Restrictions in the library's licence offering from 2025

Due to price increases and losses in the library budget for 2025, some campus licences for e-book packages and databases unfortunately had to be cancelled.

The decision on which services to cancel was made after careful analysis of usage statistics and with the involvement of the faculty deans.

We would like to openly communicate the restrictions in the library's licence offer and at the same time show you alternatives.

Services that can mitigate the loss of licences

1. Interlibrary loan

A large part of the literature available at any academic library in Germany can be ordered free of charge in the print version for loan/as a copy of an article via interlibrary loan. All information on interlibrary loan is summarised here.

2. Lean Library

Lean Library is a free browser plug-in that helps you with your internet research and provides the best possible access to full texts.

3. Acquisition suggestions

Depending on its financial situation, the library can still purchase individual e-books as campus licences in 2025 or alternatively acquire print editions. Please use our form for book requests or send us a short email to [Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript].

4. Use alternative databases

In the database information system DBIS you can search for other freely available databases or databases licensed by the THA and check which other libraries in Germany may allow the use of a required database (for guest readers this is usually possible at the library PCs of the respective library).

Search for freely available databases in your subject area
List of databases licenced at Augsburg University Library (use mostly possible on PCs at Augsburg University Library)
List of databases licenced by the Bavarian State Library in Munich (some can also be used from home if you have a BSB library card)
Cross-library search for databases subject to licence (you can display which libraries offer licences for each database)

E-book portals, which will only be available to a limited extent from 2025

So-called evidence-based selection (EBS) models:

In recent years, some publishers applied the campus licence for all e-books contained on the publisher's platform. The library paid X amount for this licence. At the end of each year, individual e-books were selected for permanent ownership by the library for X amount (an e-book costs a multiple of a print book as a campus licence).

From 2025, this EBS model will end for the following publishing platforms. This means that only the individual e-book titles selected in previous years will remain accessible in full text.

Over the past few years (in some cases since 2015), these publishers have been able to build up an extensive, permanent stock of sought-after e-book titles for studying:

DeGruyter
Hanser (approx. 510 e-books are still permanently licenced)
Wiley e-Books (access to Wiley e-journals remains unchanged)

The EBS model has only been in place at these publishers for around 2 years; the remaining permanent licence volume is lower here:

Packt Publishing; approximately 159 permanently licensed e-books remain
Pearson (EBS model already ended on 31 October 2024; approx. 80 permanently licenced e-books remain)
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (EBS model ended on 31 July 2024; approx. 35 permanently licensed e-books from the field of social work remain. Numerous open access publications are also available on the platform).

It will take some time to delete the e-books that are no longer licensed from the InfoGuide. Please let us know if you cannot access an e-book that you find in the InfoGuide and we will check the catalogue entry.

Databases that will only be available to a limited extent from 2025 onwards

Building Types Online:
- The database will no longer receive updates from 2025 (the previous database will be frozen).
- All content as at 31/12/2024 can still be accessed.
E-Journal Werkstattstechnik:
- Searching is still possible.
- Access to numerous full texts is still possible as part of the publisher's switch to Open Access since 2/2023.
- Access to the volumes 2015-2022 licensed in the past also remains possible.
- There may be restrictions for older volumes (2000-2014).
Süddeutsche Zeitung:
- Access to the SZ Retro issues 1945-1992 will be cancelled.
- The current issues from 1992 onwards will remain licenced.

Databases and e-book portals that will be completely cancelled from 2025

Business Source Elite:
- Alternatively, you can use the Business Source Premier database on the PCs at Augsburg University Library .
Juris für Hochschulen:
- You can use the Juris database on the PCs at Augsburg University Library nutzen.
O'Reilly:
- A small number of the e-books are available directly via the publihing platform Packt Publishing, Pearson and Wiley via campus licences.
- E-books not available there can be ordered as print editions via interlibrary loan
E-journals Science and Science Robotics:
- Research is still possible.
- Full-text PDF access is subject to a charge. Tip: Use the browser plugin Lean Library, to be referred to possible Open Access versions of the articles on other platforms!
- Yout can order required articles via interlibrary loan
PsycInfo and PsycArticles
- both databases can be used from home with a library card from the Bavarian State Library (BSB) (BSB-link to PsycArticles and PsycInfo)
FGSV Technisches Regelwerk Straßenbautechnik und Straßenverkehrstechnik: The licence ends on 5.2.2025. The TU Munich library continues to offer the option of PCs on site.

Financial Times (Licence already ended on 30.09.2024)

RSWB: The database is no longer updated by the operator and is therefore no longer licensed by us. Individuals can purchase personal access for 2 weeks for approx. 60€ (the library cannot cover the costs).

Print subscriptions for some newsstand magazines were also cancelled at the end of 2024. The Augsburg City Library offers a wide range of print-journals (e.g. Öko-Test, Test (Stiftung Warentest), Finanztest).

Databases that can still be used to the usual extent in 2025

ACM
Baugeräteliste
beck eLibrary (EBS-Modell mit Zugriff auf sämtliche E-Books der Plattform, auch auf Neuerscheinungen 2025)
beck-online
Content Select
DETAILinspiration
Hogrefe PsyJournals
ibr online
IEEE
Linkedin Learning
Nautos
Nomos
nwb
Pressreader
PSYNDEX
Science Direct
Scopus
Springer Nature Link: Alle bisherigen E-Book-Themenpakete bleiben lizenziert und umfassen auch Neuerscheinungen, es sind bereits einige Titel aus 2025 verfügbar.
Statista
utb eLibrary
VDE-Normen
WISO

The licence for Citavi has been extended until 30.11.2025.

Databases A-Z

Here you will find descriptions, licence information and access links to all the library's databases. ↗