terms of use

The basis for use is the General Regulations for Use of the Bavarian State Libraries (ABOB in German). Borrowing is only possible with a library card.

In addition, the following guidelines apply:

• DIT house rules
• Privacy Policy of the library

terms of use for electronic offers (databases, e-books, e-journals)

• Terms and conditions of those providers, which can be found on their websites, apply

Generally speaking:

• Conditions regarding downloads and printing are determined by the provider
• Transfer of content to third parties is not allowed
• The use is only permitted for own, scientific purposes
• Systematic download is prohibited

copyright / data protection in electronic offers (databases, e-books, journals)

The use of our electronic offers (e-books, e-journals, databases) is possible within the framework of copyright law.

In addition, the licence agreements of the respective provider apply. The applicable licence conditions can be viewed on our homepage (E-books/Research & Databases) and on the providers' pages.

The electronic offers can be accessed via the library homepage, the OPAC or externally (Google or similar). Access is automatically established via IP check (with VPN connection outside the campus). With most providers, you can recognise by our logo/name that it is a product licensed by us.

You do not have to provide any personal data to access our licensed offers.

However, many providers allow personal registration for further functions (watch lists, bookmarks, saving search queries...). The use of such offers is voluntary. If a person decides to use them, the provider is the person responsible for processing personal data. The providers' data protection information can be viewed on their website. If corresponding offers are not used, this will not result in any disadvantages or restrictions for you in terms of pure access to the electronic offers.

In particular, we would like to point out that when using corresponding additional offers, data may be transferred to a third country whose level of data protection does not correspond to that of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and you may not have all rights and freedoms for the protection of personal data available to you to the same extent.

for students:

1) Fill out the user application and scan the page (as a PDF file), plus a photo of your student ID. The application with the subject "User account" has to be sent to bib-service@th-deg.de at the Deggendorf location, to monika.stoeckl@th-deg.de at the Pfarrkirchen location.
2) Carry out a self-registration via the OPAC (Login → Self-Registration). Only a carefully completed form can be unlocked. For your library account, use your university mail address in any case, if necessary also your private mail address in second place.
3) Choose an introductory course for the library or inform yourself on the library's website about the regulations and procedures regarding the use of the library.

The account is usually activated within 3 days after all documents have been submitted. There is no confirmation. Test the registration yourself via the OPAC after this period.

for staff:

In deviation from the above procedure, the blue chip is required for the registration.

for lecturers and externals:

Please contact bib-leitung@th-deg.de

book loan

Books are borrowed by self-service using your student ID and password.
Make sure there is sufficient clearance at the self-checker. Otherwise, incorrect bookings can occur.
Put max. 5 books at the same time on the marked area and close your account - ideally with the button "finished"! Check your receipt carefully.

Check the condition of the books and show damaged or soiled books and media to the librarian.

Please note the following (ABOB § 8 duty of care and compensation):

(1) The users have to treat the works carefully and protect them from damage. Entries of any kind, such as painting and reporting of errors, as well as the turning over of page corners, are considered to be damage.

(2) The user must check the condition of each item upon receipt and report any damage immediately. If they choose not to do this, it is assumed that the work has been borrowed in an undamaged condition.

A maximum of 32 books can be borrowed.

returns

You can return your books at the counter during opening hours.

Outside opening hours, returns can be put in the returns box (entrance area of the library). It closes automatically as soon as it is full. The books will be returned on the next opening day.

The books must be returned on the deadline day at the latest.

orders from the stockroom

You can order books and journals from ITC2 stockroom via the OPAC. Books will be available for collection from the main library on the next opening day from 1pm. Journal volumes are available in main library and can be copied or read on site.
The orders are ready within 5 working days.

loan extension or renewal

Any book from the DIT library that is not pre-ordered or on special loan can be extended up to two times for the same period. The extension can be carried out via your OPAC user account or on the self-checkout. An extension application by email is not possible.
Special regulations apply to the extension of interlibrary loan books.

reservations

A reservation can be made via the OPAC for books currently on loan.
These books will be kept at the counter for a week after they have been returned. If the new user has saved an email address in their user account, they will receive a notification about the availability of the desired title.

main library overview

Ground floor                       Semester appliances

Lower ground floor          technology, computer science, mathematics, natural sciences, sports, medicine, group rooms (freely accessible)

In between floor               general, languages, law, care

1st floor                                economics, carrels, book scanners

ITC2                                       stockroom for older books and journal volumes (order via OPAC)

                                                individual and group learning rooms

book organisation

The majority of our stock is arranged according to the Regensburger Systematik (RVK). The shelfmark consists of the following parts:

You can recognise the stockroom inventory by this lending classification:

96/...
95/...
90/...

lending period

overnight and weekend loan

Books with the lending classification 20/32/42 can be borrowed over night or over one weekend: Collection/loan 1 hour before closing, return by 12 noon the next day.

1. diploma, bachelor and master theses

Only theses that have been evaluated particularly well and for which the company involved has also given its consent for inclusion in the library can be viewed.
To have your thesis included in the library, please contact your supervisor.

University papers are also available in electronic form in the OPAC. Select the following search:

Verlag: deggendorf Erscheinungsform: E-Book →Trefferliste eingrenzen nach Dokumenttyp: Hochschulschrift

2. Testothek / test library

Special guidelines apply to the use and issue of tests. Tests may only be consulted in the context of research and teaching.

An overview of all available tests can be found here.

Authorised users are:

• Employees of the Deggendorf Institute of Technology (Psychology Bachelor, Master or Diploma) send an application for use to bib-service@th-deg.de.
• Students (Applied Business Psychology) of the Deggendorf Institute of Technology send an application for use to bib-service@th-deg.de.

Please note the applicable terms of use for employees of the Deggendorf Institute of Technology or for students of Applied Business Psychology.

3. stock of the international maglev board e.V.

This collection is on loand and is archived in the library's stacks. Thematically, the collection mainly comprises magnetic levitation technology (Maglev Magnetic Levitation) in connection with high-speed railways.

