Accessing electronic media

Staff and students of the University of Graz have various possibilities to access purchased or licensed e-books, e-journals or databases .

For almost all electronic resources the following applies: They can be used not only in the rooms of the university, but also location-independently, from off campus via VPN (Virtual Private Network).

Please install the uniVPN client (Cisco AnyConnect) on your end device. This is necessary because access to some resources via the UniVPN portal does not work.

Important: Please enter https://univpn.uni-graz.at/ub in the address field of the VPN before logging in.

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At the campus

At the PC workstations on campus, you have access to all electronic media such as e-journals, e-books and databases without VPN. For most e-resources, access is controlled automatically in the background by checking the IP address of the computer used.

WLAN

In addition, employees and students can also access electronic resources on the premises of the University of Graz with their own laptop via the WLAN network.

UB@home

Employees and students of the University of Graz have worldwide access to electronic media by using a VPN (Virtual Private Network). More information and instructions on how to install a VPN client can be found on the uniIT pages.

An introduction can be found in our video tutorial"Using e-resources from home - VPN access".

Non-University

Students of other universities, pupils and private persons with a library card have the possibility to access most of the electronic media at the PCs of the university library.

Access from outside the university library is not permitted for licensing reasons!

Terms of use

The following general conditions apply to the use of e-books, e-journals and databases:

  • Access is generally only permitted for staff and students of the University of Graz and, in contractually secured exceptional cases, also for non-university members on campus.
  • Search results may only be used for personal and academic use.Please note the special conditions for text-and-data mining according to the terms of use of the publishers.
  • Systematic downloads of articles, chapters, etc., especially by robots, are prohibited.
  • Search results may not be passed on to third parties - neither printed nor electronically.
  • The commercial use of search results is prohibited.
  • Detailed terms of use for e-books, e-journals and databases can be found on the websites of the respective publishers or providers.Special terms of use apply to certain e-books (e.g. Verlag Thieme) and databases (e.g. Wirtschafts-Compass).

Failure to comply with the terms of use of e-media may result in legal consequences for you and the university.

If you have any questions about the terms of use of e-books, e-journals and databases, please feel free to contact us at the address below.

Still no access?

  • For licensing reasons, some electronic media may only be used within the campus of the University of Graz.
  • Please use an up-to-date browser (Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Google Chrome or Opera). Internet Explorer is outdated and therefore no longer compatible with all platforms.