Electronic Resources

The Online Catalogue/OPAC of the University Library lists licensed e-books, e-journals and databases purchased by the University of Potsdam. By limiting the "material selection" in the advanced search of the Online Catalogue/OPAC you can limit the search results to "online resources" and/or "online periodicals", for example. Search the OPAC for the title of a journal, not for single articles.

With the help of the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) you can search for journals (or volumes) that are electronically available at Potsdam University Library and download them.

If there is no access via the online catalogue, you can use tools such as the browser plug-in Unpaywallespecially for journal articles, to check whether the desired publication has been republished via Green Open Access. The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lists quality-assured Gold Open Access journals and provides a direct search for articles published in these journals. The Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) searches the DOAJ and many other sources. With BASE you can find Gold Open Access materials as well as second publications (Open Access Green).

E-resources (e-books, e-journals, databases) that have been licensed for the University Library are unfortunately not available to external users for use from home.

Please use DBIS to search for freely accessible resources: The advanced search ("Erweiterte Suche") allows you to narrow your search down to your subject area and the types of use (i.e. "frei im Web" or "deutschlandweit frei").

For information on how to search for Open Access resources, please refer to no. 5 and no. 6 on how to use e-resources provided by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin.

If you have any questions, please contact us.