Databases are tools for searching scientific journal articles, conference papers, company information, patents, standards and much more.

Access from the outside

Off-campus access to e-books and databases is only available to THI students and THI staff!

Please use your normal THI access.

Access for externals

External users can only access e-books and databases at the research PCs in the library.
Please bring your own USB stick.

On DBIS you can inform yourself about freely accessible databases on all subject areas.

Reference Works and Thesauri

Reference Works

Aluminium-Schlüssel
Informations about alloys, supplier and others.

Dubbel: Taschenbuch für den Maschinenbau (German language offer)
Standard reference for technicians and engineers in mechanical and plant engineering.

Enzyklopädie der Wirtschaftsinformatik (German language offer)
Online encyclopedia for business informatics from  Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder).

Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon (German language offer)
Specialized lexicon for economics..

Lexikon der Mathematik (German language offer)
Comprehensive overview of mathematics with approx. 17,000 keywords.

Lexikon der Physik (German language offer)
Complete knowledge of all physical disciplines.

Mobilikon (German language offer)
Is "the reference work on the subject of local mobility" - a joint project of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) and the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB).

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Special dictionary on economy.

VDI-Wärmeatlas (German language offer)
Working tool for any engineer on heat transfer issues.

Wikipedia
You probably know that.

Thesauri

Technology Thesaurus EBSCOhost
English collection of technological terms.

Business Thesaurus EBSCOhost
English collection of business terms.

Standard-Thesaurus Economy
Structured collection of terms which you can use for your research.

Thesaurus Psychology
Collection of psychological terms in the WISO database.
Selection in the menu above.

Thesaurus Social Sciences
Collection of social science terms in the WISO database.
Selection in the menu above.

Interdisciplinary Thesaurus EBSCOhost
English collection of interdisciplinary terms.

Additionally interesting:
Regensburger Verbundklassifikation (RVK) (German language offer)
Classification system in academic libraries. Serves to classify a topic in a subject area.

Interdisciplinary Information

Academic Search Premier
Multidisciplinary EBSCO host database that evaluates scientific journals from all subject areas. Some of the journals are also accessible in full text.

Datenbank-Infosystem (DBIS)
Collection of databases on all subjects (german language).

DOAB - Directory of Open Access Books
Open access to full e-books from various scientific fields and languages.

DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
Over 11,000 scientific journals on various topics.

ELFI (German language offer)
Database for research funding searches.

Electronic Journals Library - EZB
Overview of approximately 100,000 journals, partly in full text.

PLOS ONE - Public Library of Science
Platform for open access journals dealing with general natural sciences and medicine.

Repository
Publication server of the TH Ingolstadt

Science Direct
Access to scientific journal articles and book chapters published by Elsevier via the DEAL consortium.

Scopus
Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database for research literature and internet sources (peer-reviewed). Tools are available for tracking, analysing and visualizing research information from various subject areas.

Springer Link
Access to scientific documents from journals, books, book series, protocols, reference works and proceedings published by Springer via the DEAL consortium.

Wiley Online Library
Over 8 million articles from 1600 journals in life, health, natural sciences, social sciences and humanities published by Wiley through the DEAL consortium.

Business and Management

Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier is a database of the information provider EBSCO Information Service. It contains bibliographic references, abstracts and full texts from business and economics journals. In addition, company profiles can be viewed under "Company Profiles".

Case Center
Worldwide largest collection of case studies from economy. Cases only purchased in context of a teaching course. For this purpose the lecturers can contact erwerbung@thi.de. Students can only use the research tool.

Datastream
Datastream is a database for financial time series. It contains financial information for the last 65 years across all major asset classes.
The provider LSEG (formerly Refinitiv) offers various databases on financial market data and infrastructure on its platform Eikon.
For Datastream there is a single access point at the THI, which can only be used by university members. If you are interested, please contact erwerbung@thi.de.

DATEV Students online (German language offer)
Programs from the fields of accounting, auditing and taxes.
Platform for e-learning and reference works.
Please notice: A personal login with the university account is required. To do this, search in the top right of the pull-down list THI and click on "Login".

digital SAP-Library
E-books, videos and tutorials in german and english.
This library offers the subjects economics and computer science.

NOW NEW: The "MS Office" and "Web Development" Modules
Note: Please use the Firefox browser.

EconBiz
Central gateway for a broad range of economic information.

EHI-Handelsdaten
Primary research on future retail topics.
Access data can be requested from erwerbung@thi.de.

PSYNDEX
Database for publication references of psychological literature from German-speaking countries - including editorially described test instruments and intervention programs.

Wiso
Detailed and up to date: References and full texts from science and practice.

Company Information
Take advantage of our databases for company and market data.

Law

beck-online (German language offer)
Law database with laws, judgments, comments, articles from trade journals and more.

All THI members require a personal account (with university mail address), to access the content of beck-online.

