Use our Online Catalogue OPAC for your dokumenTUM order. For this purpose your TUM StudentCard or PersonalCard must be activated for library use.
You must activate library use in TUMonline once. Please follow the instructions on the webpage Register at the Library [1] in the drop-down section for your user group. E-Tutorial: Library Registration for TUM Students [2] Your StudentCard will then function as a library card and you can place dokumenTUM orders as described below. Please, come by one of our branch libraries and fill in a registration form. Please bring your validated TUM PersonalCard [3] with you. We will activate your TUM PersonalCard for library use and which allows you to place dokumenTUM orders as described below. TUM Staff at the Heilbronn CampusYour TUM StudentCard is not activated yet?
Your TUM PersonalCard is not activated yet?
You can send us the necessary documents by mail. Please follow the instructions on the webpage Register at the Library [1] in the drop-down section for your user group.
... and this is how ordering works:
- Start the OPAC [4] and log in with your library number [5].
- Then search for book or journal titles.
- Select appropriate results and click in the "Get document" tab in the line "SFX: dokumenTUM on "follow link".
Tip: For journals, always select the parent title – you will recognise this in the record list by this symbol.
- This opens a SFX service page (only available in German): In the line "Bestellung über dokumenTUM oder Fernleihe" please make sure to check the box "Ich bin für den dokumenTUM-Lieferdienst berechtigt" and then click on the "Go" button.
- Please select the desired delivery service and specify the year of publication and the volume in the next step. These steps are not necessary when ordering copies from books.
- Please fill in the missing information (chapter/article title, author, page references) in the order form and submit the order after accepting the copyright statement (English version is available after clicking on "urheberrechtliche Erklärung").
Order via OPAC [4]