As every year in October, the International Open Access Week, this time from October 21st until October 27th 2019, will provide a worldwide forum and platform for events and activities for open access to scientific information.
The Hamburg University of Technology TU Hamburg participates as always. From October 21st to October 25th, a varied programme awaits you at the TUHH. This time the focus lies on the handling of data. Impulse lectures and an open workshop will cover this topic. The opening will take place through a poster walk in the rotunda of the University Library.
In addition to the print editions, numerous titles are also or only available electronically. This is indicated by the button ” Volltext@TUHH “. The link on this button leads to the download offer of the appropriate publisher. The content can be downloaded as a PDF as a whole book ( partly as EPUB for ebook readers ) or article wise, depending on the specifications of the publisher. For licensing reasons this is only possible from the intranet of TUHH. On computers with internet – login registered readers save their ebooks either on a USB stick or any cloud or even send it via email. Therefore there are no loan periods. As a student at the TUHH you can download the ebooks on your own PC – however, a VPN connection has to be maintained.
Most publishers offer an access via “Shibboleth” (without VPN) too. Klick here for further information of TUHH intranet and use of e-media!
Our catalog tub.find will help you to find the information you need for your studies. It shows over 450.000 media, their location and availability in the tub. – and all this at a glance!
What does that mean?
In the hit list you will already see what can be borrowed, requested or reserved (free of charge).
You can borrow books at our service point, but most of all in self-service at the white selfcheck-system (magazine issues may not be borrowed). Check out and check in of media on the machine are possible throughout the opening hours to 9:00pm and also at weekends, including Sundays and public holidays till 8:00pm.
Simply put on books (also in stacks), press “Borrow”, read in or enter the barcode of the library card, authenticate with password – after the booking you close your account with a click on “Finished”.
On the selfcheck-systems (near elevator) both check out and check in of media are possible. Check in also works without library card and authentication.
If no other client has reserved the media, you can extend the loan periods up to three times in your library account online.
Attention: please note loan period! When it is exceeded, fees will arise and it isn`t possible to renew it.
You probably already noticed it – our self-pickup shelf behind the service area.
You can find the titles requested by our catalog from the storeroom within 30 minutes on the pick-up shelf. These media are on the self-collecting shelf for you for 2 working days. Reserved titles can also be picked up there within 7 days. You will find your requested media all under the first letter of your last name and the last 4 digits of the library card in the shelf. When borrowing please use the self check system or our service at the desks.
Behind the service area and our pick-up shelf you will find our special offer shelf. At the beginning of the winter semester it serves as a first semester shelf and offers a selection of books especially for first-year students – from the textbook to the collection of formulas. Further copies of these books can be found in the textbook collection.
And also: if these books from the shelf for first-semester are available electronically, the QR-code on the reference panels contains the corresponding link. So: please access to the intranet and scan the QR-code.
Please search for your studies in our shelf for first-semester, welcome!
Introductury literature to start studying or even for the first exams, should be found in the textbook collection in the left area of the reading room on the ground floor. The books are in alphabetical order of the subject groups.The first shelf block begins with Agricultural Sciences (AG), in the middle block can be found Mathematics (MA) and Mechanical Engineering (MS), on the window side rear follow for example Process Technology (VT) and Materials Sciences (WK).
In the textbook collection there are often a large number of circulating library copies of one title. If you will not find any loan copies, there are other options:
Sometimes an electronic edition is available, in every case there is for every textbook title at least one archive copy (reference copy). It may not be borrowed, and therefore it is available for everybody during the opening hours .
If you want to borrow books from the university library in order to use them at home or on campus, you need a library card.
For students of TUHH this card is free, but you have to apply for it and come to the library personally. Within a few minutes you will receive your library card and get started.
” Apply ” means that you log on with your personal data here.
Pickup is available at the service desks in the university library from Monday – Thursday 9:00am – 7:00pm and Friday 9:00am – 6:00pm, if you present the following:
Identity card or passport including resident`s registration document
Student ID ( or enrollment or HVV semesterticket )
A valid email address is very important for a smooth service – e. g. for reminder emails at the end of the loan period!
In cooperation with the TUHH computer centre, we offer WLAN advice in the library at the beginning of the semester. Niklas Krüger (student, User Service Center) will be available at the library’s service point the times listed below. He will be glad to answer your questions regarding WLAN, eduroam, VPN and provide practical support.
On Tuesday 17-09-2019 the offers on the Windows-Pool computers are not available all day due to maintenance work!
This only affects the Windows-Pool computers in room 1005 on the upper floor. The other places in the reading room should work. We ask for your understanding!
