Free and to be read anywhere: The UB has 40,000 e-books

The TUM's University Library has bought or licensed more than 40,000 scientific e-book titles. No matter if you are connected to the TUM network by the campus-wide net-access or logged in from outside the network by eAccess – all the e-media is available for free and at any time.

No matter if you are using a desktop PC, a laptop or an e-book reader – e-books can be read on all of these devices and have many advantages: Full-text-search for keywords, personal notes, highlighting of text-passages, the integration of own files or the possibility to export data. Discover the wide range of e-book packages and individual titles in the University Library`s online catalog (OPAC)!

A small sample of the available online media:

• the Knovel Library with e-books on Aerospace & Radar Technology, Electronics & Semiconductors, Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering and also Nanotechnology
• German-language scientific Springer e-books on medicine, natural sciences, engineering and computer science, economics and social sciences
• Almost the entire range of e-books published by Elsevier
• Safari Books Online with more than 12,000 English and 500 German e-books on IT, digital media, technology and jobs / careers
• SIAM E-Books on applied mathematics and computer sciences
• the Thieme E-Book Library on biology, chemistry, medicine and psychology

More information about the general use of e-books can be found on the University Library's website www.ub.tum.de/ebooks.

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