Closure of the WiSo Library and services until 8 March 2021

25 January 2021

The closure is part of UHH's current efforts to contain CoVid-19. During the closure we offer the following services.

Delivery Services

• For students and academic staff of the UHH we offer our delivery services of PDF documents:
  • Digital Document Delivery Service (DDL)
    You can request electronic copies of journal articles or excerpts of books located in the print collections of the Business and Economics Library, the Social Sciences Library, and the International Tax Institute Library.
    Use our online form to research and order.
  • Campuslieferdienst (CaLief)
    Log in to Katalogplus with your library card. Order excerpts from journals and books from Stabi and the affiliated specialized libraries.
    Since the summer semester 2020, the WiSo library is also a CaLief cooperation partner.
• For the academic staff of the faculties WiSo and BWL we also offer the follwing services:
  • Elsevier delivery service (German only)
    Order articles from Elsevier. We will provide you with the articles either digitally or as a paper copy by mail.
  • Delivery service - borrowing from the stacks
    Order books from the stacks. Please provide us with your home address for shipping, as the books cannot be borrowed on-site.
  • Purchase literature
    Order online as usual and enter your home address in the order form under comments so that we can send you the books by mail.

E-Media

• You can access our licensed e-media via VPN-client. Find out more about e-media, specialist databases, and other online services on our website under "Research".

Questions and contact

• If you have any questions, please contact us via our contact form. Inquiries will be answered promptly.

Borrowing and returning books

• Borrowing and returning items from our locations will not be possible during the closure.
• No late fees will be charged for items due for return while we are closed. Reminders that books are due will not be sent.
• In urgent cases, you can return media from our holdings to the State and University Library (SUB).
• The ordering function in the catalogs is switched off for our collections until further notice.
• For your convenience, we advise the watch list (book bag) in Katalogplus to keep track of the books you want to order later.
• We will inform you when it is possible to order books again.

Services of the State and University Library
(also for non-UHH members)

Also, find out about the services offered by the State and University Library (SUB), where you can still borrow and return books.

At the moment we do not yet know when and with which services the WiSo library will reopen again.
We will keep you informed via our news channel.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Your WiSo-Library team