Literature Research

Contains the books and e-books within the library's collection. Additionally, HNU members can order media via inter-library loan service.

Tip: When you are just starting your research and don't know much about the topic, this is your place to start. When you have found some introductory books, you can move on and search for more specific literature within the databases. 

To the library catalogue (opens in a new window)

Contents: mostly journal articles and statistics. The items without full text can be ordered via inter-library loan service in the library catalogue.
Tip: In order to use database contents properly, you should already have gathered the basic information on your topic in books. These are listed in the library catalogue.

To all databases

The EZB shows you whether or not you have online access to a particular journal: Enter the journal name to see a traffic light legend of all access points. All access points come with a link to the containing source, which is usually one of our databases.

To the Electronic Journals Library (opens in a new window)

A list of all printed and electronic journals and newspapers in our collection.

To journals and newspapers

An overview of the theses written at the HNU; if there is no blocking notice, the full texts can also be read.

To HNU theses

Google Scholar is the scientific search engine of Google. You will find both freely accessible and licensed e-books and journal articles. For EZproxy users: Please start EZproxy only afterwards on the respective results page , not on Google Scholar (because Google Scholar's ReCaptcha procedure is not compatible with EZproxy).

To Google Scholar (opens in a new window)