• To the stock overview

The media cannot be borrowed, but they can be used in the reading room. Usage in the reading room is generally possible.

Please enter a mail address in your online user account. You will then receive a free reminder for all loans 3 days before the end of the loan period.
Books that are not returned in time must be reminded with costs:

• Costs for the 1st reminder: € 7.50
• Costs for the 2nd reminder: additional € 10
• Costs for the 3rd reminder: additional € 20 + € 3.45 shipping fee
• Costs for the value replacement (notification): additional € 30 + € 3.45 shipping fee

Of main importance is the return of the media. Currently, you will receive an invoice automatically, in case of a reminder only after the return of the media. Invoice number and booking reference must be stated when transferring the invoice amount! The account is automatically unlocked as soon as the media is returned and payment is made. Unless there is another reason for blocking the account.

replacements

Lost or damaged library items will be invoiced.

To ensure a pleasant atmosphere for everyone to study and work, we kindly ask you to observe the following:

food and drinks

Eating in the library is not permitted. Beverages may be brought in securely sealed containers.

noise level

Please be mindful of the noise level in the library. For group work, workrooms are available in the main library and in the ITC2 library.

Remember to switch your phones to silent mode!

main library extended opening hours

The exact time period will be announced in time under news before the exam preparation.

itc2 library

Various individual and group study rooms are available in ITC2. The rooms can be booked via iLearn.

Lockers

The keys are available at the counter as long as you have an activated library account.

Lockers in the main library are available only while you are in the library.

Please ignore the deadline set by the loan program. The rule is: Return the key before the library closes.

Baskets

The baskets are located in the entrance area of the library and they are available only while you are in the library.

Self-checkout is possible. Please ignore the deadline set by the loan program. The rule is: Return the basket before the library closes.

Carrels are individual or group study rooms. They are all open and can be used like the reading room spaces. They can be found on the upper and lower floors.

For more information on the carrels in ITC2, see ITC2 Library.

In the basement you can find a Follow-Me printer which can be used with your student card.

0230 and 7-digit number on the student ID/chip(card) (without letter and zero).

Example: Card number= S 01234567 User number= 02301234567

For older cards: 02300 and 6-digit card number

The automatically sent user number within the scope of self-admission is not valid!

Further information can be found under -> Usage: Opening a library account.

• Is the VPN connection established? This is the only way to access outside the campus.
• Where did you find the e-book? In the OPAC you will find e-books actually licensed by us. Non-licensed titles are also offered on the provider pages.
• At the provider ProQuest Ebook Central you have to create an account yourself for the complete download of e-books. Online reading and the download of individual chapters are possible without an account.

Your account will be blocked with your de-registration/exmatriculation. It is possible to apply for a pass as an external user (mail to bib-leitung@th-deg.de).

• Your account is blocked due to an unpaid fee: a quick account activation is possible if you send the proof of payment to bib-leitung@th-deg.de. Invoice number and booking reference must be stated when transferring the invoice amount!
• Validation of your student card is required or you have changed your course of study: send a photograph of your student card and a current certificate of enrolment to bib-service@th-deg.de

You pay overdue fines via bank transfer. Invoice number and booking reference must be stated when transferring the invoice amount!

Currently during the pandemic, you will receive an invoice in all cases, in the case of a reminder only after the media have been returned.

The password was chosen during self-registration. If forgotten:

Request a new one via OPAC → Log in → Forgotten password

If you have not received a new password via e-mail, the e-mail address in your account is incorrect. Please check this by sending an e-mail to bib-service@th-deg.de.

In order for the new password to be activated at the self-checkout, log in and out once in the OPAC.

Dates are offered via iLearn for students of the above-mentioned degree programmes.

Please note the time schedule of the individual modules.

You either do not have a library account (see keyword library account) or are registered with another card (see blocked account).

general information

Access on campus

• Access is automatically granted on fixed installed computers
• Automatic access is granted on personal devices and the Wi-Fi connection Eduroam
• On personal devices and all other Wi-Fi connections a VPN connection is needed

Access from home

• Access is only possible with a VPN connection

Important information for VPN connection

• Start the VPN client before you open the database (Provider will not recognise you as valid user)
• If forgotten:
  • Clear browser cache
  • Start VPN
  • Restart browser
  • Visit database

Please always select OPAC (=Online Public Access Catalogue) of your university location, regardless of whether you are interested in books from your own location, from another location or via interlibrary loan:

• Deggendorf Institute of Technology - Central Library - OPAC
• Deggendorf Institute of Technology - Pfarrkirchen - OPAC
• OPAC and user account instructions

• Gateway Bayern
  Stock of all academic libraries in Bavaria

• Karlsruher Virtual Catalogue
  Worldwide book search in the library and book trade registers

• The Research Publications Database of Deggendorf Institute of Technology

Via the tab "Essays & more" you can find articles from journals and books in the OPAC. This can be a search entry point if a source is already available and the corresponding full text is required. For more extensive thematic article research, however, we recommend our subject databases, which are sorted by subject below.

How to get from the source to the actual essay is explained in this guide.

Nautos 

DIN standards, DIN-EN standards, ISO standards, VDI guidelines, DWA policy (full text in German)

Other standards, regulations etc. not available via Nautos in printed form are available at the front desk at the library (List of these documents).

Nautos – Legal advice

• Authorised users are university members, teaching assistant and guest lecturers (for the duration of their job/stay), university staff and students, as well as visitors of the library, who are using an IP-address from the university.
• Legal rights of use contain the access to the collection of standards at all times over the whole time of the contract.
• Access to the collection of standards includes the use of the contents in accordance with the provisions of German copyright law.
• Authorised users are allowed to conduct research for themselves and to make the researched data visible on the available screens.
• University users may save extracts of the researched data using the cut-and-paste method and make paper copies (saving and printing) solely for their own scientific use.
• The passing on of data (in whole or in part) not covered by German copyright law and the granting of access for third parties to the stored data and the commercial provision of information are not permitted.
• University users may reproduce individual contents of the collection of standards for courses at universities for the preparation and implementation of lectures and exercises and other training courses.
• For the reproduction of standards or parts of a standard in master's/bachelor's/doctoral theses, an application must be submitted to DIN (deposited with the application); such reproduction is free of charge according to § 53 UrhG if no commercial purposes exist.

