ZB MED acquires specialized electronic literature in the life sciences and makes it accessible to ZB MED users via remote access.
What content is available via remote access?
E-Book Collections
Access Medicine (McGraw-Hill) (alternative access directly via LIVIVO)
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) (1995 - 2006)
Karger eBook Collection + Archive (1890 - 2021)
ProQuest EbookCentral: over 12.000 current titles from various publishers (alternative access directly via LIVIVO)
ProQuest EbookCentral direct access to the portal (here also about 12.000 e-books for purchase on request)
SpringerReference (Selection: 64 E-Books, 2008 – 2015)
2016 LWW Classic Book Collection (Ovid)
In our search portal LIVIVO you can recognize the E-books for remote access by the comment: "Zugriff für angemeldete ZB MED-Nutzerinnen und -Nutzer ". This step-by-step guide (german only) explains how to access E-books from the "Access Medicine" and "ProQuest EbookCentral" packages. All other remote access offers for e-books are only accessible via the links above.
A selection of our textbooks as remote access e-books can be found here: PDF (german)
E-Journals
Remote access for journal articles is currently not yet fully implemented in LIVIVO!
Please use the EZB for remote access to journal articles.
When searching in the EZB, you can recognise the journals available in remote access by the note "accessible via ZB MED Remote Access".
This link will take you to all the journals available in remote access in the EZB.
ACS Publications (3 Journals)
APS Journal Legacy Content (1898 - 1997)
CSIRO Publishing (11 Journals)
Future Medicine (15 Journals)
Hogrefe (10 Journals)
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (2022 -)
Journal of Clinical Oncology Legacy Archive (1983 - 1998)
Journal of Medical Microbiology (2019 - 2021)
Karger Journals (1998 -)
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins LWW Legacy Archive (1860 - 2004, partly until 2018)
MA Healthcare (6 journals from 2021 -)
Mary Ann Liebert (84 journals)
Oxford Journals Digital Archive (1849-2017)
Oxford University Press (20 Journals from 2021 -)
Sage Journals Online Deep Backfile (1879 - 2016)
SLACK (11 Journals, the last 8 years)
Springer-DEAL-Package
Taylor & Francis (56 Journals from 1997 -)
Thieme (5 Journals from 2000 -)
Wageningen Academic Publishers (4 Journals)
Wiley-DEAL-Package (from 1997 -)
When researching in the EZB, you can recognize the journals available via remote access by the note “Per Fernzugriff für registrierte ZB MED-Nutzerinnen und –Nutzer”.
This link will take you to all the journals available in remote access in the EZB.
Databases
CAB Abstracts Archive (1910 - 1989)
How to register for remote access?
You need:
- either a regular user card from the Cologne site - the card will be issued on site at the lending desk of our library
- or a virtual user card for remote access only
For the virtual user card, fill out this application form and send it together with a double-sided copy/scan/photo of your valid identity card (or one of the documents listed here)
- via e-mail to ausleihe@zbmed.de
- or by mail to
ZB MED - Information Centre for Life Sciences
- Lending -
Gleueler Straße 60
50931 Cologne
We will send you the number of the virtual user card by e-mail or letter. The card is valid for 1 year. For the renewal we need again the completed application and the copied documents.
How does remote access work?
After you have found the title you want via LIVIVO, the EZB or the links above, you will be redirected to a login page of the EZProxy.
For registration you need
- the card number of your (virtual) ZB MED user card
- the password - the 6-digit date of birth DDMMYY is set as standard
Help! I can`t access the network
Step 1: Try accessing other items:
Verify that you are also unable to access other items. As a precaution, experiment with different publishers. Occasionally one publisher's server may be overloaded or offline for maintenance work.
Step 2: Is Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer?
To browse and print PDF files, you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader software. Alternatively you can try opening the items as HTML files. The latest version of Acrobat Reader is available from Adobe's website
Step 3: Do you have cookies activated in your browser?
Most publishers' websites require you to accept cookies. Check that you have cookies activated in your browser.
Step 4: Do you have JavaScript activated in your browser?
Some publishers require JavaScript to be activated before you can use their website.
Step 5: Contact us for help!
To help us try to solve the problem you will need to supply us with the following information:
- Are you accessing from the reading room in ZB MED or via remote access?
- What are the details of the e-book or e-journal you are trying to access (title, year, issue, article)?
- Are you only having problems accessing this particular item or is it a wider problem?
Occasionally publishers might block access to their data for short periods without our knowledge. We are always grateful to have this brought to our attention. We will do our best to reply to your e-mail as soon as possible.
