Research

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Hier erhalten Sie Informationen darüber, wie Sie Medien finden,  auf E-Ressourcen zugreifen und Ihr wissenschaftliches Arbeiten perfektionieren.

A woman researching with a tablet© Hanna Boerm

Get information on how to find media, access e-resources, and perfect your academic work.

Alles zum Thema Recherche

Online catalogue of the UAS Kiel

This catalogue contains all books and journals of the libraries of the UAS Kiel (including licensed eBooks). Here you can order, reserve or extend media and look at your user account.

 

In addition to our online catalogue, we also offer the following additional catalogues for your literature research:

 

 

Books and online resources 

Regional catalogue Kiel

This catalogue contains the collections of scientific libraries and archives in Kiel:

  • University Library Kiel (CAU)
  • State Library of Schleswig-Holstein
  • German Central Library for Economics Kiel / Hamburg
  • Library of the UAS Kiel
  • Library of the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design
  • GEOMAR Library of the Helmholtz Centre for Oceanology Kiel
  • Research Institute of the German Armed Forces for waterborne sound and geophysics
  • Kiel Municipal Archive
  • Library of the Pedagogical-Theological Institute of the Northern Church, Schleswig-Holstein

 

GVK (Common Network Catalogue)

Here you can find collections of all scientific libraries and archives of the Common Library Network: included are deeds of ownerships of books, journals, articles, congress reports, microforms, electronical documents, data media, music, maps etc.

The proven holdings can be ordered via the online interlibrary loan:

You can arrange an interlibrary loan at the central library. You can find more information here.

 

KVK (Karlsruhe Virtual Catalogue )

The KVK is a meta-search engine to find more than a hundred million books, journals and other media in library and bookshop catalogues worldwide. The KVK itself does not provide a database. It is dependent on the target systems in the internet. It cannot offer more functionality than the individual target systems themselves.

 

Magazines and databases

Electronic Journal Library (EZB)

This database offers access to scientific journals. The search can use journal titles, scientific fields or alphabetical order. Access is provided via a traffic light system: green for open sources, yellow for licensed sources and red for inaccessible sources.

 

Database Information System (DBIS)

Here you can search for separate scientific databases. The display is also designed like a traffic light system: green for open sources, yellow for licensed sources (access for university members) and red for inaccessible sources.

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB)

Diese Datenbank bietet Ihnen Zugang zu wissenschaftlichen Volltextzeitschriften. Die Suche kann über Zeitschriftentitel, Fachgebiet oder alphabetisch erfolgen. Zugriff erfolgt über ein Ampelsystem: grün für frei zugängliche, gelb für lizenzierte und rot für nicht zugängliche Zeitschriften.

Datenbank-Infosystem (DBIS)

Hier können Sie nach einzelnen wissenschaftlichen Datenbanken recherchieren. Die Anzeige ist ebenfalls nach dem Ampelsystem geschaltet: grün ist frei zugänglich, gelb durch die HAW lizenziert und rot ist nicht zugänglich.

The journals of the current year can be found on the ground floor of the library and may not be borrowed.

Older and bound journals can be found in the closed stack and ordered for use via the online catalogue.

The Central Library of the Kiel University of Applied Sciences is an official display point for DIN standards. For copyright reasons, DIN standards are only available for inspection. All valid DIN standards as well as draft standards (including DIN ISO, DIN EN etc.) and VDI guidelines can be viewed online. Research in the Nautos database is possible from a designated PC in the library. Standards for VDE are available for inspection on different computer.

 

DIN-Standards Online

Access is available via the Nautos database. It is a campus licence without remote access / VPN. The documents can only be accessed via IP addresses within the campus network.

The UAS Kiel has subscribed to the following valid standards in electronic form

  • DIN standards
  • DIN messages
  • VDI guidelines

 

Terms of Use

Users are obliged to use the collection of standards exclusively in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act. Any use not covered by German copyright law, in particular the transfer of data in whole or in part - whether on an electronic data carrier, by remote data processing or as paper copies - as well as granting third parties access to the stored data and commercial use, is not permitted.

Authorised users can print or save to a USB drive data found in the course of their own research only for their own scientific use.

Authorised users within the meaning of the contract are the following:

  • Members of the UAS /Students
  • Part-Time Lecturers and Guest Lecturers of the UAS Kiel (for the length of their contract or stay)
  • other members of the UAS
  • registered library users

 

Access to Nautos

The commercial use of the DIN standards and VDI guidelines is expressly prohibited. Changes to the original documents are also prohibited. Misuse leads, among other things, to the exclusion of use.

Please note that printouts and downloads from the VDE standards library are not possible - not even for university members!

How to organise your literature!

Reference management programmes manage collected literature.

They enable the input of new references, the citation of references according to a scientific quoting style and the creation of bibliographies. Word processing programs often use a plugin to insert citations and references easily.

Here is a collection of common programs:

The SLUB Dresden published a comparison of reference management programs in 2016. You can find it here.

Questions on this?

Do not hesitate to contact: Diana Haderup - Kontakt

Licensed electronical resources

On campus, you have access to licensed databases, eBooks and electronical journals.

At home, you can use a VPN (Virtual Private Network). A guide to using a VPN is provided by the Campus IT here.

