Info for students
at the UW/H
Info for students
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Information on use
Borrowing books is only possible for students and University of Witten/Herdecke employees.
The prerequisite for borrowing media from the university library is an activated electronic user account in the LIBERO library system and assigning a password and PIN for booking media at the self-service machine.
You can find out how to activate the user account in this video or the step-by-step guide.
You are also welcome to contact one of the library employees during the campus library's opening hours and do the activation together.
Borrowing books is only possible for students and University of Witten/Herdecke employees.
The prerequisite for borrowing media from the university library is an activated electronic user account online and assigning a PIN for booking media at the self-checkout machine (see above, registration & library account). An activated electronic user account is not necessary to read e-books!
Borrowing and returning
Media can be borrowed and returned during the library's opening hours and is done independently via the self-checkout machine in the entrance area.
Return deadline exceeded
Media whose return deadline has been exceeded can only be returned at the information desk during the library's opening hours. Magazines and books from the semester reserve are exempt from borrowing.
For more information, please refer to the library's terms of use.
The loan period is usually 28 days. It is automatically extended three times by 28 days, provided that there is no reservation for the medium in question.
IMPORTANT: Absence from the university does not release you from adhering to the loan period.
If the loan period is exceeded, late fees are due. The obligation to pay arises when the deadline expires and is not tied to a reminder or warning.
The fees and expenses set out in the Terms of Use apply in the Witten/Herdecke University Library.
The multifunction printers are located in the entrance area of the campus library in the copy room.
The overhead scanner is in the back of the library opposite the stairs to the reading room (basement). It can be used to scan from above, which is particularly gentle on books and faster than with a “normal” scanner/printer. The data is saved on a USB stick.
- Free to use
- Saving on a USB stick (direct printing is not possible)
- Multi-touch user interface
- Scanning from above, with the book open (no need to turn the books over)
- Automatic “finger” removal (fingers that may be holding the book are removed by the scanner and digitally filled with the book white of the scanned page)
- Book fold correction (automatic compensation of distortions in the book fold)
- Easy scanning, e.g. B. of file folders
- Preview function for reliable results (various correction options before saving)
- Multilingual user guidance
- Original format, max. 480 x 360 mm
- Scanning in colour, grayscale, black/white
- Resolution 300 dpi, optionally 600 dpi
- File formats for saving PDF, TIF or JPG
The scanner is available during the library's opening hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.).
Would you like to see how the book scanner works? (The data outputs network, print, email and Dropbox presented in the video are not offered.)
The books (except for those in medicine and dentistry) are arranged according to the GHB system.
The medical and dental books are arranged according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine system.
Authorisation
For licensing reasons, access to licensed databases, e-journals, and e-books at the Witten/Herdecke University Library is only permitted to students and employees of the UW/H. People who do not belong to this group are excluded from using the library. If you belong to the authorised group and do not yet have access data (username and standard password) for the UW/H IT network, please contact the office of the dean responsible.
Access from external computers
Using a proxy system, the Witten/Herdecke University Library's licensed offerings can be used from computers outside the campus network (external computers). This is possible without downloading and installing software (such as VPN)!
After you have found a corresponding electronic offering (e-journal, database, etc.) on the university library's website, click on this link. A login page will open where you must authenticate yourself with your UW/H login data. You will then be taken to the provider's e-journal website or database.
Information on the login page
You must enter the user name you were given in writing when you started working or studying at the UW/H and your personal standard password.
User name
If you do not have your user name (or no longer have it), please get in touch with the support team at BIT-Support@uni-wh.de in the Department of Information Technology (BIT).
Standard password (password)
If you have forgotten your password, you can use "Password Self Service." For security reasons, the password expires and must be changed every 180 days. Please also use self-service for this.
Please note the following when accessing the website from outside the university's local network:
After successful login, the URL in the browser's address line must always contain ...uni-wh.idm.oclc.org... If this is not the case, you will no longer be surfing via the UW/H proxy and will, therefore, no longer be authorised by the providers of electronic offerings (publishers, etc.). This happens, for example, if you enter the URLs of electronic offerings directly or use bookmarks. Access will then no longer work!
Videos & Tutorials of the UB
"We have a DEAL" - Information about the UW/H's DEAL-Wiley contract
"Scan or copy?" - Information about the book scanner
"Thousands of journals but where?" - Information about accessing (e-)journals