E-books

Licensed e-books are listed in the Library Catalogue Plus and can be accessed in full text from within the university network. By using this service, you agree to comply with the general Terms of Use and the provisions of German copyright law.

E-Books.NRW Initiative

Through the E-Books.NRW initiative, the Ministry of Culture and Science supported digital teaching. Until the end of 2023, a total of €40 million in funding was made available to libraries for e-book licences.

E-book packages provided under the initiative

Access outside the university network

University members can also access e-books from outside the university network via remote access.

Information about individual e-book providers

  • Beck-Online
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Ciando
  • Content-Select
  • De Gruyter
  • DFG National Licences
  • EBSCO eBook Collection
  • Elsevier
  • Hanser
  • Hogrefe
  • Inlibra
  • Juris
  • Narr
  • OECD iLibrary
  • Pearson
  • ProQuest Ebook Central
  • Springer
  • transcript
  • Tusculum
  • UTB
  • Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht eLibrary
  • WISO