Standards Infopoint / DIN reference centre

For external users (even without a library account) we are a standards information point. Standards can be viewed in the library with read access. Saving and printing are not possible for non-university members. An identity card must be presented.

VDE Normenbibliothek (standards library)

• DIN-VDE standards and drafts
• CD-ROM single-user version in the library
• No printouts are allowed!

Web of Science

The database contains 55 million entries from the most important journals, conference proceedings and books in the following areas: Natural, social and human sciences. (All titles are available from 2004 onwards).
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

RSWBplus

Database of the Fraunhofer Information Centre for Planning and Building in the fields of planning and construction.
 

Applied Science & Technology Source

Article database for applied sciences and technology, some with full texts. Includes subjects such as artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, plastics, hydroponics, computer science, chemistry and energy resources.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

SPIE Digital Library

As of 2023, the SPIE Digital Library only provides an archive access for the years 2016-2022.

The SPIE Digital Library is a very extensive collection (more than 400,000 contributions) of publications on applied research in the field of optics and photonics. It is relevant to researchers in a wide range of disciplines, including optics, quantum optics, technical optics, photonics, and others.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

IEEE Xplore

IEEE provides access to the following contents:
IEEE journals, transactions and magazines
IEEE conference proceedings
IET journals
IET conference proceedings
IEEE published standards and redline versions
IEEE Standards Dictionary Online
VDE VERLAG conference proceedings
Online Tutorials
Privacy policy:The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Sciencedirect

Interdisciplinary database with access to the electronic journals and eBooks of the publishing house Elsevier. 

Full-text articles are available up to 2017. More recent articles can be ordered via interlibrary loan. Some open access articles are also included.

Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Nature Communications

(Open Access Journal)
Privacy policy:The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Scientific Reports

(Open Access Journal)

• Patents (Datenbases and link collections)
• Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

WISO TEMA (previously: wti Frankfurt

Literature database with bibliography, abstract and keywords for technology and management (dataset 1921-2021) .

Subject areas: Management and organisation, mining, mechanical and plant engineering, energy technology, medical technology, textile technology, materials and electrical engineering, electronics and Information Technology

Use via IP-Check is planned. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and the THD is not responsible for it. Information on the data collected there and how it is processed can be found in the provider's privacy policy.
 

Baugeräteliste online

The database BGL - Baugeräteliste contains technical-economic construction machinery data. It offers research possibilities in 24 main equipment groups and contains more than 15,000 data records.
 

DWA-Online

Worksheets and information sheets on water management, crop cultivation, soil protection, sewage and waste technology

Now included in Nautos
 

Bisnode Firmendatenbank
 

patents and company data bases
 

Depatisnet

German Patent and Trademark Office
 

ESPACENET

Espacenet offers free access to more than 70 million patent documents from all over the world with information on inventions and technical developments from 1836 until today.
 

Web Patent Database / USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office

US patents in full text from 1790 until today
 

IBR Standards Portal

The search engine of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) contains information on global norms and standards. The search is free of charge, document delivery and downloads are subject to a fee.
 

PATON

Extensive link collection of the Patent Information Centre of the TU Ilmenau (PATON). Patents can be ordered in full text via PATONline 
 

IHS Standards Store

Privacy policy The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Juris

Juris is an online provider of legal information and offers a collection of court decisions, laws, standards and literature references, supplemented by journals, commentaries and working aids.

VPN access on/off campus is not possible.

Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
Juris-AGB

Beck-online

Access via VPN is not possible (no remote access)!

Beck-online covers law comprehensively.

In addition to legal texts (e.g. Aichberger, Nipperdey, Sartorius, Schönfelder), the database contains a wide range of other fundamental legal standard works from the Beck-Verlag Munich:

• Comments (e.g. Schönke/Schröder, Staudinger, Strafgesetzbuch, Schoch/Schmidt-Aßmann/Pietzner, VwGO)
• Handbooks (e.g. Fritz, Hannemann, Langenfeld)
• Magazines (e.g. Neue Juristische Wochenschrift)

In addition, Beck-online contains current judgments from case law as well as a collection of forms
Terms of Use
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Bundesgesetzblatt

OLC Film and Theatre
Area: essays and reviews on film, film science, theatre, theatre science, theatre pedagogy (also musical theatre), dance, dance science, dance pedagogy

OLC Media and Communication Sciences
Area: essays and reviews on media and communication sciences, journalism

OLC Art and Art Sciences
Area: essays and reviews on science of art, European art history until 1945, contemporary art and architecture since 1945, photography, industrial design and advertising art

Sciencedirect

Interdisciplinary database with access to the electronic journals and eBooks of the publishing house Elsevier. 

Full-text articles are available up to 2017. More recent articles can be ordered via interlibrary loan. Some open access articles are also included.

Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Filmfriend
Filmfriend is an alternative to using DVDs for universities and libraries. The streaming portal currently offers access to over 2,500 feature films, documentaries and animated films of all genres, as well as series. The focus is on German and European productions, but numerous works from America and Asia can also be found.
Each month, the catalogue is expanded by approximately 20 works.

Terms of use:
Authorised users are authenticated via IP addresses. Any use beyond this is not permitted. The licensed content may be used for non-commercial research purposes for teaching, research and personal study.

Technical aspect:
All standard browsers, except IE 11 and Chronium, are supported.

