there is access to the e-book package Elsevier ScienceDirect Freedom Collection and Backfiles with approx. 22,000 interdisciplinary e-books.
Kohlhammer eLibrary
Until 31.12.2026, there is access to approx. 4000 e-books in the Kohlhammer eLibrary. Subject specialisations include medicine, education, psychology and nursing.
NOMOS
There is access to the NOMOS eLibrary with approx. 12,700 titles from the entire publishing portfolio for the publication years 2021 to 2023. The main subject areas are: Law, politics, economics, media studies, history, sociology, philosophy, theology and psychology.
Preselect
Until 31.12.2026, there is access to around 25,000 e-books via the Preselect platform. Media from the fields of humanities, education, social work, business from the publishing houses Beltz, Haufe Lexware, Suhrkamp and many more are included.
Springer
There is access to all 21 English-language Springer eBook packages from CY (Copyright Year) 2016 up to and including CY 2023 (approx. 80,000 titles).
Taylor & Francis
Until 31.12.2024, there is access to almost 78,000 eBooks published by Taylor & Francis from 2011 onwards.
VDI
There is access to approx. 850 titles of the VDI eLibrary for the publication years 2021 to 2023. The main subject areas are engineering and technology.
Other services that provide access to electronic information resources:
You can find and access the documents in Katalog PLUS.
Available for HSRW members only.
ProQuest
The ProQuest eBook package "Academic Complete" is available until 31.12.2024. Included are a lot of e-books from established academic publishers covering different subject areas.
In addition to the e-books included in the ProQuest Subscription Open Access Collection, there is also access to many e-books that shed light on the background and dimensions of the current conflict in Eastern Europe. This campaign was initiated by a dedicated Ukrainian employee of Ebook Central and will be continuously supplemented by additional e-books.
Currently freely accessible resources on COVID-19 can be found here.
Updated: 09 January 2024.
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