Our ORBISplus search portal provides easy, centralised access to the holdings of participating libraries and to a wide range of academic data sources. Printed and electronic journals can be searched in ORBISplus . Journals and serials can be searched at article level and search results can be narrowed down according to defined criteria.

• Search portal ORBISplus

A large part of scientific communication takes place via scientific journals. You can find the electronic holdings of the BIS in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB).

• Electronic Journals Library (EZB)

Newspapers provide information on current events in politics, business and society.

• Find journals and newspapers
• Journals and magazines online

An important source of information are databases that prepare and make accessible bibliographic information on specific subject areas. The Database Information System (DBIS) offers an overview organised by subject area.

• DBIS: Databases by subject area

Specialised literature and articles that are not listed in ORBISplus can be searched in specialised databases. Databases for the subject of medicine can be found here:

• PubMed
• Cochrane Library
• CINAHL
• UpToDate
  
• Further databases: DBIS Medicine

An overview of all electronically available journals can be found in the Electronic Journals Library:

• Electronic Journals: EZB Medizin

Most of the study literature for the Human Medicine degree programme is also available as e-books and can be searched via ORBISplus. Depending on the publisher, access is also possible via the following links:

• Clinical Key Student (publisher Elsevier): Registration with the university email address required, access via the university VPN client
• Thieme eRef
• Heidelberg Clinical Standards: Full texts under the "Media library" tab, access via the university's VPN client

Some of the e-books that can be searched in ORBISplus are provided by the ZB MED. You must register free of charge to access them.

The University Library offers a comprehensive training programme for students and academics at the university. The programme includes library tours, general introductions to using the library, subject-specific research courses, individual advice and introductions to literature management with Zotero.

You can find all BIS training courses in Stud.IP (70.02). You can register directly for the courses there.

• Overview of BIS training courses

In addition to the library's comprehensive training programme, the subject departments offer subject-specific training units to support teaching.

• Training programmes integrated into teaching

Reference management programmes make academic work easier, as they help you to collect the results of your literature research and keep an overview at all times. With little effort, you can insert citations into your work and automatically create your bibliography in a citation style of your choice.
The University Library offers all students and employees of the university introductions to working with the literature management programme Zotero.

• You can find more information about the programmes on the Reference management page

• The DFG-funded Specialised Information Services (FID) offer researchers access to subject-specific content and information. They offer a fast and direct supply of specialised literature and research-relevant information. As a nationwide system, FIDs complement the information infrastructures of universities and research institutions.
  Access to the resources of the specialised information services is provided directly via the responsible libraries.

  • Overview of all specialised information services
  • Specialised Information Service Pharmacy