News

Monday, 27. February 2017

License negotiations resumed

Continued Access to Elsevier Journals

On 14 February 2017, Elsevier publishing has transitionally reactivated our online access to journal articles published in 2017. This applies – subject to reservation – to all journals licenced at TUM until the end of 2016 and for which we cancelled the subscriptions in anticipation of a new Germany-wide licence agreement. Negotiations with Elsevier, led by the German Rectors' Conference (Project DEAL), are now continuing.

During the transitional period, as long as the licence negotiations are in progress and as long as it is uncertain which current Elsevier articles are available online, the University Library will offer all researchers with TUM ID the free document delivery of Elsevier articles via interlibrary loan or subito. The Electronic Journals Library (EZB) lists all older volumes (until the end of 2016), which you can access online at TUM in any case.

If you have any questions, please contact our journals & electronic media team: support.emedien@ub.tum.de

Wednesday, 08. February 2017

Financial Data and Corporate Information

New Databases in Economics

Business man on a pile of books drawing charts and diagrams in the sky

We have expanded our range of economics databases and purchased new licenses for:

Amadeus
Amadeus is a pan-European financial database that lists about 21 million public and private companies from 38 European countries (including Eastern Europe). Comprehensive data is available for each company. TUM members can access Amadeus via eAccess. Please log in with your TUM identification.

Update December 2019
Licensing for the Amadeus database expired at the end of November 2019. As a replacement, the Orbis database is now available.

We have recently extended our range of economics databases and purchased new licences for:

Fitch Connect
The database was created to replace the Bankscope database and contains comprehensive bank information, ratings and research on insurance companies, corporate and government investment and financial data. The database can currently only be used via a personal login, which can be requested from Fitch.

Update December 2017
Licensing for the Fitch Connect database expired at the end of 2017. The BankFocus database (formerly Bankscope) is now available as a replacement.

RavenPack
The database collects and classifies hundreds of thousands of news on 40,000 companies worldwide using various big data algorithms, prepares them in a uniform scheme and thus makes them searchable and comparable. The data is available for download on mediaTUM within the TUM university network.

Update December 2017
The license for the RavenPack database expired at the end of 2017.

Wednesday, 01. February 2017

Almost all branch libraries are open regularly

Opening Hours at Carnival 2017

On Carnival Tuesday February 28, 2017 working hours are limited until 12.00 noon. However, almost all TUM Branch Libraries will be open at regular hours.

Only the Branch Library Renewable Resources in Straubing will close already at 12.00 noon.

In general, the following services are not available after 12.00 noon:

paying overdue fees in cash
picking-up poster and buying tutorial scripts (LRZ Service Point)

On Carnival Monday, 27.02.2017 all branch libraries provide regular services and opening hours.

Wednesday, 11. January 2017

Free document delivery for TUM researchers

Current Elsevier articles temporarily not available online

Under the auspices of the German Rectors' Conference, nation-wide licence agreements are being negotiated for e-journals of major scientific publishers (project DEAL). In anticipation of such an agreement for 2017, the licences for Elsevier journals were terminated at the TUM in due time at the end of 2016, in line with 70 other scientific institutions in Germany.

Access to current journal volumes switched off

However, the talks with Elsevier are challenging and so far no agreement has been reached on a new treaty. Elsevier has now switched off access to current journal volumes at TUM. Access rights only apply to older volumes that TUM has permanently acquired. The Electronic Journals Library (EZB) lists for each journal title which volumes are accessible at the TUM in detail.

UPDATE
On 14 February 2017, the Elsevier has reactivated the online access to current journal articles of the year 2017 for the time being. This applies – with subject to reservations – to all journals licensed at TUM and terminated in anticipation of a Germany-wide contract by the end of 2016. The negotiations with Elsevier, led by the German Rectors' Conference (Project DEAL), are now continuing.

Free Document delivery for all staff members with TUM ID

During the transitional period, as long as the licence negotiations are ongoing and as long as it is uncertain which of the current Elsevier articles are available online, the University Library will continue to offer all researchers with a TUM ID the free document delivery of Elsevier articles via interlibrary loan or SUBITO.

TUM newsletter (in German only):
Elsevier-Zeitschriften: Bundesweite Lizenzierung (21.11.2016)
Versorgung mit Elsevier-Zeitschriften ab Januar 2017 (20.12.2016)

Press release of the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany:
Elsevier licence offer contravenes open access and fair pricing for scientific publications

Wednesday, 04. January 2017

New Service Hours

Opening Hours of LRZ Collection Point changed

Starting 9 January 2017, the collection point for services provided by the Leibniz Computing Center (LRZ) will be open from Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Fridays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.