Teaching & Research
at the UW/H
Teaching & Research
at the UW/H
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Overview
The Witten/Herdecke University Library is an academic library whose book and media holdings are constantly adapting to the current needs of students, teachers and researchers at the UW/H. On this page you will find all research options, service offers, information on use, everything you need to know about Open Access (OA) publishing and access to our electronic resources, which can be used internally and externally. As a service facility, the library team invites members of the UW/H to contact us if required - we are happy to provide you with information and support during our opening hours.
Opening hours
University Library (ground floor) Monday - Friday | Reading room (basement) Monday - Sunday |
Latest news
UW/H now offers its researchers another interesting opportunity to publish their scientific articles. Thanks to a publication agreement with the OA publisher JMIR Publications, they can publish articles free of charge.
JMIR Publications is an open access publisher that has been in existence for 25 years and has more than 30 journals specializing in digital health topics. The publisher's flagship journal is the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) with a JIF of 5.8 (Clarivate, JCR 2024).
For more information about JMIR, see “Open Access (OA) Publishing – Special Conditions for Publication Fees.” Further information on the topic of “Open Access Publishing” is also available.
Would you like to learn more about some of the databases we offer or how to use them more efficiently? Then take part in the online training courses/webinars/consultation hours we offer. Select a date and register:
APA PsycINFO (psychology)
Business Source (all versions) (business administration)
CINAHL (nursing professions)
DynaMed (evidence-based clinical reference tool)
Juris (law)
SCOPUS (natural sciences, technology, medicine, social and economic sciences, arts and humanities)
Journal Citation Reports Training
Discover the learning resources and training information offered by Clarivate in the form of videos and tutorials.
To make activating your library account even easier, we now offer a video explaining the entire process in addition to our written step-by-step guide.
For more information, please see the information on using the University Library on the library website.
Team of the University Library

D. phil. Christiane Wirth Forsberg, (University of Oxford)
- Department management
- Library
- Administration
+49 2302 926-833
Christiane.WirthForsberg@uni-wh.de
Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 48
58455 Witten
NB-E.007

Birgit Abels
- Officer
- Library
- Administration

Daniela Hacke
- Officer
- Library
- Administration







