About the EZB

  1. Content of the Electronic Journals Library
  2. History of the Electronic Journals Library
  3. Papers, Reports, Publications
  4. Use of Cookies
  5. Contact Information

1. Content of the Electronic Journals Library

The Electronic Journals Library is a service to facilitate the use of scholarly journals on the internet. It offers a fast, structured and unified interface to access full-text articles online.

It comprises 109385 titles from all areas of research, 25934 of which are available online only. In addition, 136999 journals, which are provided by aggregators, are listed. The EZB contains 73219 journals which are accessible free of charge to anyone. Furthermore, the participating libraries provide their users access to the journals they subscribe to.

The journals are presented in lists sorted by research area. An updated list is generated by the database according to the member library's specifications each time it is accessed.

The availability of full-text access is indicated by traffic-light symbols according to the license situation of each member library:
Free access to full-text articles.
This institution has a license for this journal. Access to full-text articles is granted to users of this member library on the basis of a subscription.
Only some of the published volumes are accessible as full-texts for the member library.
No access to full-texts as the member library does not have a current subscription to this journal. However, tables of contents and abstracts are generally available free of charge.
For journals with an additional Euro symbol, individual articles can be accessed with costs on pay-per-view.
Hybrid Journals / News Feed:
Some journals in the EZB are marked as a hybrid journal. That means that this journals can contain some freely available articles (Open Access). In addition, some journals contain a news feed with information about the latest articles. This services are provided by JournalTOCs.

2. History of the Electronic Journals Library

The Electronic Journals Library was founded in 1997 by the University Library of Regensburg in co-operation with the University Library of Technische Universität München. The aim of this project was to present e-journals to the library users in a clearly arranged interactive form and to provide the EZB member libraries an efficient administration tool for e-journal licenses.

At the moment, 664 institutions actively take part in the Electronic Journals Library; in addition, the EZB is also used by virtual subject libraries and information services.

The co-operation between all EZB member institutions allows the collection of reliable access data concerning the e-journals and constant expansion of the vast collection of open access journals. Due to collective data management, the journal information in the EZB is of a high standard and constantly up to date.

Over the years, the University Library of Regensburg has constantly been developing the EZB and extending its functions. For instance, EZB users can now look up both print and electronic holdings via a mutual availability search tool that has been developed in co-operation with the ZDB. EZB member libraries can now easily manage various types of licenses. The flexible adaptation of the system to local requirements and special interfaces to other digital services complete the comprehensive service of the EZB.

The development of the EZB has been supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and by the Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts.

3. Papers, Reports, Publications

2021:

  • Weisheit, Silke: Kollaborativ und vernetzt: Die Zukunft der Verwaltung von elektronischen Ressourcen in Bibliotheken. Bericht zum Online-Workshop des EZB-Beirates am 10. und 11. Mai 2021. In Zeitschrift für Bibliothekswesen und Bibliographie (ZfBB) 68 (2021) 5, p. 290-294.
    https://ezb.ur.de?doi=10.3196/186429502068537
  • Reisinger, Claudia; Doß, Brigitte: Freely available e-journals and databases, Talk at INCONECSS Community Meeting No. 2: 'Access to business and economic information without paywall barriers' on 14 July 2021
  • Weisheit, Silke: Die Integration der EZB-Daten in Alma / CDI / SFX aus EZB-Sicht, Talk on DACHELA annual conference on 19 May 2021
  • EZB Workshop 'Wie verändern ERM-Systeme zukünftig die Infrastruktur wissenschaftlicher Bibliotheken?' on 10. and 11 May 2021

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4. Use of Cookies

The settings for the graphical user interface are stored on your device using the cookie "ezb_user_settings". It contains the following setting: show or hide the license color selection (yes/no). The cookie is automatically deleted when closing the browser.

5. Contact Information

Contact person in your institution:
For access problems or activation requirements please call the contact person in your institution.

EZB team:
For questions or suggestions concerning the EZB or for EZB participation requirements the EZB team is pleased to help you:
EMail: info.ezb@ur.de
Tel: ++49 941 943-3905 or ++49 941 943-3907

Head of EZB:
Silke Weisheit

University Library of Regensburg
Electronic Journals Library
93042 Regensburg
Germany
English Homepage: https://ezb.uni-regensburg.de/?lang=en