Library

Here you can find all essential library information about bbw Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. The services offered range from lending and workstation use to copying and scanning facilities. Furthermore, students have the possibility to use the library of the TU Berlin and the HTW Berlin as well as the Stadtbibliothek Charlottenburg free of charge. Registration and library use at the bbw library are also free of charge.

Information about bbw Library

The library is located in Wagner-Régeny-Str. 21 in Berlin-Adlershof, on the ground floor of the university building.

Opening Hours for Borrowing:

• Monday - Thursday: 08:30 am - 04:30 pm
• Friday: 08:30 am - 03:30 pm

Attention: The use of the library is also possible outside the opening hours after consultation with the Service Point.

Workstations

A total of 12 work and reading spaces are available to students and university staff. A prior reservation is not necessary. Each workstation is equipped with sockets.

The permanent computer workstation as well as the scanner and copier are currently not available, as the technical infrastructure at the new location in Berlin-Adlershof has not yet been completed.

Lockers are available on the ground floor. You can get the keys against a pledge (e.g. student ID, driver's license,...) at the Service Point.

Collection & Loan Service

Collection:
In the library of the bbw University of Applied Sciences, we offer textbooks corresponding to the courses offered, supplementary in-depth and advanced literature, subject-specific books and journals. The current media stock of the library consists of 2500 titles. All media are systematically arranged according to subject groups. Titles that cannot be borrowed are marked as reference copies.

Loan Period:
The loan period is two weeks. Magazines and titles with only one copy in the inventory, are generally not available for borrowing.

Loan Period Extension:
The loan period may be extended if the checked-out media item has not been reserved by another user or is not otherwise required. Two extensions are permitted for two weeks. For further information, please refer to the library regulations and the terms of use .

Fees & Return

Fees:
The use of media is free of charge. The following fees are charged for exceeding the loan period:

Exceeding the loan period
from the 3rd calendar day: 0,50 EUR,
from the 14th calendar day: 1,00 EUR,
from the 30th calendar day: 2,00 EUR per medium and day.

Return:
Borrowed items must be returned to the library at the latest by the end of the loan period without being asked.

bbw University of Applied Sciences has regulations in place for terms of use and fees, respectively, which constitute the legal basis for library use. You acknowledge the regulations with your signature when you enroll or register on site.

Online Resources

The university library of bbw Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences offers various online resources. In the online public acccess catalogue Biblino, for example, you will find all available media from the holdings of our bbw Library. You can access these at any time via biblino.de/bbwberlin and reserve them for loan.

Information on Biblino and the other digital usage options can be found in the following sections.

Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) Biblino

Biblino is an online catalog (OPAC) in which you can browse books, journals and eBooks of the bbw library and, if necessary, make reservations and extend the loan period.

Online access to Biblino of bbw Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences: biblino.de/bbwberlin

Instructions for use can be found in the Moodle learning portal (OPAC section).

Media ordering and borrowing:
You can reserve media for loan via Biblino. You can then pick up the titles at the university's Service Point.

Usage benefits:

• Saving individual literature lists
• View borrowed titles and return deadlines
• Renewal of borrowed items
• Reservation of media

Online Search & Scientific Writing

The bbw library's membership in the MPDL (Max Planck Digital Library) gives you access to millions of scientific articles and eBooks provided by various scientific publishers.

SpringerLink and Wiley Online Library:
As students, faculty and staff of bbw Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences you have the opportunity to search millions of scientific publications from the two publishing houses Springer Nature and Wiley via SpringerLink and the Wiley Online Library. Through participation in the DEAL contract project, it is also possible to download licensed titles directly in full text.

SpringerLink and the Wiley Online Library are two of the world's leading publishing portals for scientific, technical and medical books and journals. You get access to the publications of various subject areas in English and in German as well as to electronic journals in PDF format. As a member of bbw Hochschule, logging in to our Moodle learning platform will redirect you to SpringerLink and the Wiley Online Library and show you all accessible full texts.

Citavi and Citavi Web:
Academic writing is an essential part of study and research. Citavi is a literature management program and offers not only literature and knowledge organization but also the possibility to search directly in 4,000 library catalogs and research articles and to transfer the bibliographic data. By installing plugins for web browsers and text editing software, you can directly capture scholarly sources, create bibliographies, and insert source citations into your own text. Citavi is available as a desktop version for Windows and as a web version.