FAQ

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EBSCO Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
EBSCO database on information science and librarianship

Computer Science Bibliography: Subject Search

Computer Science Bibliography: Complete Search
Originator: Trier University

Applied Science & Technology Source
Article database for applied sciences and technology, some with full texts. Includes subjects such as AI, applied mathematics, plastics, hydroponics, computer science, chemistry, energy resources.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Google Scholar
Google Scholar enables the targeted search for scientific literature

Sciencedirect

Interdisciplinary database with access to the electronic journals and eBooks of the publishing house Elsevier. 

Full-text articles are available up to 2017. More recent articles can be ordered via interlibrary loan. Some open access articles are also included.

Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Digitale SAP-Bibliothek
The database currently contains around 135 e-books and about 65 learning videos in German and English; new titles and updated editions are automatically activated as soon as they are published. The e-books are provided as PDFs with soft DRM. According to the publisher, individual pages can be printed out and saved, but further processing of text passages (via copy and paste) does not seem to be possible. There is no limitation on simultaneous access; remote access is permitted.

Livivo
ZB MED Search portal life sciences
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

PubMed
PubMed contains the database MEDLINE, which covers the fields of medicine, dentistry, pre-clinical subjects, healthcare, nursing, veterinary medicine, etc., but also peripheral areas such as biology, biochemistry, psychology or sports medicine. More than 5,200 biomedical journals are evaluated for MEDLINE. In addition, PubMed offers access to new MEDLINE citations that have not yet been fully processed. Furthermore, "links" to related articles and to full-text articles are provided.

The database is freely accessible for research, only full-text articles are subject to a fee.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

CINAHL (with Fulltext)
CINAHL is the electronic form of the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature. The database processes almost all English speaking nursing magazines, publications by the American Nurses’ Association (ANA) and the National League for Nursing (NLN).

Furthermore, monographs, grey literature (usually not published by a publishing house), AV materials, dissertations and selected congress reports on the field of nursing and health sciences are also listed.

CINAHL Databases - Basic Searching   Watch Video
CINAHL Databases - Advanced Searching   Watch Video

Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

PEDro
PEDro is a freely accessible database of over 31,000 randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. For each trial, guideline or review, PEDro provides the bibliographic details and, where possible, an abstract and a link to the full text. All RCTs in PEDro are independently assessed for quality. These quality ratings are used to quickly guide the user of the database to studies that are likely to be valid and contain enough information to guide clinical practice. PEDro is supported by the Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy of The George Institute for Global Health.

Free Medical Journals
Electronic magazines from the medical field

Bibnet.org

Co-operative and freely accessible literature database of the health sector. References of journal articles from the health sector are listed.
 

Sciencedirect

Interdisciplinary database with access to the electronic journals and eBooks of the publishing house Elsevier. 

Full-text articles are available up to 2017. More recent articles can be ordered via interlibrary loan. Some open access articles are also included.

Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

BISp
With just one search query, you can find relevant information from the four merged BISp databases under a new interface.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

ViFa Sport
The ViFa Sport is a central portal for sports science information on the Internet. Here, both printed media and electronic information media with sports science relevance are listed.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Sponet
The database currently contains about 40,000 sport related and sport science websites. The monthly increase is about 250 sources.

Medline
MEDLINE is the main bibliographic database created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) with a focus on medicine. It lists publications that have appeared since 1946 in approximately 5,600 journals worldwide in various languages, with English language sources predominant. The documents are indexed by NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), mostly with short English summaries.
Short Summary
My Projects
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Cochrane Library
The Cochrane Library comprises several databases:

Cochrane Reviews and Protocols:
contains systematic full-text reviews, which have been produced according to the methodology of the Cochrane Collaboration and are regularly updated. Each review assesses the effectiveness of a medical intervention and summarises the research results so far. The evidence from this database is also included in PubMed.
Trials:
contains mainly evidence about randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or controlled clinical trials (CCTs) - over 1.5 million in total. This is evidence from published articles, mainly from PubMed and EMBASE, and to a lesser extent from other sources (handsearching).
Cochrane Clinical Answers: 
contains summaries of selected Cochrane reviews
Terms of use
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Via Medici
Terms of Use
Further Agreements
Flyer 1
Flyer 2

Information and learning portal for medical students. Learning modules, IMPP cross-questions, journals, e-books, etc. are offered.
The current editions of the e-books are also linked via the university's online catalogue.
Use via IP-Check is planned. Personal registration is required to use the journals and IMPP questions. This is voluntary and is not the responsibility of the DIT. Information on the data collected and how it is processed can be found in the provider's privacy policy.

Registration information: First name, last name, DIT e-mail address, place of study Deggendorf, user name, password. Registration must take place for the first time via the network of the DIT Deggendorf. So use your VPN client first (if you are accessing from outside the university).
After successful registration, Via Medici can be accessed from anywhere and independently of the network of the Deggendorf Institute of Technology.

You would like to use the functions for lecturers with Via Medici? Register and unlock all content. You can find instructions for activating the campus licence here.

Web of Science

The database contains 55 million entries from the most important journals, conference proceedings and books in the following areas: Natural, social and human sciences. (All titles are available from 2004 onwards).
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Nursing Edge

Contains, among others, the databases Emcare (nursing, healthcare) and Nursing (nursing, medical assistance, outpatient).
It is intended to be used via IP-Check. In addition, personal registration is possible. This is voluntary and does not involve any responsibility on the part of the DIT. Information on the data collected there and how it is processed can be found in the provider's privacy policy.

OPAC der DHV
DHV = Deutsche Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer (German University of Administrative Sciences, Speyer)
Virtual special library of administrative sciences

Sciencedirect

Interdisciplinary database with access to the electronic journals and eBooks of the publishing house Elsevier. 

Full-text articles are available up to 2017. More recent articles can be ordered via interlibrary loan. Some open access articles are also included.

Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

PsycINFO
PsycINFO lists journal articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, research reports, case studies, etc. on psychology and related fields such as psychiatry, sociology, education, anthropology, pharmacology, physiology, criminology and linguistics, insofar as they are of interest to psychology.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

OLC Psychologie
Contains essays and reviews on the field of psychology and similar disciplines like pedagogy

PubPsych
multilingual database with European focus on Psychology

PsychArchives
The publication inventory from PsyDok has been integrated into the subject repository PsychArchives. Over 3,700 documents previously archived in PsyDok are now accessible via PsychArchives. The Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) provides PsychArchives as a digital repository, where you can find preprints, research data, preregistrations, tests, and multimedia objects, among other things. Information about the data collected and its processing can be found in the provider's privacy policy.

PsycTherapy

Contains approx. 300 demonstration videos of therapies with individuals, couples and families. The documentation covers approx. 230 topics (video streaming portal).
It is intended to be used via IP-Check. In addition, personal registration is possible. This is voluntary and does not involve any responsibility on the part of the DIT. Information on the data collected there and how it is processed can be found in the provider's privacy policy.

Fachportal Pädagogik
The FIS education literature database is the most comprehensive bibliographical database for education in the German-speaking area. It offers access to numerous electronic texts from all areas of education: a result of the cooperative collaboration of about 30 education-related teaching materials.

Web of Science
The database contains 55 million entries from the most important journals, conference proceedings and books in the natural, social and human sciences. (All titles are available as of 2004). 
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Databases, digital text collections and electronic journals funded by the DFG.

The contents can also be found in the OPAC.

general

• Access to e-books is free of charge for university members. External users can access as far as the licensing agreements allow.
• A library account is not required for university members to use e-books
• All licensed e-books are included in the OPAC: see tips for e-book research

terms of use

• The respective terms of use can be found on the provider pages

In general:

• The conditions regarding downloads or printing are determined by the provider
• Content transfer to third parties is not permitted
• Usage is only permitted for your own scientific purposes
• Systematic downloading is prohibited

copyright / data protection in electronic offers (databases, e-books, journals)

The use of our electronic offers (e-books, e-journals, databases) is possible within the framework of copyright law.

In addition, the licence agreements of the respective provider apply. The applicable licence conditions can be viewed on our homepage (E-books/Research & Databases) and on the providers' pages.

The electronic offers can be accessed via the library homepage, the OPAC or externally (Google or similar). Access is automatically established via IP check (with VPN connection outside the campus). With most providers, you can recognise by our logo/name that it is a product licensed by us.

You do not have to provide any personal data to access our licensed offers.

However, many providers allow personal registration for further functions (watch lists, bookmarks, saving search queries...). The use of such offers is voluntary. If a person decides to use them, the provider is the person responsible for processing personal data. The providers' data protection information can be viewed on their website. If corresponding offers are not used, this will not result in any disadvantages or restrictions for you in terms of pure access to the electronic offers.

In particular, we would like to point out that when using corresponding additional offers, data may be transferred to a third country whose level of data protection does not correspond to that of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and you may not have all rights and freedoms for the protection of personal data available to you to the same extent.

access on campus
 

• Access is automatically activated on permanently installed computers
• Access is also automatically activated with private devices and the Eduroam WiFi connection
• A VPN connection is required with private devices and all other WLAN connections

access from home

• Access is only possible with a VPN connection

important information regarding vpn connection:

• Start the VPN client before opening the e-book (otherwise the provider will not recognise you as an authorised user)
• If you forget:
  • Clear the browser cache
  • Start VPN
  • Restart browser
  • Download/view the e-book

Below you will find the most important e-book providers. However, in order to search specifically for e-books, we recommend to search via the OPAC:

• Beck-eLibrary (terms of use)
  • has publishers: C.H.Beck, uvk, Vahlen, Versus, New Business Verlag, 
  • Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
• CABI Leisure and Tourism e-books (terms of use)
  • Privacy policy:: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
• DeGruyter e-books (terms of use)
  • Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
• Digital SAP-Bibliothek / Espresso-Tutorials
• EBSCOhost eBook collection (terms of use)
  • Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
• Hanser E-Books (terms of use)
  • Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
• Herdt Campus: If necessary, activate VPN before accessing Herdt Campus. The online platform HERDTCampus of the HERDT publishing house enables the download of more than 700 digital teaching and learning books on the following topics: Windows, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice/LibreOffice, ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence), Design/Layout/PDF, CAD, Communication/Collaboration, Systems/Networks, Programming, Web, Databases, Job and Career, IT Management, PC Beginners, Commercial Practice/SAP, XPERT, Tactile Writing, SIZ, IKA Training, Especially for Schools and Universities. The e-books can be downloaded as PDF files. In some cases, additional digital media such as video tutorials are also available. A copyright notice is included with each download. Note on data protection.
• Hogrefe E-Books (Terms of Use)
  • Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
• IGI Global (Terms of Use)
  • Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
• Kohlhammer (Terms and conditions of use) It is intended to be used via IP-Check. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and takes place without the responsibility of DIT. Information on the data collected there and its processing can be found in the provider's privacy policy.
• ProQuest ebook Central (terms of use | instructions)
  • Privacy policy:: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
• Springer e-books (terms of use) The intended use is via IP-Check. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and takes place without the responsibility of DIT. Information on the data collected and its processing can be found in the provider's privacy policy.
  • Economics (German Package 2006-)
  • Engineering and Computer Science (German Package 2006-)
  • Medicine (German package 2017-)
  • Natural Sciences (German Package 2017-)
  • Psychology (German Package 2017-)
  • Chemistry and Materials Science (Package 2022-)
  • Computer Science (Package 2022-)
  • Earth and Environmental Science (Package 2022-)
  • Energy (Package 2020-)
  • Engineering (Package 2020-)
  • Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (Package 2020-)
  • Mathematics and Statistics (Package 2022-)
  • Professional and Applied Computing (Package 2020-)
• Thieme E-Books
  eRef
  Terms of Use
  Privacy Policy
  Further agreements
  
  MedOne
  Terms of Use
  Privacy Policy
  Further Agreements
  
  The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
   
• UTB e-books (terms of use)
  • Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
• WISO e-books (terms of use)
  • Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

general

• Access to e-journals is free of charge for university members. External users can access as far as the licensing agreements allow.
• A library account is not required for university members to use e-journals

Journals

Electronic Journals Library Deggendorf

Lists all electronic journals and shows their availability.
availability.
Terms of Use

Licensed journal packages

Sage

Journals published by Sage from 1999 onwards.

Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
 

SpringerNature

Permanent access to the current volumes of the contract period of all 1,900 Springer journals (incl. Springer Medical, Palgrave, Adis and Macmillan Academic).
This offer is part of the DEAL project.
Flyer SpringerNature
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Wiley

Permanent access to the entire portfolio of electronic journals published by the Wiley publishing house, including back volumes up to 1997. This includes more than 1,600 journal titles ("Wiley Online Open"). There is permanent access rights to the licensed volumes and back up to and including 1997 (connection to the existing DFG national licence for Wiley journals).
This offer is part of the DEAL project.
Flyer Wiley
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Open Access Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals

This directory contains almost 17,500 peer-reviewed open access journals in the fields of technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Nature Communications

Scientific open access journals on the subject area natural sciences.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Scientific Reports

Scientific open access journals on the topics natural sciences, psychology, medicine and technology.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Free Medical Journals

Scientific open access journals on the subject of medicine.
Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.

Newspapers

New York Times

Privacy policy: The use via IP check is intended. In addition, personal registration (mail addresses with th-deg.de or stud.th-deg.de) is possible; this is voluntary and DIT is not responsible for the information data collected.
Registration enables, among other things, use via the mobile app ("Log in with email instead").

SZ LibraryNet
Licensed content: the Germany, Bavaria and Munich editions of the Süddeutsche Zeitung with the county editions from 1992 onwards, the SZ magazine from Sept. 1993, further SZ special issues and supplements, the online edition sueddeutsche.de as of 2008.
Terms of use

Printed newspapers

Find daily and weekly newspapers in the Deggendorf ITC2 library reading room, opposite the librarians desk. These are kept for 2 weeks but aren't permanently archived.

• Deggendorfer Zeitung
• Donauanzeiger
• Frankfurter Allgemeine
• Handelsblatt
• Die Zeit

Printed magazines

These can be found in the DIT library in Deggendorf:

GENERAL INFORMATION

Open science is about opening up scientific research, communication, teaching and learning processes to greater exchange, transparency, legal security, reusability and reproducibility. It thus enables reliable and good scientific practice and faster and globally accessible dissemination of research results. Open science includes open access, open education, open data, open source software, open hardware and open methodology.

The university and university library are involved in many of these areas. The Statutes for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice and Dealing with Scientific Misconduct at Deggendorf Institute of Technology regulate aspects such as open source software and open data. Similarly, in the context of research projects, regulations as to whether and how third parties are granted access to research data should be laid down and, if possible and reasonable, self-programmed software should be made accessible along with the source code (Section 14). The Open Access Policy of Deggendorf Institute of Technology provides recommendations for the secondary publication and archiving of publications and for applying for funding to reimburse the costs for publication in open access journals.

COUNSELLING

Do you have any questions about open science? The library management (bib-leitung@th-deg.de) and the university's Open Access Officer can help you if you have any questions about open access. Dr. Seffer (kristin.seffer@th-deg.de) and Ms. Kling (karin.kling@th-deg.de) can help you with open data and research data management. The other aspects of open science are also gradually being expanded, so the Digital Teaching team can be contacted about open educational resources.

For further information and national counselling services, also visit:

• https://open-access.network/services/helpdesk and https://open-access.network/informieren
• https://forschungsdaten.info/kontakt/ and https://forschungsdaten.info/themen/informieren-und-planen/ as well as the respective specialist Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur (NFDI - National Research Data Infrastructure) consortia at https://www.nfdi.de/
• https://open-educational-resources.de/das-team-von-oerinfo/, https://open-educational-resources.de/allgemein-in-der-hochschule/ and https://oer-faq.de/ as a collection of questions and answers
• Working group “Digital Tools - Software and Services" of the priority initiative "Digital Information”: https://www.allianzinitiative.de/handlungsfelder/digitale-werkzeuge-software-und-dienste/#Arbeitsgruppe.

RESEARCH

By open access publications

• In general, in scientific search engines or catalogues:
  • BASE: https://www.base-search.net/?l=de
  • CORE: https://core.ac.uk
  • Dimensions (with the "All OA" filter; free prior registration required): https://app.dimensions.ai/discover/publication
  • OAIster: https://oaister.on.worldcat.org/discovery
  • WorldCat (filter results list by “Open Access” under “Openly accessible content”): https://search.worldcat.org/de

                  Nowadays, results can be filtered by open access in almost all subject-specific databases (e.g. Web of Science, IEEE Xplore).

• Depending on the desired medium:
  • E-books: Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), OAPEN or OpenEdition
  • Articles in e-journals: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  • Preprints: OSF Preprints and subject-specific preprint repositories such as arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv, techRxiv, PMC PubMed Central
  • Digitised copies, e.g., of manuscripts or older works: Europeana, Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) and Digitale Sammlungen (Digital Collections)
  • Dissertations and postdoctoral theses: DNB Hochschulschriften (University Publications), DART-Europe e-theses, EThOS and OATD.org
• Based on an existing Digital Object Identifier (DOI):
  • Open Access Button: https://openaccessbutton.org/
  • Unpaywall browser extension: https://unpaywall.org/

                 By Open Data datasets

• Two-step search for the appropriate research data repository and then in the repository's web portal:
  • re3data (registry of research data repositories)
  • Search portal of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
  • FAIRsharing Databases
  • OpenDOAR (filter "Content Types" by e.g., "Datasets" and/or "Software")
• Directly by datasets:
  • Google Dataset Search
• EUDAT B2FIND
• European Union Open Data Portal
• DataCite search (filter results list by "Dataset” under "Work Type")
• DataOne
• gesisDataSearch

                 Also see https://forschungsdaten.info/fr/themen/finden-und-nachnutzen/forschungsdaten-finden/ for further search options.

