E-Books

A number of e-books are available to all users of the University Library via the TU Clausthal campus network. Most of these books are already listed in our catalog. A link leading directly to the electronic book is provided in the individual title displays.

In addition to extensive e-book packages from Springer Verlag and the EBSCOhost eBook Collection, selected electronic books from other publishers are also licensed. Some providers and packages are briefly presented here.

All the packages listed can of course also be found via our catalog search.

The SpringerLink portal gives you access to an extensive selection of German-language e-books published by Springer Verlag from 1990 to 2025. The titles cover the following subject areas:

  • Economics
  • Chemistry and materials science
  • Physics and astronomy
  • Mathematics and statistics
  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Biomedicine and Life Sciences
     

In addition, English-language book series are also available via SpringerLink:

  • Business and Economics (2005-2015)
  • Business and Management (2016-2023)


The portal also includes access to Springer Verlag's comprehensive range of licensed journal articles from numerous scientific disciplines.

ProQuest Ebook Central (EBC) provides access to an extensive collection of academic e-books from a wide range of disciplines and publishers worldwide. The platform provides access to millions of electronic books for research and teaching.

Use is via the IP range of Clausthal University of Technology - after logging in, e-books can usually be read online and saved or printed out chapter by chapter. However, depending on the license model and publisher, a full download is usually not possible. Unfortunately, this does not always correspond to the usual ease of use that we would wish for you. This is due to the licensing requirements of the publishers, which often restrict use and only grant libraries limited acquisition and usage rights.

As a library, it is nevertheless important to us to provide you with up-to-date, high-quality literature. In many cases, acquisition via platforms such as EBC is currently the only practicable way of making individual titles available digitally.

If you have any questions about usage or specific e-book titles, please feel free to contact us at any time - we will be happy to advise you individually.

The UTB studi-e-book offers you a large selection of German-language teaching and study literature, published by the academic publishers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland that are members of the UTB. The range includes around 3,000 textbooks from 30 subject areas, which is constantly being expanded with new publications and new editions.

Your usage options at a glance:

  • Full access to the utb online textbook library
  • Chapter-by-chapter printing and downloading
  • Full text search across the entire digital library
  • Unlimited copying of text passages
  • Export options to common reference management programs (e.g. Zotero, EndNote, RIS, BibTeX)
     
  • Setting bookmarks and adding notes
  • Remote access via VPN client or Shibboleth

Professional IT knowledge for research and teaching at Clausthal University of Technology
 

Since May 2016, all students and employees of Clausthal University of Technology have had comprehensive access to all digital books from HERDT-Verlag via the campus network. The HERDT-Campus portal offers around 700 e-books on more than 500 IT topics - from Windows and Office to systems and networks, image processing, graphics, programming, CAD, web, databases, IT management and much more.


The most important advantages for you:

  • Comprehensive range of topics: Access to up-to-date, practical IT manuals on all relevant software and hardware topics.
     
  • Flexible use and convenience: HERDT books are available for download as personal PDF files. Additional digital media such as learning videos and exercises are also available for many titles.
  • Easy access: You can access the books immediately via the campus network; the university VPN is sufficient for external access.
  • Free use: The service is free of charge for members of the university, as the university library has licensed it.

 

As part of the national licenses funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), 1,000 e-books from the following subject areas are available in the EBSCOhost eBook Collection:

  • Business and Economics
  • Science and Engineering
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Humanities
  • Area Studies
     

In addition, several thousand free e-books from all subject areas can be accessed.