Booking Workstations for Studying (update November 3rd 2021)

• The reservation of workstations for learning via ILIAS is only available to university members 2 days in advance (57 places in the Central Library, 68 places in the Departmental Library). You can find instructions for the booking procedure in ILIAS here.
• External library visitors can reserve any remaining workstations by telephone (Central Library 0711-459 22097 or Departmental Library 0711-459 22068) on the same day.
• Due to the extension of the opening hours, three time slots can be booked from Monday onwards: 8 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., 1:15 p.m. – 5 p.m., 5:15 p.m. – 9 p.m.
• Places can only be booked for yourself, not for other people
• Booking and cancellation via ILIAS is possible until 7 a.m. of the current day
  
  
• On weekends, the workstations (without time slots) can only be booked directly on site on a daily basis. Advance booking is not possible.
  
  

A FFP2-mask must be worn in the library. The mask obligation also applies at the workplace.
Please pay attention to the applicable hygiene and distance rules.

Printing, Scanning, Copying (update July 2nd 2021)

• For printing, scanning or copying, the library can be visited without a reservation (short visits).
• Please note: the maximum number of short visitors present in the library at the same time is currently limited.
• With a reserved workstation, you can use the multifunctional devices (printing, scanning and copying) and the book scanners.

Order and collection service books (update January 12th 2021)

The library now offers a book ordering and pickup service for students and employees of the university.

You can find more information about ordering books here.

Renewal of Books (update November 3rd 2021)

Members of the University of Hohenheim

• The loan period is 30 days. At the end of the loan period, the lending system automatically extends the loan period 5 times for 30 days each time (provided the item has not been reserved).
• In case of a reservation or when a reminder level is reached, you will be requested to return the medium.
• The media from the Departmental Library are also lent for 30 days plus 5 automatic renewals.

Guests of the Library

• When borrowing media from the Central Library or Departmental LIbrary the loan period is usually 30 days. The loan period can be extended 3 times by 30 days each time (provided the item is not reserved). You can extend the loan period yourself in your library account.

Return of Borrowed Books (update November 3rd 2021)

ll books that are not reserved and are not in a reminder stage will be automatically renewed. The maximum number of automatic renewals is 5.

In case of a reservation or when a reminder level is reached, you will be asked to return the item.

Books can currently be returned in person Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Outside of these hours, the return boxes in the Central or Departmental Library are available to you daily. These are emptied regularly.
Please return media on loan to the part of the University Library where you borrowed them.

Reminders (update January 12th 2021)

The overdue reminder process starts again on 20 January 2021.

Reservations of borrowed media (update January 12th 2021)

Reservations for borrowed media of the Central and Departmental Library are still possible via the catalog (HohSearch).

After receiving an e-mail that the books have been made available for you, you can currently pick up them up Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Interlibrary loan orders can again be placed by all users (update August 3rd 2021)

Interlibrary loan orders can again be placed by all users with a valid library card.

Copies can be sent to members of the University of Hohenheim at their workplace or home address. When placing an order, please indicate the receiving address (street, postcode, city) in the comments field or enter the note "Address as stated in library account". Electronically delivered copies may no longer be delivered to end users by e-mail as of 1 August 2021.

Delivered books can be collected from the Central Library Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The student ID card or the employee card/library card is required for collection. Dispatch is not possible!

Local Electronic Article Delivery Service (LEA) still available (update January 12th 2021)

The local electronic article delivery service (LEA) is available for employees and during the Corona pandemic for the time being also for students of the University of Hohenheim.

Subject Databases

Subject databases are subject-specific databases that provide specialist information on classical documentation systems. In the conventional sense, subject databases can be divided into those that contain documents or facts (full text database or knowledge database) and those that refer to documents (bibliography, literature database).

Further information on using and accessing subject databases can be found here.

Direct link to DBIS (Database Information System) (page only available in German)

E-Journals

The total inventory of all electronic journals licensed at the University of Hohenheim can be found in HohSearch and additionally in the database of the Electronic Journals Library (EZB). You can search for journal titles and access the full text if your computer is connected to the Internet via the university network. (Members of the university can dial into the university network via remote access).

You can see whether access is enabled for Hohenheim by the traffic light symbol of the EZB.

Direct link to HohSearch (catalogue)

Direct link to the EZB (Electronic Journals Library)

E-Books

The University of Hohenheim has licensed e-books from various specialist areas. The licensed e-books are individual e-books from different publishers as well as subject-specific packages from a single publisher or even the entire e-book production of a single publisher. Further e-books are available via a licence (national licence) funded by the DFG throughout Germany.

Further information can be found here. 

Access to Licensed Content from Outside Campus (only for university members)

Members of the university can also use the licensed services of the digital library in their home office (via VPN or Shibboleth).

Further information can be found here.

Digital Tools for Teaching and Working in the Home Office

We have compiled information on the topic of IT security in the home office and the digital toolbox (overview of various applications in the areas of communication, collaboration, didactics and media) on the "going digital quickly" page.

Submission of dissertations

The submission of deposit copies of dissertations will continue to be contactless. Please send the copies by post, by internal mail or place them in our book return box in the Central Library.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Krämer (m.kraemer@uni-hohenheim.de) or Mr. Janßen (a.janssen@uni-hohenheim.de).