Tutorial for the use of beck-online

beck-online offers free webinars once a month.

Datev (German language offer)
Platform for the topics tax consulting and related professions.

EUR-Lex
Online portal on EU law. Access to EU legal documents. Operated by the Publications Office of the European Union.

Juris (German language offer)
Access to several million documents from all areas of law.

NWB-Datenbank (German language offer)
Current information from tax and business law.

Stotax (German language offer)
Subject portal for tax law: Manuals, comments, journals, German Federal Tax Gazette a.o.

Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering

ACM Digital Library
Information from the Association for Computing Machinery - top in electrical engineering and computer science.

Aerospace Research Central (ARC)
Database of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Access to full texts (papers, articles) from 1963 to 2007.
More recent content is only available as a record and may need to be ordered via interlibrary loan.

FID move
Contains over 2,500,000 records from relevant data sources for transportation and mobility research.
The catalog is constantly being expanded.

GetInfo/TIB-Dokumentlieferung
Portal for science and technology.

Herdt Campus
German web platform with learning materials, digital supplementary media and e-books on programming, image processing, web development, etc.

IEEE Xplore Digital Library
IEEE publishes nearly a third of the world's literature on electrical engineering and computer science. IEEE Xplore contains more than 3 million documents in full text.

INSPEC
Database with information on physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, information technology, mechanical and production engineering.

SAE Mobilus
Technical papers, standards and e-books dealing with the subject automotive and aerospace engineering.

digital SAP-Library
E-books, videos and tutorials in german and english.
This library offers the subjects economics and computer science.

NOW NEW: The "MS Office" and "Web Development" Modules
Note: Please use the Firefox browser.

TEMA
Content on the areas of technology and management within the WISO database. Up-to-dateness: until 12/2021.

TIB Portal
Access to several million data records from specialist databases, publishing houses and library catalogs.

Construction, Energy and Environment

ContextCrew - Renewable Energy
Portal for Renewable Energy Technologies.
Access for THI members only. If you are interested, please contact bibliothek@thi.de.

DETAIL Inspiration
The image and reference database contains over 5,000 project documentations from issue 1/1961 onwards from the magazine DETAIL. Search functions and filter options according to main keywords such as building type, material, year of construction or DETAIL magazine topic support the search for creative building solutions. The project descriptions with reference photos, drawings and technical information are available as PDF downloads.

ESTEC
Content on technologies for the environment and sustainability within the WISO database. Up-to-dateness: until 08/2021.

FID BAUdigital
Sustainable digital platform to support research in the fields of civil engineering, architecture and urban studies.
The subject information service (FID) is currently still under construction and pursues the goal of providing jointly designed future-oriented services.

RSWBplus
Data files of the German construction database RSWB and the international construction database ICONDA Bibliographic.

VDI eLibrary
Specialist journals from the fields of construction, design/production, logistics, energy and environment.

Life Sciences

LIVIVO
More than 67 million records from the fields of medicine and health care, nutrition, environmental and agricultural sciences. Includes data sources from MEDLINE and AGRICOLA.
Also searches PubMed with more than 33 million references for biomedical literature.

 

Patents and Standards

DEPATISnet
Database of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office for online searches on patent publications from around the world.

Espacenet
Patent publications of the European Patent Office.

Nautos
DIN standards (including DIN EN, DIN EN ISO and DIN ISO), ISO standards and VDI guidelines in full-text as well as evidence of other standards.
Previously: Perinorm

Patentscope
Lists international patents.

VDE standards
Online access to VDE standards. Printing and saving is not possible.

Statistical Information

Destatis
Website of the Federal Statistical Office Germany.

Inspec Analytics
Enables researchers to uncover trends and patterns that were previously hidden. Intuitive interfaces and interactive views provide insights into high-level and niche disciplines by allowing users to explore research trends based on organizations, controlled terms or subject classifications.

OECD iLibrary
Access to all OECD studies and statistics.

Statista
Leading Statistics Portal with data on 600 international industries.

Statista Company Insights
Information on over 70 million listed and private companies from more than 200 countries and regions.

Statista Consumer Insights
Statista's Consumer Insights (until 2022: Statista Global Consumer Survey) examine the consumer behavior and media use of consumers worldwide in online and offline activities. It is based on online interviews in 56 countries and regions.

Statistikportal
Information of the Statistical Offices of federal and state government.

Company Information

industrystock
Manufacturers and Products Directory.

Key Technologies in Bavaria - the companies' database
Information about Bavarian companies, research institutions, specialised government agencies and associations.

MarketLine
Business information covering over 30 industries.

Wer liefert was
Supplier search engine.

Newspapers

Press Reader
Access to more than 7,000 journals from 120 countries in 60 languages.

Süddeutsche Zeitung LibraryNet (German language offer)
Access to current and older articles of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

World Newspapers Online
Breaking news from world newspapers.


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