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Phone: +49 (0)221 478-5685

Cologne Site

Medicine and Health

Address:
ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences
Gleueler Straße 60
50931 Cologne (Köln)
Germany

Bonn Site

Nutritional, Environmental and Agricultural Sciences

Address:
ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences
Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 4
53115 Bonn
Germany

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An infrastructure and research centre for data and information in the life sciences.

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E-books for purchase on demand (DDA)

One of the ways we make our e-books available is through the "ProQuest EbookCentral (EBC)" platform. EBC offers e-books from various publishers.

Under the profile specially tailored to ZB MED, on this platform more than 14,200 e-books are currently (as of April 2024) offered under license and more than 12,300 e-books are available for purchase on demand.

Are you missing titles in the ZB MED stock? Then suggest titles from the EbookCentral portal for purchase that we have not yet licensed!

The prerequisite is a registration for remote access beforehand as well as a one-time registration with "ProQuest EbookCentral".

  • Step 1: Log in to remote access with your ZB MED user card or your virtual user card. 
  • Step 2: After registering once on „ProQuest EbookCentral“ you can suggest titles for purchase, by first clicking on the title and submitting your request with "Anfrage“ (or "Request" on the English interface).
  • Titles that you can suggest for purchase on demand can be recognized by a yellow dot or the note "Verfügbar auf Anfrage“ (or "Available on request" using the English interface of EBC)

You will receive a short notice whether we include the requested title in our stock.

You will also find a large part of our e-books for purchase on demand in LIVIVO, from there you will be directed to the purchase proposal

ZB MED is supported by the Federal Ministry of Health

ZB MED is supported by the Federal Ministry of Health.

The Federal Ministry of Health is a sponsor of ZB MED on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

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The robust, well-established partnership between ZB MED and the University of Cologne covers research, teaching and the provision of information. The Scientific Director of ZB MED also holds a professorship at the Medical Faculty.

ZB MED is sponsered by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

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The Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia is sponsoring ZB MED.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

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A joint professorship is just one example of the cooperation between ZB MED and the University of Bonn in the fields of research and teaching. ZB MED’s Bonn site is located on the Poppelsdorf campus.

ZB MED advocates Open Access

ZB MED promotes and supports open access to scientific research through the PUBLISSO portal and other services.

Local universities cooperate closely with ZB MED as partners

ZB MED’s cooperation with TH Köln focuses on providing qualifications in information and data science through joint professorships and other strategies.

ZB MED is a member of DataCite

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DataCite is an international not-for-profit organisation that offers services and know-how relating to the management, referencing and citation of research data.

ZB MED and Bielefeld University have signed a cooperation agreement

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The objective is to work together to provide complementary information services for the life sciences.

ZB MED advocates equality

ZB MED received the TOTAL E-QUALITY award in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2021 for successfully implementing equality in its staffing structure and personnel policies.

ZB MED is one of over 30 partners in the LFV Open Science

The network is committed to the research and development of working methods, infrastructures, and tools of Open Science.

ZB MED is a member of DAFA.

The "Deutsche Agrarfoschungsallianz" aims to improve the performance, transparency and international visibility of German agricultural research. It is a joint project of German agricultural research.

ZB MED is committed to the principles of Libraries4Future.

Climate protection, sustainability, responsibility, social solidarity.