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The library and its services

The HZB's scientific special library procures the required literature - as a loan or by purchase, electronically or on paper, from its own inventory or through interlibrary loan, and also at your workplace in the web browser via direct links on the provider pages or with the help of literature databases.

It supports and advises on publishing in scientific journals (with a focus on Open Access) and concludes publication agreements with publishers. It ensures the quality of the literature database and records all publications from the HZB environment there.

The archive contains all records of the HZB since 1957.

Fast access tp literature with our digital discovery service EDS

Scientific writing with SciFlow


News

Persistant link https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/bibliothek

With the persistant link

https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/bibliothek

you may now browse to our library web pages without annoying clicks.

 

Access to Synchrotron Radiation News

All volumes of Synchrotron Radiation News from 1997 onwards are now available on the HZB intranet via the Taylor&Francis journal page.

New pages for authors in Project DEAL journals

Authors are offered newly compiled information on the DEAL project (Open Access for all articles in Wiley, Springer, Nature journals, Elsevier).

Publications in Gold Open Access journals will continue to be funded decentrally at the HZB, but will be managed and accounted for centrally.

Access to non-free content from outside HZB

For external access to provider pages with content licensed for HZB, please note these Hints.

With many providers, you can log in with your HZB ID, password and code using the HZB user token and gain access just like in the HZB network.


Where to find us?

The rooms of the library employees are in the DV-building in Wannsee on the first floor on the west side (small stairs, rooms DV 201 to DV 204).

What media do we have on offer?

Our over 800,000 media units (600 m books, 300 m journals, 100 dissertation thesises and 740 000 reports, mostly mikrofiches and microcards) are located in our closed compact magazine and can be viewed and partly borrowed with the help of our staff.

What electronic media are available?

Our subscribed electronic media (thousands of journals and ca. 10 000 e-books) and databases can be accessed free of charge from the intranet via the pages of the publishers and database providers. You have to comply with the rules of usage for this content.

Our publications are often freely available on our publication server.

How to get journal articles, books and reports from other libraries?

We offer library loan from other libraries, as long as these are available in print. 

How to buy books and e-books?

Any book that can be reached (also e-books) may be procured at your cost center. Please use our order web application.

What do I have to consider when publishing in a scientific journal?

Please use suitable programmes and templates to write your paper. A great help is the web application SciFlow, which makes writing in the publisher's formats very easy. With your HZB ID you can use SciFlow immediately: https://www.sciflow.net/de/helmholtz/start

Please contact us before concluding the author contract. We advise you on the process with the publishers, the author contract and conclude the contracts with the publishers for open access publications. We also take care of the further processing. Benefit from our extensive experience!

Special topics

Introducing the library

Literature and documentation

Databases

Last change on 18.07.2024