You can search databases for information and scientific publications such as articles in journals. The databases may be subject-specific or multidisciplinary.

Subject databases can be divided into the following groups based on their content:

Bibliographic databases

Bibliographic databases list literature on specific topics. They do not support the full text of the essays. However, each work is listed with the link “Bestandsabfrage”. This lets you see if the KIM Hohenheim has licensed the journal directly from the publisher or in a full-text database. The inventory query directs you to the full-text version of the journal.

If the KIM Hohenheim does not have a particular journal, you can request the article via inter-library loan or a document delivery service for a fee.

Numerical databases

Numerical databases contain statistics and measurements. This data is often available for printing, and may sometimes also be saved in an Excel sheet.

Factual databases

Factual databases contain primary data and information. This includes stock guides and chemical compound databases.  

Full-text databases

Full-text databases provide access to publications such as newspaper essays and articles, legislative texts, decrees, articles, court rulings, technical rules, patents, and so forth. You may read the entire text and it is usually possible to save it to your computer and print it.

In the Database Information System (DBIS), all subject databases are organized thematically. Selecting your subject area will take you to the databases relevant to you. Clicking on one of the databases will first take you to a description containing, among other things, information about the content.

At regular intervals we offer training sessions on important subject databases.