E-Books
E-books are generally parallel editions of printed books in electronic form. The e-books licensed by the University Library may be accessed only from computer workstations connected to the TU Kaiserslautern campus network.
For University students, faculty and staff members with an RHRK account:
Remote access to the e-book collection is only possible with a VPN client. To install a VPN client follow the directions found on the RHRK website. Use the links "Netz & Telefonie" (network and telephone connections), "Netzanschluss" (network connections), "VPN Zugang" (VPN access) and "Von zu Hause ins LAN der TU KL" (Access to the TU Kaiserslautern LAN from home). Please note: When installing a VPN client choose the profile "TU Kaiserslautern".
The full texts may only be saved and /or printed for private use and teaching, research and curricular needs.
The systematic downloading of articles and search results, especially with the use of robots, is prohibited.
Articles in neither electronic nor print form may be passed on to a third party.
Further user regulations may be found on the respective publisher/provider websites.
The following entries include the e-books licensed by the University Library (or nationally licensed) or collections and individual titles freely accessible to the general public.
Resources by subjets
Publishers
- Brill Nijhoff E-Books Collection / Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; International Law (264 eBooks, 2006-2008)
- Elsevier eBooks (ca. 400 eBooks, 2008-2010, 1949-2008 (Mathematik))
- IEEE Xplore / Electronic Library Online (IEL) (u. a. Konferenzberichte)
- Karger eBooks Collection (Medizin deutschsprachig, 1997-2009, 2011-, über 420 eBooks)
- NetLibrary (4.400 eBooks)
- RSC eBook collection (900 eBooks, 1968-2009)
- Safari Tech Books (50 ausgewählte eBooks)
- Springer eBooks (über 12.500 deutschspr. eBooks, 2005-2013)
National licenses (supported by DFG)
- Brill Nijhoff E-Books Collection / Human Rights and Humanitarian Law; International Law (264 eBooks, 2006-2008)
- Elsevier eBook Collection on ScienceDirect / Mathematics (ca. 1000 englischsprachige eBooks 1949-2008)
- RSC eBook collection (900 eBooks, 1968-2009)
- Springer eBook Collection / Chemistry and Materials Science (622 englischsprachige eBooks 2005-2008)
- Springer eBook Collection / Medicine (1.275 englischsprachige eBooks 2005-2008)
- Deutschsprachige Frauenliteratur des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts, Teil 1 (129 eBooks)
- NetLibrary (4.400 eBooks, diverse Fächer, u.a. Ing.-Wissenschaften, Naturwissenschaften)
- Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans 1639-1800 (36.000 Titel)
- Early English Books Online (125.000 Bücher)
- Editoria Italiana Online (1.500 Monographien u. Kongressberichte)
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online (150.000 Bücher)
- English Language Women's Literature of the 18. and 19. Centuries (1.529 eBooks)
- The Making of Modern Law (21.000 Werke)
- The Making of the Modern World. economics, politics and industry (61.000 Bücher)
- Teatro Espanol del Siglo de Oro (850 Werke)
- Twentieth Century North American Drama (2.000 Theaterstücke)
- Wales related Fiction of the Romantic Period (86 eBooks)
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