The libraries on our three campuses | Furtwangen University

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 library in Furtwangen

Dining Hall (Mensa)
Furtwangen Campus

Library in the dining hall (Mensa)

From 7 October
Mon – Fri 1.00 - 7.00pm

Email: Email application is started:bibliothek(at)hs-furtwangen.de
Phone: +49 7723 920-2207
Service by appointment in Room C 2.10

The library is closed on public holidays.

Our library in Schwenningen

F 0.07
Schwenningen Campus

Opening Hours

Beginning 8 October
Mon - Fri -> 9.00am - 8.00pm

Email: bibliothek-vs(at)hs-furtwangen.de
Phone: +49 7720 307-4770

The library is closed on public holidays.

Our library in Tuttlingen

A 1.12
Tuttlingen Campus

Opening Hours

From 7 October, 2024
Mon – Thu -> 9.00am - 5.00pm
Fri -> 9.00am - 3.00pm

Email: bibliothek-tut(at)hs-furtwangen.de
Phone: +49 7461 1502-6321

The library is closed on public holidays.

[Translate to English:] Man sieht die Bibliothek in Schwenningen von außen

[Translate to English:] Man sieht Studierende an mehreren Tischen sitzen

[Translate to English:] Die Bibliothek in Schwenningen von Innen, man sieht auch

[Translate to English:] Man sieht eine Frau mit Büchern im Arm

[Translate to English:] Viele lernende Studierende an einem langen Tisch in der

[Translate to English:] Man sieht Studierende auf einer orangenen Couch an einem

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).

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.

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.

CITAVI

External link opens in a new window:Citavi is a software for scientific literature management and knowledge organisation. It supports the entire work process from research to the finished manuscript. All university members receive a free licence for the full version.

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).

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.

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.

The libraries' bank details for interlibrary loan fees, library cards, etc..

Bank details (Bankverbindung)
LOK BA-WÜ / HS Furtwangen
IBAN DE02600501017495530102
Purpose of payment (Verwendungszweck): 1181340000868
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