E-books
The library's e-book offer
The library is continuously expanding its range of electronic media by by licensing ebooks from from all disciplines.
Around 630.000 e-books are currently available, partly accessible for a limited time in projects of user-driven acquisition.
In addition, many e-books are available via DFG-funded national licenses.
Search for e-books in Primo:
With license E-book packages
The digital library provides an overview of the library's e-book packages.
With license Medical e-books
Medical textbooks available online - sorted by subject.
Freely available Open Access
Here you will find many e-books freely available on the web:
Currently in focus - new offers
From now until 28.02.2025 you have access to 50,000 e-books from Cambridge University Press.
In addition, the University Library has licensed around 1,300 textbooks from Cambridge University Press, which are available to you until 25.02.2025.
Over 5,300 e-books from Mohr Siebeck will be available until 31.01.2025.
Key topics include theology, Jewish studies and philosophy.
The University Library has extended access to Peter Lang's e-books until 31.01.2025 and added French and Spanish-language e-books.
A total of over 17,000 titles are available.
User-driven acquisition
Here you will find time-limited offers of user-driven acquisition: After the offers have expired, well-used e-books are selected and are then permanently available.
The e-books are listed in the Primo catalogue.
Some offers are made possible by the Initiative E-Books.NRW.
How to suggest e-books for purchase
The title you need is only available in print or not even available at all?
The library would like to buy more e-books, which are available for all UDE members.
Suggest titles for purchase!
We will then check whether the e-book can be purchased for UDE-wide use.
How to use e-books
UDE university members can use licensed e-books at any time and from any location. For access from outside the campuses, log in via Shibboleth or VPN. Your UDE identification (= 'Unikennung') and password are required for both login methods.
External users can access e-media at PC workstations in the GW/GSW Library and in the LK Library. Access to electronic media from home, e.g. via VPN, is not possible.
Access via Shibboleth
Shibboleth is a procedure for distributed authentication and authorisation for web applications and web services. You need your UDE identification (= 'Unikennung') and password for authentication.
Access via VPN
Access via VPN (Virtual Private Network) establishes a tunnel to the UDE network. All your data traffic runs via an encrypted connection via the UDE VPN server. As long as the connection exists, your computer is assigned an IP address from the university network.
Please note:
Usually, e-books can be used by several users simultaneously.
For some e-books only a limited number of simultaneous accesses is available. In this case, you will be notified when all available licenses are used. Please try again after some time.
Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions regarding the use of e-books, we will be happy to help you:
information.ub@uni-due.de