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Primo
The library portal Primo is the University Library's central search engine for searching for books, journals, journal articles, databases and special collections, such as DVDs of feature films/series, comics, rare books and mapsDatabases
Databases
The University Library provides an extensive range of databases for all subject areas at Freie Universität Berlin. The offer includes licensed and free databases for literature references, full text archives, fact and image databases, video archives and more.
Interlibrary loan and document delivery services
You can order media or copies of articles not held by the University Library from other libraries in Berlin, Germany or abroad via interlibrary loan.
You can order an interlibrary loan via the portal of the Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (KOBV). You will need a valid library card or a campus card from the FU or Charité.
Purchase suggestion
To supplement the University Library's collection, you can use the option of a purchase suggestion via the Primo library portal.
Digitization services
The University Library offers digitization services:
- You can have chapters, sections, tables of contents, etc. of books digitized.
- You can order scans of articles from printed journal volumes via the Primo library portal.
Citation management software support you in the publication of scientific texts.
Open Educational Resources (OER) are free educational materials of any kind that are openly licensed and can be used free of charge. Examples of materials include presentations, graphics and worksheets, also entire courses or textbooks can be released for reuse as OER.
The Coordination of University Collections supports the research and teaching collections at the various departments and institutes of Freie Universität Berlin in the preservation, indexing, digitization and presentation of their (object) holdings.
We are happy to advise you when it comes to interviews, for example, on suitable digital formats, interview methods, legal questions, storing and processing research data, etc., and can help you develop sustainable methods of cataloging, developing, managing, and archiving interviews and making them available to others.