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Monday, 12. March 2018

Research for creative building solutions

Detail inspiration - Architectural projects available online

In the new database Detail inspiration you will find more than 5,000 project documentations from the architecture magazine "Detail" (starting with issue 1/1961).

Search functions and filter options by main keywords, such as building type, material, year of construction or DETAIL issue topic support you in your search for creative building solutions. Project descriptions with reference photos, drawings and technical information are available as PDF downloads.

Online Access
TUM members can access Detail inspiration via eAccess. Please log in with your TUM ID. Alternatively, it is possible to log in at a desktop PC in the TUM-LAN with proxy configuration. External library patrons can access the database at public computers in our branch libraries.

All access options and detailed information on Detail inspiration

Thursday, 08. March 2018

High Energy Physics and Open Access

American Physical Society (APS) becomes a new partner of SCOAP³

Scrabble letters forming the term Open Access

Since 2014, TUM has been participating in SCOAP³, an initiative with the task to make articles in the field of high-energy physics accessible to the public in the sense of open access and to pay for author fees.

The American Physical Society (APS) is now also participating in SCOAP³. Articles from the field of high energy physics (HEP), which appear in the three APS journals Physical Review C, Physical Review D and Physical Review Letters from January 2018, are now freely available. This agreement brings the number of journals participating in SCOAP³ to eleven. This means that around 90 % of journal literature in the field of high-energy physics is now open access available. In the first two months of 2018, ten articles involving TUM authors have already been published open access in American Physical Society journals.

Further information
Publishing with SCOAP³
TUM Open Access Publication Fund
General Information on Open Access at TUM

Thursday, 01. March 2018

Changes to Our Services

Revised Copyright Law

The reformed Copyright Act (UrhG) comes into force on 1 March 2018. The changes also affect some of our services.

Copy delivery via interlibrary loan
You can now order copies of up to 10% of books and copies of entire articles from specialist periodicals or scientific journals via interlibrary loan. Copies from newspapers or general-interest magazines (so-called kiosk magazines) as well as copies for commercial purposes are not possible.

Scans for digital course reserves
With immediate effect, scans of up to 15% of books and scans of entire articles from specialist periodicals or scientific journals can be included in digital course reserves on Moodle. Again, scans from newspapers and general-interest magazines (so-called kiosk magazines) are not possible.

Further information on copyright
Answers to questions on how to use and how to make protected works available for your own research or in the context of courses can be found in our FAQs.

Monday, 26. February 2018

Reference Management Software

Citavi 6 – new version available

Within the scope of a campus license, we offer all TUM students and staff members the free use of the full version of the Citavi reference management program.

Last week, a new version – Citavi 6 – has been released that allows your to store projects in the cloud. In addition, working in a team becomes more comfortable with the project chat.

Download & Installation Information

Wednesday, 21. February 2018

Quick Access to Material Properties

SpringerMaterials - the Landolt-Börnstein Database

We offer now access to the complete SpringerMaterials archive. The database enables researchers in materials science, chemistry, physics and related disciplines to identify materials and their properties and use them for their own work.

The platform contains information on more than 290,000 materials (e. g. metals, alloys, polymers, semiconductors, ceramics, mixtures of organic substances) and over 3,000 properties (mechanical, optical, thermal, magnetic, etc.).

Online Access
SpringerMaterials Archive is accessible to TUM members. Login with your TUM ID via eAccess or via Shibboleth Login (select "Technische Universität München Universitätsbibliothek" in the institution pull-down).

Please note: We have purchased the complete archive, but have not licensed any updates. For further information (e.g. on training videos) please visit the Database Infosystem DBIS.