Our e-book collection can be researched mostly via the online-catalogue/OPAC.

The e-books were mostly acquired through Corona special funds and supported by the State and University Library Hamburg.

A selection from transcript Verlag

• Art and Visual Studies 2017 – 2020

• Art History

• Architecture and Design

You can also access e-books through the ProQuest eBook Central portal. You’ll need to register the first time you use it. You can sign up by clicking “New Account” and entering your name and email address. The library team will then activate your account.

Library Stack (Tutorial)

Lending library and media archive for new digital materials in the fields of art, architecture, design, philosophy, media studies, moving images, sound, and visual culture Access to LibraryStack is currently only available to HFBK students within the HFBK network. Registration is required for the Reserved Collection. If you have any questions about the procedure, please contact the library staff.

Here is a quick guide with more information on how to access Library Stack.

• JSTOR (Tutorial)
  access to licensed electronic journals

• Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek
  overview of all electronic journals that can be accessed via the library

• DBIS – Datenbank-Infosystem
  overview of all databanks that can be accessed via the library

• AKL – Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon
  databank with biographical information on artists

• Gender: Identity and Social Change
  primary sources for the change of representation and lived experience of gender roles and relations from the 19th century until today

• Prometheus (Tutorial)

  digital image archive

• Sooner
  streaming platform with a focus on European arthouse and indie cinema, access via “Log in with your university”, identify yourself there with your HFBK ID