By open educational resources

Open Educational Resources (OER) can include a wide variety of resources, from images, PowerPoint presentations, videos, textbooks and assignment books to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). One of the most important search engines for universities is the Open Educational Resources Search Index (OERSI).

Image sources for lectures or courses are often found via Wikimedia Commons or Google Image Search (search filter usage rights: "Creative Commons licences"). Also see https://open-educational-resources.de/materialien/oer-verzeichnisse-und-services/ for further search options.

By open source software

The website https://osssoftware.org/ lists open source alternatives to popular programmes and usage scenarios. The Open Source Observatory (OSOR) is also an information source for researchers and university administrative organisations who want to use open source solutions. Open source code can also be found on platforms such as GitHub or SourceForge.

By open hardware

With the OHO Search Engine, the Open Hardware Observatory offers a search engine that specialises in Open Hardware and Do it Yourself projects. You can also explore many projects in the Open Hardware Repository.

With the Open Lab Starter Kit, you can create open source hardware and machines at low cost.

COSTS

The financing responsibility shifts in the case of open access: while in the case of closed access, readers or the library purchase the journal, issue or book, with open access, access to the publication is unrestricted and free of charge. Many publishers are therefore shifting their revenue side towards publication charges and related Open Access Article Processing Charges (APC) or Book Processing Charges (BPC). Therefore, please make sure before publishing that you can finance this cost or that this cost can be absorbed (see Form: Application for the assumption of charges for open access publications. Contact person is Dr. Seffer (kristin.seffer@th-deg.de); please note that cost absorption does not take place automatically and every time an application is submitted).

Exceptions to this are so-called Diamond Open Access publishers and journals without BPC or APC. As a rule, these are run or financed non-commercially by professional societies, universities or libraries, which is why they are not dependent on large monetary incomes. Such Diamond Open Access journals without publication charges can be searched via the following sources:

• In the Directory of Open Access Journals, via the filter “Without Fees”: https://doaj.org/
• In the Free Journal Network: https://freejournals.org/current-member-journals/
• In the list of Diamond Open Access journals hosted in Germany: https://doi.org/10.4119/unibi/2963331
• Unfortunately, extensive search options for BPC-free open access books are not available yet. However, Open Book Publishers is a well-known publisher without BPCs.

Any research funded by the European Commission can also be published without APC in Open Research Europe.

When you publish in closed access, you sometimes have the option of free open access Secondary publication.

Finding suitable open access journals

There are various support platforms and journal recommenders to facilitate the search for suitable journals. Please note that all open access business forms, and not just Diamond Open Access, have been listed here. Check the cost situation accordingly:

• oa.finder: this platform takes into account existing open access contracts of the respective institution, lists the relevant journals to which the contract applies and makes them searchable via keyword or title searches.
• B!SON: here, you can enter the conceived title, abstract and, if available, the sources already cited; a list of suitable open access journals with a corresponding relevance score is then displayed.
• Jane – Journal/Author Name Estimator (Show extra options – Choose your open access options: “Search only open access journals”): here, too, you can enter the title and/or abstract and get a list of suggestions.
• Recommendations from open-access.network depending on the discipline: experts from the respective subject areas have compiled information on relevant open access journals here.
• Publisher-specific journal recommenders, e.g., SpringerNature Journal suggester, Elsevier JournalFinder, Wiley Journal Finder, Taylor & Francis Journal Suggester, etc. with partial filter and selection options by open access

Two APC-free (see Costs) Diamond Open Access journals hosted at the university are the Bavarian Journal of Applied Sciences and the Journal of Applied Interdisciplinary Research.

Identifying predatory publishers

In order to find the right journal for an open access publication, you should check the journal in advance for reliability (also see Think. Check. Submit) or use white lists such as the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). There are so-called pseudo-publishers/predatory publishers (Predatory publishers) who promise rapid publication but offer no or inadequate quality assurance (peer review).

The following points should be considered positive for a newly published scientific journal: an established publisher, an affiliation with a professional society, verifiable evidence in relevant databases, an official journal impact factor, the use of persistent identifiers (ISSN, DOI), transparent policies for the long-term archiving of publications and research data, renowned editors and editorial team, and established and serious peer review procedures with expert reviewers.

In addition to the lack of the above, the following points are also considered negative: self-calculated or imaginary impact factors, the false indication of indexing in subject-specific databases under Abstracting and Indexing Services, the publisher's registered office at accommodation addresses or addresses in Asia that cannot be verified via Google Maps, and the use of spam e-mails and mass invitations to publish.

See also the checklist of characteristics of dubious journals on this topic.

Deal and other open access conctracts on DIT

SpringerNature

The university participates in the SpringerNature contract of the DEAL project.

There is a discount on the publication charges (APCs) for publications in open access journals of the SpringerOpen and BioMed Central brands. For the journal list and discounted APCs, see https://keeper.mpdl.mpg.de/f/a6dc1e1ed4fc4becb194/?dl=1, column “Current DEAL Cost Contribution” under publishing model “Fully Open Access”. Please note that the APC is subject to an additional €150 net service fee from MPDL Service gGmbH and 19% VAT on the subsequent net total amount. A publication charge of €2,600 net plus a €150 net service fee from MPDL Service gGmbH and 19% VAT are payable for SpringerNature subscription journals. An “opt-out” is not possible.

Therefore, please make sure before publishing that you can finance these costs or that they can be absorbed (see Form: Application for the assumption of charges for open access publications; only possible in case of “Fully Open Access”. Contact person is Dr. Seffer (kristin.seffer@th-deg.de); please note that cost absorption does not take place automatically and every time an application is submitted).

Wiley

The university participates in the Wiley contract of the DEAL project.

