Important e-resources at a glance

Databases that are accessible from within and outside the THWS network are listed in the Database Information System (DBIS).
Below you find an overview of the most important databases

E-Books

All e-books are included in the library catalogue.

List of publishing houses and providers of e-books offering licensed access for THWS.

Licensed specialist databases

In these specialist databases, you can search for journal articles, congress papers, dissertations, statistics, facts and much more.

• ACM Digital Library*
• Academic Search Premier*
• Business Source Premier *
• Compendex*
• ERIC*
• IEEE Xplore Digital Library*
• Inspec*
• nwb-Datenbank*
• PsycInfo / Psyndex*
• ScienceDirect*
• Social Services Abstracts* 
• Social Work Abstracts*
• SpringerLink*
• WISO*

AI-supported tools

• HAWKI
• ScopusAI
• Semantic Scholar
• Statista Research AI

Scientific search engines (with open access)

• BASE
• EconBiz
• Fachportal Pädagogik
  
• Google scholar
• LIVIVO
• Medienwissenschaft
• PsyDoc
• PubMed

Laws, court rulings, legal commentaries

• Beck online**
• Juris***
• nwb-Datenbank*
• Straßenbau A-Z*

Reference books and dictionaries

• Encyclopedia of Social Work*
• Enzykl. Erziehungswiss. online*
• Langenscheidt Wörterbücher*

Norms, directives, technical regulations, patents

• Depatisnet (Patents)
• DWA-Regelwerk*
• IEEE-Standards*
• Nautos (DIN norms, ISO standards, VDI guidelines)*
• Straßenbau A-Z*
• VDE Regulations*
• WIAM

Statistics, economic and business data

• Allthatsstat
• Destatis
• IBISWorld
• OECD iLibrary*
• Statista International*
• WISO*

Journals and newspapers

• Directory of Open Access Journals
• Elektron. Zeitschriftenbibliothek*
• F.A.Z. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung*
• Mainpost*
• New York Times*
• Süddeutsche Zeitung*
• WISO Presse*

Videos

• TIB AV Portal
• LinkedIn Learning

* Access via the THWS network or via external access to licensed library material

** Access via the THWS network or via VPN

*** Access only via the THWS network