Due to technical problems the following databases are temporarily not available:
We are busily working on the problem and apologize for any inconvenience.
Due to technical alteration work in the university computing center a complete shut-down of server and network service will be necessary for several hours.
During that period of time only borrowing and returning books, but unfortunately no reborrowing, renewals and reservations will be possible!
Affected by the shut-down are all electronic services like "your loan account", the catalogue searches and the use of the internet as well.
We apologize for this inconvenience.
As of today a new database is available: it contains bibliographical information about the publications which originate from the many seminars and events organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Bielefeld University (ZiF).
Up to now mostly monographs are recorded. These books are accessible in the library of the ZiF, but do not circulate.
Access database (in German)
The new acquisitions of the last four weeks can now easily be displayed on the screen.
The list is arranged to the departmental libraries and will be daily updated.
For information about all orders since 1996, the acquisitions catalogue can still be used.
Due to renovating work the Central Loan Department will be closed from Monday, Nov. 3, 13.00 hrs probably until Tuesday, Nov. 4, 13.00 hrs.
During this time the following library services will be offered in the Special Reading Room located in the Reference Department in C1 instead:
We apologize for any inconenience.
The university library as a portal to the world of scientific information
In a well proven manner and at the beginning of the new semester, the library will present its wide range of information resources again with a stand in the University hall. The stand is located on the UniQ-Stage and is open at any one time from 11.00 to 14.00 hrs.
Take the chance to learn about the library's services and to try them out. The library professionals will be pleased to give you a demonstration and to assist you.
Next to the stand we will as usual have our book flea market where you are invited to browse to your heart's content.
Within the scope of the "Woche der Wissenschaft" the library will present itself on July 18, 2003 from 11.00 to 18.00 hrs. with an information booth on the UniQ-Stage. The wide range of its information resources and the virtual tour through the departmental libraries will be in the center of the presentation. According to the motto "Get digitized" you can have your picture taken with a digital camera. Another highlight of this event is our traditional book flea market. Come and see!
A new catalogue feature has been implemented: the display of an item location within the departmental library guide.
For each title of your retrieval result you can look up, in which part of the building the book is shelved. The location is marked with a red dot. Thus it helps you to find out easily where to go to get the required item.
If you need a book from the stacks, from a reserve collection or a rare book, you will get explanations underneath the map.
How do I get the location display?
Just click on the hyperlink "Standort(e) des Titels" which is offered in the long display version of a title.
Example:
Location of an Item
As of today the transaction numbers (TANs) are not accepted anymore. Unfortunately a reimbursement of TANs which you haven't used up is not possible.
From now on the JASON service is only provided for registered library users.
After having changed successfully to a new acquisition system Bielefeld University Library once again provides its users a database comprising the new acquisitions.
It contains information about all titles which have been ordered recently. In this weekly updated database you can find out about the current processing status of the items and answers to questions such as:
Has the book been ordered yet?
Are there any delivery problems?
Has the book already been delivered?
It it already on the shelf?
The database is easy to use: its interface is much the same as the search form of the library catalogue (OPAC) you are already used to.
Search for New Acquisitions (only in German)
As we announced earlier the "transaction numbers" (TANs) which you formerly needed for interlibrary loan orderings will only be valid until June 30, 2003. Up to then they can only be used for JASON orders for journal articles. Unfortunately a reimbursement of TANs you may have bought already is not possible.
We ask you to use up your TANs until June 30, 2003 at the latest.
After that date access to the JASON service is restricted to registered library users only.
For further information please contact the Central Loan Department.
As of June 5th the Central Loan Department will be open on Thursdays until 18.00 hrs. The Central Loan Department is i.a. responsible for handing out library and students' cards.
As of today a new library service called BieSOn is online.
By means of BieSOn university members can publish their scientific works free of charge on the web. It is intended for dissertations, postdoctoral theses, journal articles, proceedings, research papers and more similar material. The documents will be indexed, catalogued and permanently archived by the library.
For a transitional period older publications will remain accessible on the Hochschulschriftenserver until these materials will also be incorporated in BieSOn.
Unfortunately we are encountered with a temporary breakdown of the Ovid server. During this failure the databases Biosis, MLA, Sociological Abstracts, Medline, CancerLit, Health Star und Eric may be reached via the following link (on the following page please click on the button Continue):
Access Ovid databases
Shortly before the end of the loan period we offer to send you a reminder via e-mail to avoid forgotten return dates and annoyance about unnecessary charges.
In order to take advantage of this new library service please leave your e-mail address in Your Loan Account.
You will then receive reservation notices and claim notices via e-mail as well which will spare yourself postage expenses, too.
Please keep in mind that a renewal is not when the item has been reserved by another user or when the loan period has already been renewed five times.
Please check your loan account for yourself whether a renewal is possible or not.
The payment of overdue fees is not dependant on the distribution or reception of the e-mail reminder.
As we announced earlier this year the "transaction numbers" (TANs) which you formerly needed for interlibrary loan orderings will now be valid until June 30, 2003. Up to then they can only be used for JASON orders for journal articles. Unfortunately a reimbursement of TANs you may have bought already is not possible. We ask you to use up your TANs until June 30, 2003 at the latest.
We are pleased to offer an extended service for the collection of reserved library items: Reserved items from the holdings of the departmental libraries within the main university building can now be picked up also on weekdays after 16.00 hrs and even during weekends and on public holidays.
Please pay attention to the circulation desks mentioned in the notification letter. The hours are as follows:
The closing time of the library entrances (except C1 and U1) have been aligned with the opening hours of the Central Loan Department and the Library of the "Oberstufen-Kolleg" : access is now possible Monday to Friday, 09.00 - 16.00 hrs. The closing time of the library entrances in C1 and U1 remain unchanged. (Through these two doors admission to the entire library system is possible. For further information refer to the Site Plan).
The Intelligent Search Assistant has recently been updated and improved. It now is easier to use and produces more precise results.
The Search Assistant searches the library catalog, JADE, the Elsevier and the Springer databases simultaneously. The unique search technology which ist based on fuzzy logic will retrieve records that fit best to your enquiry even if the search terms don't appear in one document altogether. The search result list is ranked by relevance. This new search procedure helps you find documents that you wouldn't have found by a conventional search and makes your search more efficient and complete.
Start Search Assistant (only in German)
Introductory literature to philosophy and philosophical problems
This database was prepared for its appearance on the web by the library in cooperation with the Faculty of Philosophy (Prof. von Savigny). It's a compilation of basic introductions to philosophy with extensive commentaries.
Since this resource is based on the library collection and therefore linked to the library catalogue it is easy to search the items' location.
The number of magazines which have been digitized for the project "Retrospective digitalization of scientific review organs" and made accessible has increased noticeably. 32 out of 44 journals altogether are now online searchable.
Newly added have been for example Thalia which was edited by Friedrich Schiller and the two titles edited by J.G. Meusel Historisch-litterarisches Magazin and Historisch-litterarisch-bibliographisches Magazin.
The journal Berlinische Monatsschrift which has already been digitized during the pilot scheme is now included as well so that this resource can be searched under the same common interface, too:
According to the enactment by the North Rhine-Westphalian Federal Ministry of School, Science and Research as of today new rates of charge for library services are effective.
As of today there are some simplifications for ordering journal articles via JASON:
There is only one single ordering system and the document will be supplied as fast as possible. Each order costs 1,50 EUR and the amount due summs up on our loan account.
The "transaction numbers" (TANs) you may have bought already will be valid until June 30, 2003 and can be used for JASON orders for journal articles though.