Using the Library from Home
You can access a large number of electronic resources off campus if you are affiliated to the TU Dortmund. For authentication as a TU Dortmund member you need a VPN client or you use the institutional login (Shibboleth), which we can now offer for most publishers. Without being affiliated to the TU Dortmund, you have no access off campus.
Access to Ebooks, Electronic Journals, Databases
TU Dortmund Members
- Employees of the TU Dortmund: Access via VPN (Ivanti Secure): Download and Manual
- Students of the TU Dortmund: Access via VPN (Students): Download and Manual
- FAQ: No access to full text despite active VPN - possible reasons
- The Bib Explained: Using the Library from Home
Background: when accessing an e-book, the publishers check the requesting IP address for affiliation to TU Dortmund University. This is the case:
- when accessing from the TU Dortmund LAN network
- when using the VPN client Ivanti Secure (standard configuration) - Service portal: VPN
- with your own computer after logging into the TU WLAN - Service portal: TU Dortmund University wireless networks
Non-members of TU Dortmund University (External users)
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Everyone not affiliated to the TU Dortmund has access to our licenced electronic resources within the library at our computer workstations - no access off campus.
Questions?
- General: Contact, Feedback
- Electronic resources in your particular field of study: Subject Librarians