E-Books

We have licenses for e-books for various subjects. The licensed e-books are individual e-books from several publishers as well as subject-specific publisher packages or certain publishers’ entire e-book collection. Additional e-books are available using a nationwide license funded by the DFG (national license).

Places to search

HohSearch

Most of the e-books licenced by the KIM Hohenheim can be found via our literature search engine HohSearch.

To find e-books, limit the results of your search to the media type "Online Resource".

ProQuest Ebook Central

ProQuest Ebook Central (formerly Ebrary) is a platform with which you can access individual e-book licensed by KIM Hohenheim from various publishers. 

You can find additional information on the ProQuest Ebook Central platform here.

Agricultural Sciences

CAB eBooks (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International)

Contents:

Included are e-books from the fields of agricultural science and life sciences.

Access:

CAB e-books in the catalog.

E-books included in the package can be found on the publishers’ platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

E-books can be saved and printed in PDF format.

De Gruyter-Verlag/ De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Contents:

Includes textbooks for economics from 2017, 2018, and 2020

Access:

You can find e-books included in the package using the catalog.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

Ebooks can be saved and printed chapter by chapter in PDF format.

Elsevier-Verlag

Content:

Books about sub-areas of Agricultural Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Business and Economic Sciences.

Access:

The e-books can be accessed via the publisher's platform.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

OECD-iLibrary

Content:

All studies and stats compiled by the OECD are included.

Access:

E-books included in the package can be found on the publisher's platform.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

Springer-Verlag

Access:

You can find e-books included in the package using the catalog.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

E-books can be saved and printed in whole or in part in PDF format.

utb-studi-e-book

Access:

Ebooks included in the package can be found on the publishers’ platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

Print and download is unlimited (30 pages each time you view the ebook)

Wiley-Verlag

Content:

Books about Agricultural Sciences, Crop Sciences, and Nutritional Sciences are included.

Access:

To access the books you can use the catalogue.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

Economics

Digital SAP-library (Espresso Tutorials Verlag)

Content:

The SAP eBook Library (Digitale SAP-Bibliothek) is an electronic Collection of roundabout 140 practice related handbooks and more than 100 videos about the SAP software.

Access:

The library can be accessed via the following link: e-books.espresso-tutorials.de/bookshelf.php 

All handbooks are listed in our catalogue “HohSearch” whereas the videos only can be found via the SAP eBook Library platform (Digitale SAP-Bibliothek).

The SAP library is licensed campus wide. Students and staff of the university can access the SAP library from home by connecting via VPN.

Options for use:

The books can be used via livestream only, it is not possible to download the PDF.

ProQuest Ebook Central

ProQuest Ebook Central (formerly Ebrary) is a platform with which you can access individual e-book licensed by KIM Hohenheim from various publishers. 

You can find additional information on the ProQuest Ebook Central platform here.

Elsevier-Verlag

Content:

Books about sub-areas of Agricultural Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Business and Economic Sciences.

Access:

The e-books can be accessed via the publisher's platform.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

Nomos

Contents

For the publication years 2020 and 2021, the complete package of social and economic sciences of the Nomos-Verlag was acquired.

Included are titles for the following areas:

  • Business and Economics
  • Media and communication sciences
  • Sociology
  • Social work / social economy
  • Pedagogy
  • Political science
  • European policy and politics
  • History
  • Religion
  • Philosophy
  • Sports science
  • Anthropology and ethnology
  • Linguistics and literature

For the years 2017 and 2018, all titles from the overall science package are included.

More ebooks from the Nomos-Verlag published before 2017/2018 which are licensed within the database Beck-online can be found via the catalog. Here, access from outside the campus is possible for students of the University of Hohenheim via VPN and after registration on the Beck Online homepage with a personal login.

Access

E-books included in the package can be found in the catalog or on the publishers’ platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use

E-books can be saved and printed in PDF format.

Nomos

Contents

For the publication years 2020 and 2021, the complete package of social and economic sciences of the Nomos-Verlag was acquired.

Included are titles for the following areas:

  • Business and Economics
  • Media and communication sciences
  • Sociology
  • Social work / social economy
  • Pedagogy
  • Political science
  • European policy and politics
  • History
  • Religion
  • Philosophy
  • Sports science
  • Anthropology and ethnology
  • Linguistics and literature

For the years 2017 and 2018, all titles from the overall science package are included.

