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Libraries

The library system of Freie Universität Berlin comprises the University Library (UB) and around forty departmental libraries with total holdings of around 8 million printed items, 38,000 e-journals, 400,000 e-books, and 1300 databases.

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Locations and Opening Hours

Locations, opening hours, essential information

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FU Catalog

The FU Catalog contains records of the university's books, periodicals, and licensed e-resources.

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The Digital Library

The Digital Library contains the university's licensed e-resources as well as free reviewed ones that are of scholarly value. It offers simultaneous searches of several databases (Quicksets).

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Accessing Licensed e-resources

Information for members of Freie Universität and external library patrons about access to licensed e-resources

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Reference Management Software

Freie Universität Berlin offers its students two different reference management software packages, EndNote and Citavi, free of charge. Other members of the university can buy licenses for the software at a reduced rate from ZEDAT.

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Institutional Repository

The Institutional Repository contains electronic versions of dissertations and scholarly publications by members of Freie Universität.

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University Bibliography

The University Bibliography of Freie Universität Berlin lists scholarly publications by its members including dissertations.

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Library Tours and Courses

The University Library and several departmental libraries offer introductory tours and a range of courses, for example, on using the library, searching for resources, using the Library Portal (with Primo), and how to manage references (EndNote and Citavi software).

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Social Science Library and Library of the Institute for East European Studies

Social Science Library and Library of the Institute for East European Studies

The Social Science Library and Library of the Institute for East European Studies was created in 2008 by consolidating the libraries of the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science, the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, the Institute of Sociology, the Institute for Media and ...

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