There is a discount on the publication charges (APCs) for publications in open access journals of the Wiley and Hindawi brands. For the journal list and discounted APCs, see https://keeper.mpdl.mpg.de/f/fed54cfc4e7f4c178137/?dl=1, column “EUR APC, Discounted (20%)” under revenue model “OA”. Please note that the APC is subject to an additional €150 net service fee from MPDL Service gGmbH and 19% VAT on the subsequent net total amount. Publication charges of €2,200 to €3,150 net (see column "EUR PAR fee" under revenue model "HOA") plus a €150 net service fee from MPDL Service gGmbH and 19% VAT are payable for Wiley subscription journals. An “opt-out” is not possible.

Therefore, please make sure before publishing that you can finance these costs or that they can be absorbed (see Form: Application for the assumption of charges for open access publications; only possible in case of “Fully Open Access”. Contact person is Dr. Seffer (kristin.seffer@th-deg.de); please note that cost absorption does not take place automatically and every time an application is submitted).

Sage

University publishers can publish as Corresponding Authors in all hybrid journals in the package (title list) in open access free of charge and without restriction as part of the SAGE Premier contract package. The following article types are authorised: original research papers, review papers, brief communications, short reports, case reports.

Your affiliation will be recognised via the Sage portal and you will receive an e-mail from the publisher with a link to confirm the open access option. Please note the time frame stated in the e-mail, after which the free open access option may be cancelled. You can find more information here: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-agreements-at-sage/germany

Secondary publication

In the open access context, a secondary publication is the freely accessible publication of a scientific work that appears before, simultaneously with or after the publisher's version. This practice, also known as "green open access" or the "green route", refers on the one hand to the publication of preprints in subject-specific repositories such as arXiv bioRxiv or medRxiv, and on the other to the subsequent free access to closed access publications.

Certain conditions must be observed in the case of secondary publication. The self-archiving policy of the respective publisher must be observed; see Sherpa Romeo as a possible research platform. For example, secondary publications may often only be in the form of a preprint or postprint, and not in the version published by the publisher (VoR). Often, embargo periods must also be observed, i.e., a secondary publication may only take place after a certain period of time has elapsed since publication by the publisher. A reference must always be made to the original publication; publishers sometimes stipulate certain details or provide sample sentences, for example:

"This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with the Publisher’s Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions."

As a rule, secondary publication may take place on appropriate platforms such as institutional or subject-specific repositories. Often, publication on personal websites of the teaching unit or institution is also permitted. Many publishers, however, do not allow distribution in commercial academic networks (e.g., ResearchGate, academia.edu).

You can use the Dissemin service if you want a secondary publication of several or all of your publications.

Open access policies of third-party funders

The Sherpa Juliet platform provides an overview of the open access policies (mandatory or recommended rules or guidelines) of all third-party funders.

In all EU-funded projects in particular, open access to published project publications (e.g., by using Open Research Europe) and organised research data management are mandatory.

Data Management Plan

A data management plan (DMP) documents the entire life cycle envisaged for the data. This means that it describes how the research data is handled from the planning of its collection to the publication, long-term archiving or, if necessary, scheduled deletion of unpublished data. It answers at least the following questions:

• What data is collected?
• Which bodies must be consulted before data collection?
• In what form and where is the data backed up in the various project phases?
• Who has access to the data and when?
• Who is responsible for the individual steps?
• What legal guidelines must be observed?
• Will the data be made available to others and if so, how?

The video https://youtu.be/fMxhFRAul80 and https://forschungsdaten.info/ provide a general introduction to research data management (RDM) and DMPs. There are also various software tools that support the creation of a DMP, such as DMPonline or DMPTool.

Publishing and archiving data

Research data can either be published in data journals or, especially in the case of larger datasets, in online repositories and thus generally also archived for the long term. The re3data platform provides an overview of existing repositories. In addition to subject-specific repositories, there are also generic research data repositories. The most widely known ones are Zenodo, Dryad, Figshare and OSF.

For local data, you can of course also use your network drives or the additional IT services of the university.

FAIR data

Published research data should be FAIR. The acronym FAIR stands for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. The GO FAIR Initiative has created a comprehensive framework for these FAIR principles.

Many third-party funders, above all the DFG and the EU, call on researchers to publish their datasets in accordance with the FAIR principles wherever possible.

Legal Aspects

Open educational resources refer to freely accessible teaching and educational material. The most important thing here is to use an open licence such as a Creative Commons licence (preferably CC BY). However, especially when using third-party content (e.g., images), make sure that you have the necessary licensing rights and that different licence types can actually be combined. A wealth of information on finding and creating open educational resources can be found at https://open-educational-resources.de/.

Publishing Oers

Depending on the type of open educational resource, you can publish it on iLearn, on OPEN vhb of the Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern or its OER repository or on an OER repository such as OER Commons. Generic repositories such as Zenodo, Dryad, Figshare and OSF also generally support document types such as presentation, lesson, video and their publication. 

You can apply for financial support to create an open course for OPEN vhb, see https://www.vhb.org/lehrende/kurse/foerderung/ and its sub-pages on the funding rounds

Legal Aspects

Software whose source code is open (i.e., can be viewed, modified and used free of charge) and is provided with an open licence is called open source. There are various open source licences: here are the most important licences and a selection guide. The licences differ, among other things, in Copyleft. This clause is responsible for ensuring that extensions to open software are also open.

Publishing the source code

Git, GitHub, GitLab, SourceForge and similar platforms can be used for publishing and version control of code for open source software, see for example https://mygit.th-deg.de/explore/projects.

Definition and legal aspects

Open hardware is a collective term for construction plans (e.g., design files, installation instructions, blueprints, exploded views) that are designed, published and licensed for reuse and, ideally, provide readily available components. The Open Source Hardware Association has established various criteria that open hardware should fulfil, for example technology neutrality. As with open source software, it is important to include an open hardware licence with the publication, such as the CERN Open Hardware Licence.

Publishing open hardware files

In addition to source code platforms, you can use the generic open hardware repository or specific repositories depending on the type of open hardware, such as Thingiverse for 3D-print files, to publish open hardware files. Individual open hardware journals have also been founded in recent years and offer the possibility of publishing files and an accompanying article.