Library Catalogues

What do library catalogues offer me?

A library catalogue allows you to search a library's print and electronic stock. Discovery systems also allow you to include licensed databases and search engines in the search.

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local catalogues OPAC HS Trier and eBib to search the stocks of the libraries of Trier UAS or to access your library account.
discovery system DISCO to additionally query the contents of licensed and free databases as well as free search engines during your search.
meta-catalogues, to search simultaneously through numerous catalogues of scientific libraries with one search query (national / international).

Trier UAS: Discovery System

Link: DISCO Trier UAS
Access: Search free, download licensed content via campus computer, VPN or Shibboleth if necessary.
Content: The discovery system DISCO of Trier University of Applied Sciences is a multidisciplinary search portal that allows you to search via several scientific search tools simultaneously. Among other things, the following are queried during a search:

- the two logical library catalogues of Trier University of Applied Sciences
- scientific search engines (BASE, OpenAIRE Explore)
- some licensed databases of Trier University (Business Source Premier, DACH Information, SpringerLink, wiso)
- databases with partly free content such as IEEE Xplore and MEDLINE
- metasearch tools such as DOAJ.

You can use the following functions and options, among others:

- filters to limit your hit list (e.g. publication period, language, etc.)
- operators to formulate your search queries (AND, OR, NOT, "...", Nx, * etc.)
- SmartText search to increase your search results (you can enter whole text sections for the search)
- print and save hits or metadata
- citation help and export to literature management programmes
- personal user account with administration options and search alarm.

Trier UAS: local catalogues

Link: ebib.umwelt-campus.de
The eBib lists the stock of the Environmental Campus Library: technical books and journals (printed / electronic) as well as novels, audiobooks and DVDs (multimedia centre).
Access: free. In case of an e-book or e-journal, the hit contains a link that forwards to a database. In order to call up the full text of the document, it is usually necessary to use a campus computer or a virtual private network (VPN). Instructions for setting up a VPN connection can be found on the website of the IT-department.

Link: OPAC HS Trier
The OPAC of the Trier UAS lists the stock of the libraries at the Main Campus in Trier and at the Campus in Idar-Oberstein (printed and electronic reference books or journals). In addition, the materials of the Testothek of the Department of Therapeutic Sciences are documented (Room L202a).
Access: free. In case of an e-book or e-journal, the hit contains a link that forwards to a database. In order to call up the full text of the document, it is usually necessary to use a campus computer or a virtual private network (VPN). Instructions for setting up a VPN connection can be found on the website of the IT-department.

Others: Meta-Catalogues

Link: DigiBib
The DigiBib research portal of the North Rhine-Westphalian Library Service Centre (hbz) allows you to simultaneously request all German and some international association catalogs by selecting the options "German Library Catalogues (Books)" and "International Library Catalogues (Books & Journals)". With "Local Library Catalogues" you select the two local catalogs of the Trier UAS for research.
Access: free

Link: kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu
The Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog (KVK) allows you to request all German and numerous international catalogues simultaneously with a single search query.
Access: free

Download link software: citavi.com
The Citavi reference management program offers you the possibility to compile any library catalogue for a simultaneous catalogue search. To do this, use the "Online search" button in the "References" proram section and select the option "Add database or catalog".

Library catalogues

What do library catalogues offer me?

Trier UAS: Discovery System

Trier UAS: local catalogues

Others: Meta-Catalogues

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