Contact persons

If you have questions, please contact Felix Fliedner (contact) or Ute Kaminski (contact).

Overview of E-Resources

The following contains a list of licensed e-resources ordered according to databases type (e-book, e-journal etc.).

The dates in brackets are license periods. Current licenses only have a starting date with a dash (2011 -).

All others are periods which have finished to which access is granted.

Some of the databases can be viewed from home via VPN.

Full-text databases, fact databases, e-books

Electronic Journals

Bibliographical Databases

    Reference Works / Dictionaries

    Below you will find the licensed e-resources sorted by database type (e-book, e-journal etc.). The dates in brackets are licence periods. Current licences only have a start date with a dash (2011 - ). All others are closed periods to which access is granted. Some of the databases can be accessed from home via VPN.

     

    Full text databases, fact databases, e-books

     

    Electronic journals

     

    Bibliographic databases

     

      Reference books / dictionaries

      E-Ressourcen der Fachbereiche

      Research with the Central Library

      Online catalogue of Kiel University of Applied Sciences


      This catalogue contains all books and journals of the libraries of Kiel University of Applied Sciences, including licensed e-books. Here you can order, reserve and renew media as well as view your user account.

      For your literature research, we offer the following further catalogues in addition to our online catalogue:

      Books and online resources


      Regional Catalogue Kiel


      This catalogue contains the holdings of academic libraries and archives in Kiel:

      • Kiel University Library
      • Schleswig-Holstein State Library
      • German National Library of Economics Kiel / Hamburg
      • Library of the Kiel University of Applied Sciences
      • Library of the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts Kiel
      • GEOMAR Library Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
      • Federal Armed Forces Research Institute for Waterborne Sound and Geophysics
      • Kiel City Archive
      • Library of the PTI of the Northern Church, Schleswig-Holstein site

      GVK Common Union Catalogue

      Here you will find the holdings of academic libraries and archives of the Common Library Network: it includes holdings records of books, journals, articles, congress reports, microforms, electronic documents, data carriers, music, maps, etc.

      The holdings listed can largely be ordered via online interlibrary loan:

      You are welcome to arrange interlibrary loan via the Central Library.

      KVK Karlsruhe Virtual Catalogue
      The KVK is a meta-search engine for finding several hundred million books, journals and other media in library and book trade catalogues worldwide. The KVK does not have its own database. It is dependent on the availability of the target systems on the Internet. Nor can it offer more search functionality than the individual target systems themselves.

       

      Electronic Journals Library (EZB)

      This database provides access to full-text scientific journals. Searching can be done by journal title, subject area or alphabetically. Access is via a traffic light system: green for freely accessible, yellow for licensed and red for inaccessible journals.

      Database Information System (DBIS)

      Here you can search for individual scientific databases. The display is also switched according to the traffic light system: green is freely accessible, yellow licensed by the university of applied sciences and red is not accessible.

       

      The journal issues of the current year are located on the ground floor of the library and cannot be borrowed.
      Older and bound volumes are in the stacks and can be ordered for use via the online catalogue.

      The Central Library of Kiel University of Applied Sciences is the official issuing point for DIN standards. For copyright reasons, DIN standards are only available for consultation. All valid DIN standards as well as draft standards (also DIN ISO, DIN EN etc.) and VDI guidelines can be viewed online. A search in the Nautos database is possible from a marked PC in the library. Standards in which the VDE is involved are also available for consultation there!

      DIN Standards Online
      Access is via the Nautos database. This is a campus licence with remote access / VPN.

      Kiel UAS has subscribed to the following valid standards in electronic form:

      • DIN standards
      • DIN-Mitteilungen
      • VDI guidelines


      Terms of use
      Users are obliged to use the collection of standards exclusively in accordance with the provisions of the German Copyright Act. Any use not covered by German copyright law, in particular the passing on of the data in whole or in part - whether on an electronic data carrier, by remote data processing or as paper copies - and the granting of access to the stored data to third parties as well as commercial use are not permitted.

      Authorised users may print out and/or save on a USB stick the data obtained in the course of their own research for their own scientific use only.

      Authorised users in the sense of the contract are:

      • University members / students
      • lecturers and guest lecturers of Kiel UAS (for the duration of their assignment or stay)
      • other members of the university
      • registered library users


      Access to Nautos
      The commercial use of DIN standards and VDI guidelines is expressly prohibited. It is also forbidden to modify the original documents. Misuse will lead, among other things, to exclusion from use.

      Please note that printouts and downloads from the VDE Standards Library are not possible - not even for university members!

       

      How to organise your knowledge.
      Literature management programmes allow you to enter new sources, cite these sources according to a scientific citation style and create bibliographies. For word processing programmes, there are often plug-ins for easy insertion of citations and references.

      The following is a selection of common programmes:

      A comparison of literature management programms was published by SLUB Dresden in 2021.

      Questions about the topic?
      Then please contact: Diana Haderup - Contact

      Licensed e-resources


      On campus you have access to databases, e-books and electronic journals licensed by the University of Applied Sciences.

      You can access them from home via VPN (Virtual Private Network). Instructions for VPN use are provided by Campus IT here.

      Contact
      VPN and database access: Felix Fliedner (contact)
      Licensing and research: lizenzen.zb@haw-kiel.de

      E-resources of the faculties