More ebooks from the Nomos-Verlag published before 2017/2018 which are licensed within the database Beck-online can be found via the catalog. Here, access from outside the campus is possible for students of the University of Hohenheim via VPN and after registration on the Beck Online homepage with a personal login.

Access

Ebooks included in the package can be found in the catalog or directly on the publisher’s platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use

E-books can be saved and printed in PDF format.

OECD-iLibrary

Content:

All studies and stats compiled by the OECD are included.

Access:

E-books included in the package can be found on the publisher's platform.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

Springer-Verlag

Access:

You can find e-books included in the package using the catalog.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

E-books can be saved and printed in whole or in part in PDF format.

utb-studi-e-book

Access:

Ebooks included in the package can be found on the publishers’ platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

Print and download is unlimited (30 pages each time you view the ebook)

Vahlen

Content:

The package includes books about several sub-areas of the Economic Sciences.

Access:

To access the e-books you can use the publisher's platform.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

Sections of e-books can be printed or downloaded as pdf files.

Wiley-Verlag

Content:

Books about Agricultural Sciences, Crop Sciences, and Nutritional Sciences are included.

Access:

To access the books you can use the catalogue.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

Law

Beck-Online

Contents:

Basic legal standard works from Beck-Verlag, such as legal texts, commentaries, manuals, journals, current judgments from case law, and collections of forms.

Access:

E-books included in the package can be found on the publishers’ platform.

E-books from Beck Verlag are only accessible to members of the University of Hohenheim and only with a personal login. More information can be found here.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out chapter by chapter or sent by email.

Springer-Verlag

Access:

You can find e-books included in the package using the catalog.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

E-books can be saved and printed in whole or in part in PDF format.

Natural Sciences

De Gruyter-Verlag/ De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Contents:

Includes textbooks for economics from 2017, 2018, and 2020

Access:

You can find e-books included in the package using the catalog.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

Ebooks can be saved and printed chapter by chapter in PDF format.

Elsevier-Verlag

Content:

Books about sub-areas of Agricultural Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Business and Economic Sciences.

Access:

The e-books can be accessed via the publisher's platform.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

Springer-Verlag

Access:

You can find e-books included in the package using the catalog.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

E-books can be saved and printed in whole or in part in PDF format.

utb-studi-e-book

Access:

Ebooks included in the package can be found on the publishers’ platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

Print and download is unlimited (30 pages each time you view the ebook)

Wiley-Verlag

Content:

Books about Agricultural Sciences, Crop Sciences, and Nutritional Sciences are included.

Access:

To access the books you can use the catalogue.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

Social Sciences

ProQuest Ebook Central

ProQuest Ebook Central (formerly Ebrary) is a platform with which you can access individual e-book licensed by KIM Hohenheim from various publishers. 

You can find additional information on the ProQuest Ebook Central platform here.

Nomos

Contents

For the publication years 2020 and 2021, the complete package of social and economic sciences of the Nomos-Verlag was acquired.

Included are titles for the following areas:

  • Business and Economics
  • Media and communication sciences
  • Sociology
  • Social work / social economy
  • Pedagogy
  • Political science
  • European policy and politics
  • History
  • Religion
  • Philosophy
  • Sports science
  • Anthropology and ethnology
  • Linguistics and literature

For the years 2017 and 2018, all titles from the overall science package are included.

More ebooks from the Nomos-Verlag published before 2017/2018 which are licensed within the database Beck-online can be found via the catalog. Here, access from outside the campus is possible for students of the University of Hohenheim via VPN and after registration on the Beck Online homepage with a personal login.

Access

Ebooks included in the package can be found in the catalog or directly on the publisher’s platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use

E-books can be saved and printed in PDF format.

OECD-iLibrary

Content:

All studies and stats compiled by the OECD are included.

Access:

E-books included in the package can be found on the publisher's platform.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

Springer-Verlag

Access:

You can find e-books included in the package using the catalog.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

E-books can be saved and printed in whole or in part in PDF format.

utb-studi-e-book

Access:

Ebooks included in the package can be found on the publishers’ platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

Print and download is unlimited (30 pages each time you view the ebook)

Publishers

Beck-Online

Contents:

Basic legal standard works from Beck-Verlag, such as legal texts, commentaries, manuals, journals, current judgments from case law, and collections of forms.

