Online Services - An Overview
Various online services are available to students and members of HTW Berlin via the HTW Berlin University Library.
Access via Cisco Any Connect is no longer be available for security reasons.
Please use this for digital access to reources from home:
- Shibboleth:
Many resources are already accessible via institutional login. To do this, you simply log in directly to the relevant databases or publishing platforms using your HTW account. This access is called Shibboleth. Where we can currently offer Shibboleth is listed here >>> - OpenVPN:
The majority of all other platforms and databases are logged in automatically via OpenVPN. Click here to install. - OpenVPN + Horizon:
For all other databases, please use the OpenVPN and the access “Bibliothek” or any Horizonpool of your department in the Horizon Client. To install the Horizon Client, please use these instructions.
Please also note that not all offers on the websites of the respective publishers and database providers are also licensed by the University Library and can be read in full text.
We will be happy to answer your inquiries by e-mail at bibliothek@htw-berlin.de and by telephone on 030 5019-2221.
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In addition to using the webOPAC to research all print media available at HTW Berlin, you can also use it to search for online media and access all licensed e-books, online journals and online media available via DFG’s national licences. Not included: Journal articles and other specialist information from databases.
Here you will find a list of databases sorted by topic. This service is particularly interesting if you want to search for journal articles or for e-books, standards, statistics or other specialist information.
This web page explains the services offered by the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) where you can research in all e-journals of HTW Berlin. There is also a collection of important, frequently used online journals. All journals and newspapers that are offered online can also be researched via the WebOPAC.
This website provides an overview of the major publishers and database providers from which the university library purchases e-books. When researching e-books, it is more effective to use the WebOPAC which has a full list of all e-books.
Here you will find a selection of online offerings that have been acquired via DFG-funded national licences and provide free access to electronic information (databases, digital text collections and electronic journals). These online media can also be researched in the WebOPAC.
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