Services of UCL in the Corona crisis
On 27 April 2020 we will gradually open. Not all services are available, so you can continue to use our extensive digital services.
Digital UCL
Using our e-media at home
- Access for studens and members of the University of Cologne via VPN-Client
Electronic journals, e-books and databases marked with
can only be accessed via the university network.
Setting up VPN access at the University of Cologne >> - Access for all other users
Digital services marked with
can be used by all users, regardless of their location. This also applies to our digital collections.
- Tip: Use the search filter "online"!
- Restrict your search result with the filter Access mode - online. This will give you a list of all e-media in the UCL-Portal under location.
- If you are a member of the university, select the filter E-Medien an der Universität (e-media at the university)
- As an external user you select the filter E-Medien mit freiem Zugriff (e-media with free access).
Our digital services plus search tips
- More than 4 Mio. e-books, approx. 150,000 e-journals and approx. 1,650 databases are available to you as usual via the UCL-Portal.
Since 16 March 2020, over 16,000 e-books from the publishers Duncker & Humblot, Mohr Siebeck , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht and Pearson have been added for a limited period of time. The best-used titles will be permanently added to the e-book collection of UCL Cologne at the end of the term.
Tips:- Search in "Books & more": After the search you can filter your results. Under Access mode, select the entry online. You will then receive a reduced list of all e-media in the UCL-Portal under Standort (location).
- Search in "Articles & more": With Limit results to full text you can limit the display of your search results to full texts.
- Learning videos about LinedIn Learning
Students and employees* of the University of Cologne can access about 14,000 learning videos in the "LinkedIn Learning" database (German)
In times of Corona - special services offered by our database providers
Many database providers are currently expanding their offerings. These go beyond our e-media stock, which you can research in the UCL-Portal. You can find out here which publishers are expanding their offers in terms of content and time.
Up-to-date literature on COVID-19
Free services (also for external users)
+++Free articles on corona research+++
Many publishers are currently releasing content on corona research free of charge. As a result, you will find numerous online articles in the UCL-Portal under "Articles & more" using the search terms Coronavirus 2020 or Corvid 19 2020.
+++ EBSCO Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Healthcare Resource Center +++
Access to evidence-based content, current epidemiology, current blog entries and links to important external resources
+++ EBSCO: Open Access Medizinportal +++
Current announcements by government, Robert Koch Institute, etc.
+++ Elsevier: Novel Coronavirus Information Center +++
Latest early-stage and peer-reviewed research on COVID-19 from magazines such as "The Lancet" and "Cell Press"
- more than 21.000 articles are released for access to ScienceDirect
- Link: https://www.elsevier.com/connect/coronavirus-information-center
+++ IEEE Xplore Digital Library +++
IEEE provides COVID-19 relevant literature freely available on its platform
+++ SIAM Epidemiology Collection +++
Access to research literature (pandemics, vaccines, etc.)
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for 1 year
+++ University of Chicago Press E-Journals +++
Free article access to the corona research of the University of Chicago
- from 23.03.2020
- Link: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/coronavirus
+++ Wiley +++
Free access to more than 5,000 articles on COVID-19 research resources
+++ ZB MED COVID-19 Hub +++
Numerous offers in the field of research on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 for scientists and interested persons
Offers only for students and members of the University of Cologne via VPN-Client
+++ ProQuest: Coronavirus Research Database +++
- from 31.03.2020
- Link: search.proquest.com/coronavirus
E-books and e-journals - Free access (also for external users)
Free services (also for external users)
+++ American Economic Association Journals +++
American Economic Review, AER: Insights, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Journal (AEJ: Applied Economics, AEJ: Economic Policy, AEJ: Macroeconomics, AEJ: Micoreconomics), AEA: Papers and Proceedings
+++ Duke University Press +++
Access to literature on the topic of "Managing the spread of communicable diseases
- Navigating the Threat of Pandemic: https://www.dukeupress.edu/Explore-Subjects/Syllabi/Navigating-Pandemic-Syllabus
+++ Microbiology Society +++
Access to e-journals
- for the time being free to use
- Link: http://www.microbiologyresearch.org
E-Books und E-Journals - Access only in the university network
Offers only for students and members of the University of Cologne via VPN-Client
+++ Artstore Digital Library +++
Access via VPN (remote access) possible for students and other university members (teaching staff, research assistants)
- until 30.06.2021
- The database currently contains over 3 million images from over 280 collections in the fields of art, architecture, humanities and social sciences.
- http://library.artstor.org/
+++ Beck-online +++
Access via VPN (remote access) possible for students and other university members (teaching staff, research assistants)
- until 31.12.2021
- The journals "Juristische Schulung" and "Juristische Ausbildung" were switched off as of 30.06.2020 and are no longer available.
- Informaiton of the Beck-Verlag (German): https://beck-online.beck.de/Hilfe/beck-online-Zugänge_während_der_Corona-Krise
Please note:
- When registering for beck-online access during the Corona crisis, it is mandatory to provide a valid e-mail address of the University of Cologne (...@uni-koeln.de).
- An anonymous use of beck-online, as it has been possible so far, is temporarily NOT possible from the network of the University of Cologne.
- All already existing personalised accesses remain valid!
+++ Duncker & Humblot eLibrary +++
Access to the entire service with more than 6,500 e-books
- until 31.12.2021
- subject areas: law, economics, society, politics, history, philosophy and literature
- The best-used titles are permanently transferred to our e-book collection after the end of the term
- The titles are now searchable in the UCL-Portal.
- Duncker & Humblot eLibrary: https://elibrary.duncker-humblot.com/
+++ JSTOR +++
E-Journals
- until 30.06.2022
- All collections are accessible.
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Overview: https://about.jstor.org/covid19/
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Discipline-Specific Archive Collections (neu): https://www.jstor.org/librarians/products/journals/discipline-specific
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Public health Archive (neu): https://about.jstor.org/l/public-health/
+++ Mohr Siebeck +++
Access to over 3,500 e-books in theology, Jewish studies, religious studies, history, classical studies, philosophy, law, economics and social/cultural sciences
- until 31.12.2021
- The best-used titles are permanently transferred to our e-book collection after the end of the term
- The titles are now searchable in the UCL-Portal.
- Mohr Siebeck: https://www.mohrsiebeck.com/
+++ Nomos e-Library +++
Access to over 10,500 e-books in law, politics, economics, media studies & communication research, history, sociology, educational research, cultural studies, Europe, health science, philosophy and religion
- until 31.07.2021
- The best-used titles are permanently transferred to our e-book collection after the end of the term
- The titles are now searchable in the UCL-Portal.
- Nomos e-Library: https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/
+++ Pearson textbooks +++
Access to 234 German language and 354 English language textbooks
- until 31 December 2021
- At the end of the term the best used titles will be permanently added to our e-book stock.
- The titles are now searchable in the UCL portal.
- Pearson textboks - list of titles (XLSX, 66KB)
+++ Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht eLibrary +++
Access to the entire service (e-books and journals)
- until 31.12.2021
- subject areas: classical studies, German studies, history, education, philosophy, psychology, theology / religious studies / Jewish studies / ancient oriental studies
- The best-used titles are permanently transferred to our e-book collection after the end of the term
- The titles are now searchable in the UCL-Portal.
- Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht eLibrary: https://www.vr-elibrary.de
Educational videos
Offers only for students and members of the University of Cologne via VPN-Client
+++ LinkedIn Learning +++
Access to approx. 14,000 educational videos
- LinkedIn Learning: https://www.ub.uni-koeln.de/usbportal?service=dbinfo&id=103054
Free services (also for external users)
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