Search & Discover

Enter your search term in the free text field at the top.

If you have specific information about a title, e.g. an ISBN or an author name, you can use the appropriate search fields.

Tips for Starting Your Search

The hit list is displayed sorted by the date of publication.

All printed and electronic media that you find in the "Catalogue" tab have been purchased or licensed by the library and are therefore accessible to you.

You can easily identify printed media by the availability indicator. You can identify electronic media by the access link to the full text.

Narrow down the hit list using filters.

For example: The filter "Online Resource" will narrow down the hit list to our digital stocks.

In order to check availability at your home library, please log in with your FH Identifier and password.

In order to obtain details on the availability of a hit, click on the title. All copies are displayed with their status, branch, location and shelfmark.

You can see whether a copy is available or on loan and whether it is available in your home library or can be ordered from another branch.

In order to obtain details on a hit, click on the title.

The access link will take you to the full text. Full texts can be accessed across the campus and for members of FH Aachen outside the university via VPN or the FH Identifier as well.

Enter your search term in the free text field at the top. If you have specific information about a title, more search fields are available (ISBN, year of publication, author etc.).

Tips for starting your search.

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Standardmäßig wird die Trefferliste nach der Relevanz sortiert. Alternativ ist eine Sortierung nach Erscheinungsjahr möglich. 

Das Suchergebnis im Reiter "Mehr" ist weitaus größer als im Reiter "Katalog", da die verschiedensten Quellen durchsucht werden. Auch welche, die die Bibliothek nicht für Sie gekauft oder lizenziert hat.

Narrow down the hit list using filters.

For example: The filter "Only hits with online full text" will narrow down the hit list to titles that you can read online right away.

For example: Use the filter "Academic Journals" to search for journal articles / papers.

For details on a hit, click on the title.

If the title is available online, you can access the full text via the access link. Licenced full texts can be accessed across the campus and for members of FH Aachen outside the university via VPN or via the FH Identifier as well.

If no stock is displayed in the detailed view of the hit, click on the button "How do I get to it?

You will find out which access options there are for the hit.

If the hit is not accessible online or on site, you can place an interlibrary loan order.

Search Starting Point

Enter your search query in the free text field. If you have specific information about a title, e.g. an ISBN or an author's name, you can find suitable fields under "More Search Fields".

Next, select the search area. Use the cogwheel to find out which libraries, databases or catalogues are to be searched.

Hit List

On the right side, you can see the number of hits per library, database or catalogue.

The hits are displayed in a list, sorted by database.

Options for Access

The "How do I get it?" button informs you which options are available