Everyone's welcome
The libraries at our three locations can be used by students, staff and the public. They have an extensive range of print and digital media. There are over 60,000 books and more than 350,000 e-books and e-journals. In addition to an excellent selection of specialist books, you can also find reading material for leisure time or the semester break.
Our services
Boss
On our BOSS-Portal, you can search our catalogue for print books, e-books and e-resources.
OPAC
The Library catalogue (OPAC) contains our print media (books, journals) as well as our electronic media (e-books, e-journals, videos).
OPUS repository
Digital works can be archived on our External link opens in a new window:OPUS server and made visible to the library catalog and the public (you can search for our professors and their publications).
CITAVI
External link opens in a new window:Literature management software that supports the entire work process from research to the finished manuscript (all university members receive a free license for the full version).
Open Access
The aim of External link opens in a new window:Open Access is to make academic knowledge accessible on the Internet free of charge and without barriers and to make it reusable in compliance with copyright law.
LINKEDIN Learning
External link opens in a new window:Access to over 15,000 different video training courses on a wide range of topics in various languages.
Database Information System (DBIS)
External link opens in a new window:The HFU database portal: search in databases such as Springerlink, WISO, BUSINESS Source Premier (EBSCO), SciVerse ScienceDirect, ACM, IEEE, NAUTOS (DIN standards).
Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
External link opens in a new window:Access to more than 25,000 HFU e-journals.
Library HowTos
External link opens in a new window:In the HFU library HowTos you'll find practical help on how to search for books, e-books and videos, for example, and how to search databases.