eBooks

eBooks are often electronic versions of printed books. They can be accessed immediately from wherever you are

Publishers offer their eBooks in a variety of formats and licenses. This is reflected in the choice of printing and saving options for the licensed eBooks.

Copyright notice

Systematically downloading or printing entire or parts of eBooks is strictly prohibited. You may however save or print individual pages, chapters or books for personal use or for research purposes. eBooks may not be passed on to third parties, either electronically or in hard-copy form.
Please read the Stabi handout on the Urheberrechts-Wissensgesellschafts-Gesetz – UrhWissG (German only).

Access to eMedia

Members of Universität Hamburg have access to all eBooks licensed by Bibliothekssystem UHH:

on campus via eduroam-Wi-Fi,
off-campus or from home via VPN client (with Universität Hamburg user ID) or (only recommended if you need a single title) via HAN using your library card (library card number and passwort).

In Katalogplus are marked with the icon and in Campus-Katalog with the icon .

eBooks: Access, Copy, Save, Print

The list represents a selection of eBooks in business, economics and social sciences and is only a part of all eBooks available and licensed in the library system Universität Hamburg.

Publishers / collections allowing chapter download

beck-eLibrary (incl. Vahlen) / Title list WISO, EBS until 31.12.2021
Beltz E-Books / Title list Stabi
Cambridge University Press / Title list WISO
Campus E-Books / Title list WISO
De Gruyter E-Books (incl. Oldenbourg) / Title list WISO
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive (Business, Economics, 1993-2019) (national license) / Title list
Elgaronline / Title list WISO
Elsevier Handbooks in Economics Series (national license)
Hanser eLibrary / Title list WISO
Kohlhammer E-Books / Title list WISO
Oxford Handbooks Online / Title list WISO
Oxford Scholarship Online / Title list WISO, EBS (packages "Business & Management", "Economics & Finance", "Political Science", "Sociology" until 15.12.2021
Routledge Handbooks Online / Title list WISO
Springer Reference Work / Title list WISO
World Scientific Books / Title list WISO
utb-studi-e-book / Title list Stabi

Access: campus, VPN, and HAN
License type: multiuser license
Technical requirement: PDF Reader
Download/Print: yes, chapter by chapter
Copy: yes, from the PDF

Publishers / collections allowing book downloads

Duncker & Humblot eLibrary / Title list WISO and Stabi
Duncker & Humblot Wirtschaftswissenschaften (1996-2005) (national license)
Duncker & Humblot Wirtschaft und Finanzen - Best of Reprints (1875-1941) (national license)
Emerald Insight / Title list WISO
Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Collection Archive (1991-2019) (national license)
ESVcampus / Title list WISO
Hogrefe eLibrary / Title list WISO
IMF eLibrary (national license)
Nomos eLibrary / Title list WISO and ZBR
OECD iLibrary
Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection (2000–2013) (national license)
Springer eBooks / Title list Stabi and WISO, EBS (packages "Business & Management 2020", "Economics & Finance 2020", "Political Science & International 2020" until 30.11.2021
Taylor & Francis / Title list WISO
Wiley Online Library / Title list WISO
Wiso eBooks / Title list
World Bank eLibrary Archive (-2022) (national license)

Access: campus, VPN, and HAN
License type: multiuser license
Technical requirement: PDF Reader
Download/Print: yes, complete eBooks, in most cases also chapter by chapter
Copy: yes, from the PDF

Publishers / collections allowing chapter download with restrictions or after additional registration

Beck-online

Access: campus, off-campus access via VPN
Lisencetype: multiuser license
Download: sections that you highlight and copy
Print: by section, highlighted sections can be prined; smaller laws can be printed in their entirety
Copy: by section

Proquest Ebook Central (incl. Pearson, Schäffer-Poeschel) / Title list WISO

Access: campus, VPN, and HAN
Lisencetype: single user oder multiuser license
Technical requirement: PDF Reader
Download: no;
with personal registration: yes, up to 30 % of the book/24 hours
Print: no;
with personal registration: yes, up to 30 % of the book/24 hours
Copy: no;
with personal registration: yes, up to 15 % of the book/24 hours