Use of e-books: tips & special features
This overview page shows which providers we use to obtain our e-books. You will also find information on special terms of use, as well as information on downloading, printing and copying options. If you have any questions or feedback about our e-book offer, please contact the e-books team.
Contact us
Team E-Books: ebooks(at)ub.uni-koeln(dot)de
Overview
A - C
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Publisher |
Download / Print / Copy | Special features |
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| Completedownload (PDF) | ||
| Printby chapter or section, unlimited copying | All members of the university who have not yet had personalized access to the database must set up VPN access. You can find all the information you need here. External users cannot access the database from the USB Cologne internet room! | |
| Printby chapter or section, unlimited copying | Information on access: see beck-online. The database. From January 1, 2026, the beck-eBibliothek will no longer be developed further and will be discontinued in the course of 2026. Until then, the content on the platform will remain accessible, but no new titles will be added. In future, Beck Verlag's range of textbooks will be presented via the 'Inlibra' platform. | |
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beck-eLibrary. The specialist library, see Inlibra |
Ebooks from the publishers C.H. Beck, Vahlen, HaufeLexware,Schäffer-Poeschel, UVK, Versus, New Business Verl. and others, download (PDF), copy, print chapter by chapter | |
| Aboutplatform=content-select=preselect.media. No DRM. Unlimited chapter download as PDF, unlimited chapter printing, 10 pages copied per copying process. | ||
| Completeor chapter-by-chapter download as PDF | ||
| Download(PDF), print: chapter by chapter; copy no restriction | ||
| Download(PDF), print: entire work or chapter by chapter | ||
| Unlimiteddownload, copy, print, chapter by chapter + full title, chapter by chapter + full title | Download may take a long time! | |
| Copy, download, print: chapter by chapter | ||
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Cambridge: Higher Education from Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Textbooks) |
Offlinereading, copy/paste/print available up to 15% of the book over the course of an annual subscription per user. Highlighting and bookmarking of texts | read online via "continue with read-online access" button. Personal registration/login required for: Copy, paste, print (up to 15% per book/year/user). Offline reading only via Cambridge Spiral App. |
| Unlimitedchapter download as PDF, unlimited chapter printing, 10 pages copied per copying process | ||
| Unlimitedchapter download as PDF, unlimited chapter printing, 10 pages copied per copying process |
D - J
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Publisher |
Download / Print / Copy | Special features |
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| Downloadand printing by chapter/article and whole book possible | ||
| Print/downloadpossible by chapter | ||
| Download(PDF, partly also ePUB), print and e-mail delivery up to 100 pages per book, number of pages varies by publisher | ||
| Copy, download, print: chapter by chapter | ||
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Elsevier see ScienceDirect |
Download (PDF) and print by chapter | |
| Download(HTML, ePub, PDF) and print by chapter | ||
| Download(PDF) only complete book | ||
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Franz Steiner Verlag E-Library (see BiblioScout) |
Complete or chapter-by-chapter download as PDF | |
| Download(PDF) and print chapter by chapter, in some cases download PDF of the complete e-book possible | ||
| Completeor chapter-by-chapter download as PDF | ||
| Download(PDF) and print by chapter | ||
| Download(PFD) complete and by chapter | ||
| Completedownload (PDF) | Download by chapter is not possible! | |
| Save: Above the document header you have the option of converting a document (not the entire e-book!) into a PDF or Word document and saving it. Print: After opening a document, click on the printer symbol to print it. Select the desired settings in the next dialog and then click on "Print". |
K - R
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Publisher |
Download / Print / Copy | Special features |
|---|---|---|
| Completeor chapter-by-chapter download as PDF | ||
| Complete(PDF + HTML) and chapter-by-chapter download (PDF) | ||
| printand download at chapter level | ||
| Completeor chapter-by-chapter download as PDF | ||
| Copy, download, print: no restriction | complete download only, not chapter by chapter | |
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Nomos elibrary s. Inlibra |
Download(PDF) and print by chapter and complete work | |
| Download(PDF) and print whole work and chapter by chapter | ||
| Download(PDF) and print of whole work and chapter by chapter | ||
| Copy, download, print: chapter by chapter | ||
| Download(PDF), print and copy by chapter | unlimited access per module (not per book)! Locking period of 30 minutes after use for download: Click on chapter, click on "View PDF" (in very small font) in the upper right corner, click on "proceed" in the next window. | |
| Download(PDF), print and copy chapter by chapter | copy, download, print: with registration | |
| Download chapter by chapteras PDF. 30 seconds waiting time between 2 downloads. After 20 minutes of inactivity there is an automatic time-out. | German title = unlimited access English title = 20 simultaneous accesses | |
| Download(PDF) / Print / Copy: chapter by chapter | ||
| Download(PDF) and print 40%, copy 20% of the book per log-in. (More restrictive for a few publishers). This applies for 24 hours per user/title. | Generally only one simultaneous access per book. Personal (free) registration/login required for: printing, copying, downloading, saving to bookshelf | |
| Copy, download, print: complete book |
S - Z
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Publisher |
Download / Print / Copy | Special features |
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| Download(PDF), print and copy chapter by chapter; max. 10% of the total e-book | ||
| DownloadPDF: complete book only | Since 1.1.2021 via the "utb elibrary" platform | |
| Downloadand print: on a chapter basis as PDF unlimited. Approx. 10 pages per copy | ||
| Download(PDF) and print by chapter | ||
| Download(PDF) and print by chapter | ||
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Slavistik Online, see: Peter Lang / E-Books |
Download (PDF) / Print / Copy: chapter by chapter | |
| Download(PDF, partly ePub) and print of whole work or chapter by chapter | ||
| Download(PDF) by chapter and also whole work, print and copy | DRM (Digital Rights Management)-protected titles. Only online reading of the entire e-book possible, no chapter access, no download, very limited printing and copying options | |
| utb-studi-e-books: download, copy, print chapter by chapter; scholars-e-library: download only complete book | ||
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VDI Verlag eLibrary s. Inlibra |
Download(PDF) and print by chapter and complete work | |
| Download(PDF) and print by chapter | ||
| Download(PDF) and print of whole work and chapter by chapter | Attention: Download of whole work takes a long time! | |
| Download(PDF, partly ePub) and print of entire work and chapter by chapter | ||
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Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (platform Content-Select) |
Unlimited chapter download as PDF, unlimited chapter printing, 10 pages copied per copying process | |
| Download(PDF), print, copy chapter by chapter |
Status: June 2026