Access:

E-books included in the package can be found on the publishers’ platform.

E-books from Beck Verlag are only accessible to members of the University of Hohenheim and only with a personal login. More information can be found here.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out chapter by chapter or sent by email.

CAB eBooks (Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International)

Contents:

Included are e-books from the fields of agricultural science and life sciences.

Access:

CAB e-books in the catalog.

E-books included in the package can be found on the publishers’ platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

E-books can be saved and printed in PDF format.

De Gruyter-Verlag/ De Gruyter Oldenbourg

Contents:

Includes textbooks for economics from 2017, 2018, and 2020

Access:

You can find e-books included in the package using the catalog.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

Ebooks can be saved and printed chapter by chapter in PDF format.

Elsevier-Verlag

Content:

Books about sub-areas of Agricultural Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Business and Economic Sciences.

Access:

The e-books can be accessed via the publisher's platform.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

Nomos

Contents

For the publication years 2020 and 2021, the complete package of social and economic sciences of the Nomos-Verlag was acquired.

Included are titles for the following areas:

  • Business and Economics
  • Media and communication sciences
  • Sociology
  • Social work / social economy
  • Pedagogy
  • Political science
  • European policy and politics
  • History
  • Religion
  • Philosophy
  • Sports science
  • Anthropology and ethnology
  • Linguistics and literature

For the years 2017 and 2018, all titles from the overall science package are included.

More ebooks from the Nomos-Verlag published before 2017/2018 which are licensed within the database Beck-online can be found via the catalog. Here, access from outside the campus is possible for students of the University of Hohenheim via VPN and after registration on the Beck Online homepage with a personal login.

Access

E-books included in the package can be found in the catalog or on the publishers’ platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use

E-books can be saved and printed in PDF format.

OECD-iLibrary

Content:

All studies and stats compiled by the OECD are included.

Access:

E-books included in the package can be found on the publisher's platform.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

Pearson

Content:

Includes selected textbooks in biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, statistics, economics.

Access:

You can find the e-books via the catalog.

If you would like to access the offer from outside the campus network, you will need the VPN client.

Options for use:

The e-books are subject to the following DRM (Digital Rights Management):

Copying: No restrictions (watermark)

Printing: Chapter by chapter with watermark

Full download: Chapter by chapter with watermark

 


Springer-Verlag

Access:

You can find e-books included in the package using the catalog.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

E-books can be saved and printed in whole or in part in PDF format.

utb-studi-e-book

Access:

Ebooks included in the package can be found on the publishers’ platform.

If you want to access the offers from off campus, you will need a VPN Client.

Options for use:

Print and download is unlimited (30 pages each time you view the ebook)

Vahlen

Content:

The package includes books about several sub-areas of the Economic Sciences.

Access:

To access the e-books you can use the publisher's platform.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

Sections of e-books can be printed or downloaded as pdf files.

Wiley-Verlag

Content:

Books about Agricultural Sciences, Crop Sciences, and Nutritional Sciences are included.

Access:

To access the books you can use the catalogue.

If you want to access the e-books from outside the campus network the VPN-Client is required.

Options for use:

E-books can be printed out or downloaded as pdf files.

National licenses

Through the National Licensing Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG), numerous electronic resources are freely available nationwide. Among them are several licensed e-book collections, which you can find in the "Full-text database" section of the list of national licenses.

Access options

To get access to the offer, please use the Database Information System (DBIS) of the University of Hohenheim. This way, no registration for the use of the national license offer at the DFG is required. Please enter the name of the respective national license (link) in the search field in DBIS. In the detailed information of the hit list you get the link to the corresponding full texts.

Terms of use

All e-books are available throughout the campus, unlocked for the Universität Hohenheim IP address space. You can access the e-books from a computer with a campus IP address or if you are in the university wireless network. University students and staff can also access the books from any other location or personal computers via VPN.

By using the offer you agree to observe the terms of use of the publishers and/or providers. In particular, in most cases it is not permitted to download or printout e-books in full or large sections thereof. You are often permitted to save and print out individual pages or chapters for personal use and research purposes. You may not provide e-books to third parties, whether in electronic format or as a printout.


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