To register, you need your bbw university e-mail account. For more information on how to register and use Citavi, please visit the Moodle learning portal .

Online training courses are offered regularly by our partner library at HTW Berlin.

Further online search tools:
Information on other online services such as Statista, ResearchGate, ScienceDirect, SAGE Publications and JSTOR can be found in the Moodle course .

Online Library Club Meeting

Regularly during the semester, the bbw Library Club Meeting takes place for all students of the bbw University of Applied Sciences. The dates are announced via the Moodle learning portal.

Contents:

• Citavi - Reference management
• Tips and tricks for literature search
• Information about bbw Library, TU Library, HTW Library etc.
• Other topics possible on request

The meeting takes place online via WebEx using the Moodle learning portal and is accessible free of charge to all students of bbw Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences.

Library Cooperation with TU Berlin

As a student of bbw University of Applied Sciences, you can use the libraries of the Technical University (TU) Berlin free of charge. To do so, please register on the following page: tu.berlin/en/ub/search-borrow/borrow-order/library-card/application-form-library-card

The annual fee of 20 EUR is currently not charged. Should it be charged again in the future, it must first be paid by you and will be returned to you in the form of a refund. The library of the TU Berlin is located in the immediate vicinity of the S-Bahn station "Zoologischer Garten".

Address Central Library:
Fasanenstr. 88 (in the VOLKSWAGEN building)
10623 Berlin

Opening Hours:

• Monday - Friday: 09 am -12 am
• Saturday: 10 am -12 am
• Sunday: closed

More information can be found on the library website of the TU Berlin.

Library Cooperation with HTW Library

Registration in the library is free of charge for students.

In order to be able to use the electronic services of the library of the HTW Berlin outside the HTW locations as a bbw student:r, there is the possibility to register for a guest access at the bbw library every semester. Further information can be found in the Moodle learning portal .

After registration you will receive a form to sign. The access data will be sent to you by HTW Berlin via e-mail. You will then have free access via remote access (VPN) to all electronic journals and licensed databases of the HTW Berlin library.

Library Campus Treskowallee:

• Address: Treskowallee 8, 10318 Berlin
• Holding topics: Management, Economics, Law, Computer Science
• Use: Closed-stacks with immediate loan. Before a book can be borrowed, the signature of the book must researched in the online catalog (webOPAC). With this signature, the library staff at the circulation desk can bring the media immediately from the storerooms.

Library Campus Wilhelminenhof:

• Address: Wilhelminenhofstraße 75 A, 12459 Berlin
• Holding topics: Electronics, Computer Engineering, Communications Engineering, Microsystems Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronic Energy Management, Process Automation, Environmental Engineering, Regenerative Energies, Technical Building Management, Clothing Design, Clothing Technology, Communications Design, Museums Studies, Restoration / Field Archeology
• Use: mostly freehand stocks with self and immediate loan, 350 reading room seats, copying and scanning ability, 17 carrels (lockable carrels), three rooms for groupwork

Opening hours: bibliothek.htw-berlin.de/en/about-us/opening-hours/

General information: bibliothek.htw-berlin.de/en/about-us/

Cooperation with Berliner Stadtbibliothek

As a student at bbw Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences you can apply for a free library card for all of Berlin's city libraries through the cooperation with the Stadtbibliothek Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf . For this purpose you will receive a voucher at the Service Point of the bbw Hochschule - University of Applied, which you can use to register at the City Library. This library card gives you access to many digital resources of the VÖBB (Association of Berlin Public Libraries), such as online use of Statista, Overdrive, access to international newspapers, magazines and journals, press database with full text search and much more.

In Berlin's public libraries, you also have access to content and media formats such as fiction, non-fiction, audio books, films, music, etc.

Address:
Otto-Suhr-Allee 96
10585 Berlin

Opening hours:
Mon - Fri: 12:00 - 19:00
Sat: 11:00 - 16:00

Current note: Due to the library's relocation within the building, the library will be closed from 22/05/23 - presumably 02/07/2023.