Online databases
Numerous online databases and other freely accessible services can be accessed via the Database Information System (DBIS) interface.
These include access to databases acquired with the support of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and its partner institutions. DBIS also provides an overview of the database offering of a number of German-language libraries.
Database
Content
Location/Access
Bibliographic database for psychology and psychological aspects from disciplines such as psychiatry, sociology, educational science, pharmacology, physiology, criminology, linguistics, anthropology, law and business administration. Approximately 2.400 peer-reviewed journals are analyzed.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
Law Database:
Judgments, comments
and papers, manuals, forms and
Contract templates. Full text versions of current case law, monthly updated about 4,500 full texts and trade news
Access via EZPROXY
with library identification
and Beck Online Account
German-language online encyclopedia.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
3.655 journals and magazines in full text, of which 2.500 are peer-reviewed.
The database also contains case studies, company profiles, conference papers, country and industry reports, interviews, SWOT analyses, market research reports and videos from the business sector and the Associated Press news agency.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
The multidisciplinary journal database DACH Information
offers access to the full texts of over 850 journals and magazines. Subject areas include business and economics, law, management, marketing, psychology and social sciences.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
DOAB is a directory for scientific peer-reviewed open access books. 93.500 publications are currently listed.
Open Access
DOAJ contains over 21.000 open access journals with over 11.000.000 indexed articles.
Open Access
EconLit offers over 500 journals and magazines in full text, including journals of the American Economic Association. The database contains more than 1.900.000 records for literature from 1969 to the present. EconLit covers almost all areas of economics and related fields with references to relevant documents. In addition, leading important journals and e-books are included in full text, which are not part of the Business Source Ultimate, including the Handbook of World Trade.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
The Entrepreneurial Studies Source database provides the latest insights into entrepreneurship and small business. The resource offers full text for more than 70 major journals as well as e-books, case studies, company profiles and videos.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
The Gabler Business Dictionary published by Springer-Gabler is considered a classic of business literature. Since 2009, it has been available as a freely accessible online offer with an extended range of uses. The freely accessible expert knowledge comprises 25.000 keywords - written by 200 proven experts and continuously reviewed by editors.
Free Access
With its general, scientific and official titles, the database covers topics relating to the links between the environment and agriculture, education and teaching, law, health and technology. It is possible to search over 1.300.000 records and access is granted to over 15.000 free full texts.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
The extensive Juris database contains legal texts, case law, regulations, commentaries, books and journals. The following products are available via the university license:
- juris Spectrum Universities
- juris additional module Universities
- Staudinger Online
- Public administration portal Universities
Access via EZPROXY with
library identification.
Password access for
professors and senior
academic staff of HWR-Berlin.
Please send your request to
hsb.cs@hwr-berlin.de
The video-on-demand streaming service Kanopy currently provides access to around 21.000 films, documentaries, series and educational videos, mainly in English, covering a wide range of topics. Kanopy works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies and thus offers material from the Media Education Foundation, PBS and the BBC, among others.
Access without restriction within the campus network of the HWR Berlin / outside via EZPROXY with library identification.
Website of the Kommunale Gemeinschaftsstelle für Verwaltungsmanagement (KGSt), the local government association for public administrators regarding local authority management. The knowledge database contains a variety of documents (statements, expert opinions, manuals, materials, reports and position papers) regarding local authority management issues.
Access with personal password for members (teachers, employees and students) of the HWR Berlin. Personal access by registering with the HWR email address as your "user name". By registering, you accept the KGSt's general terms and conditions, which creates a contract between you and the KGSt - not between the HWR and the KGSt.
Information science database with documents from the fields of library science, documentation science, online retrieval and information competence
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
Löwe-Rosenberg contains one of the most comprehensive and fundamental commentaries on the German Code of Criminal Procedure. The large commentary explains the Code of Criminal Procedure, the GVG, the EGGVG as well as the provisions of the MRK and the IPBPR relating to criminal proceedings.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
Macrobond
Economic, monetary, financial and fiscal statistics. Reference framework: EU, US, emerging economies.
Single-user access in the library on Campus Schöneberg for university members. Please ask for log-in-data at the information desk.
The MPIL is an extensive work on international law, the Max Planck Encyclopaedia of Public International Law and the
Max Planck Encyclopaedia of International Procedural Law encloses.
Access without restrictions within the campus network of the HWR Berlin / outside via EZPROXY with library identification
The Nomos eLibrary is an interdisciplinary full-text database for e-books and journal articles. You will find a selection of e-books from 2006 onwards as well as all e-books from the publication years 2017-2020 as part of a DFG-funded national license. Access is also granted to other current e-books and subscribed journals.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
OECD iLibrary is the online publication portal of the "Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development" (OECD). It contains all publications and data records issued since 1998. It also includes electronic resources for the following organisations: International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and the International Transport Forum (ITF).
Free Access
The institutional publication server of HWR Berlin
includes the university’s theses
and scientific publications from members of the university.
If you want to upload your work or have any queries,
please contact hsb.cs@hwr-berlin.de
Access without restriction within the campus network of the HWR Berlin / outside via VPN
Full-text-database with regional business publications for the United States and Canadian provinces. Users can search newspapers, magazines and other resources from trusted news sources
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
Springer Nature Link offers full-text access to over 2,800 archived and current online journals and eBooks from various fields of science.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
Statistics portal with over 1,000,000 statistics on industries, companies and current topics from numerous studies and current surveys.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
The database contains the complete content of the standard work for the construction industry by Gottsch/Hasenjäger. This includes over 2.000 current DIN standards, around 350 directives and regulations as well as over 1.700 historical documents in full text.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification, further information (in German).
Database for economics and social sciences. 25 million full texts from 480 journals. 12 million literature references, 276 million full texts from the daily and weekly press from over 200 newspapers and magazines, 138 million company information, 5 million personal information and over 6.000 e-books from various publishers.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.
In Wolters Kluwer you can find materials from the publishers Carl Heymanns, Luchterhand and the Werner Verlag.
You will find legal resources like textbooks and journals in German.
Access via EZPROXY with library identification.