E-book collections by subject area

A large number of electronic resources is available to you at the Ruhr University. The e-book collections we have acquired and various freely accessible collections are sorted here by subject area.

Please select a subject area and view the corresponding e-book packages. You can access the respective platform via the direct link or via DBIS (Database Information System) - here you will find the most important information on the collections.

In the RUB Primo Catalogue you can search for individual e-book titles and access the full text directly from there.

General, interdisciplinary
Arabic Studies
Archaeology
Art History
Biology
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Classical Philology
Computer Science
East Asian Studies

(5 collections)

E-book collections Information
Bloomsbury Collections via DBIS
China Ancient Books via DBIS
Chinamaxx via DBIS
Directory of Open Access Books via DBIS
OApen Library via DBIS
Economics

(39 collections)

E-book collections Information
Beck-eLibrary, Die Fachbibliothek via DBIS
Beck-online : die Datenbank / Hochschulmodul via DBIS
Campus Digitale Bibliothek via DBIS
Cherry Media E-Books via DBIS
De Gruyter Online / E-Books via DBIS
Duncker & Humblot eLibrary via DBIS
Elgaronline / Edward Elgar E-Book Archive via DBIS
Emerald Business, Management and Economics Ebook Series Collection Archive via DBIS
Elsevier Handbooks in Economics Series via DBIS
Hanser eLibrary via DBIS
Haufe Lexware E-Books via DBIS
Haufe Steuer Office Kanzlei-Edition via DBIS
Junfermann Verlag E-Books via DBIS
Juris : das Rechtsportal
mit den Lizenzen Juris Spectrum Hochschulen, Juris Zusatzmodul Hochschulen, Juris Zusatzmodul Jurastudium, Juris Staudinger BGB, Juris ESV Modul Sozialrecht
via DBIS
Kogan Page E-Book Collection Logistics via DBIS
Logos Verlag E-Books via DBIS
The Making of the Modern World: Economics, Politics and Industry via DBIS
Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe - E-Book-Paket aller Bände via DBIS
mitp Verlag via DBIS
Mohr Siebeck / Gesamtpaket via DBIS
Nomos eLibrary via DBIS
OApen Library via DBIS
OECD iLibrary via DBIS
oekom Verlag E-Books via DBIS
R&W-Online via DBIS
SAGE Knowledge via DBIS
Schäffer-Poeschel E-Books via DBIS
Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft E-Books via DBIS
Springer E-Books: Business and Management 2016-2023 via DBIS
Springer E-Books: Economics & Finance 2016-2023 via DBIS
Springer E-Books: Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000-2013 via DBIS
Springer E-Books: Wirtschaftswissenschaften 2007-2012 / 2014-2024 via DBIS
Taylor & Francis E-Books via DBIS
Walhalla Fachverlag E-Books via DBIS
Westend Verlag E-Books via DBIS
Wiley Online Library via DBIS
Wiso E-Books Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Sozialwissenschaften via DBIS
The World Bank E-Library / Archive via DBIS
Educational Science
Electrical Engineering
English and American Studies
Geosciences
German Studies
History

(43 collections)

E-book collections Information
Die 1848/49er Revolutionäre und ihre Einflüsse in den USA via DBIS
Acta Sanctorum via DBIS
Bloomsbury Collections via DBIS
Brill Classical Studies E-Books Online. Collection 2021 via DBIS
Brill Classical Studies E-Books Online. Collection 2022 via DBIS
Brill Classical Studies E-Books Online. Collection 2023 via DBIS
Brill Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online. Collection 2022 via DBIS
Brill Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online. Collection 2023 via DBIS
Brill Primary Sources for Slavic Studies via DBIS
Cambridge Histories via DBIS
Campus Digitale Bibliothek via DBIS
De Gruyter Online / E-Books via DBIS
Deutschsprachige Frauenliteratur des 18. & 19. Jahrhunderts, Teil 1 und 2 via DBIS
The Digital Library of Classic Protestant Texts via DBIS
The Digital Library of the Catholic Reformation via DBIS
Directory of Open Access Books via DBIS
Duncker & Humblot eLibrary via DBIS
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 via DBIS
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw/Shoemaker, 1801-1819 via DBIS
eHRAF World Cultures via DBIS
Empire Online via DBIS
English Language Women's Literature of the 18th & 19th Centuries via DBIS
The Gerritsen Collection / Women's History Online via DBIS
Loeb Classical Library via DBIS
The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 via DBIS
Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources, 1620-1926 via DBIS
Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 via DBIS
Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 via DBIS
The Making of the Modern World: Economics, Politics and Industry via DBIS
manchesterhive / Manchester Studies in Imperialism via DBIS
Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe - E-Book-Paket aller Bände via DBIS
Mohr Siebeck / Gesamtpaket via DBIS
Nomos eLibrary via DBIS
North American immigrant letters, diaries and oral histories via DBIS
OApen Library via DBIS
Springer E-Books: History 2016-2023 via DBIS
Taylor & Francis E-Books via DBIS
Torrossa / Monografie via DBIS
transcript Open Access via DBIS
V&R eLibrary via DBIS
wbg E-Books via DBIS
Wiley Online Library via DBIS
Law

(30 collections)

E-book collections Information
Beck-eBibliothek : die Studienliteratur via DBIS
Beck-eLibrary, Die Fachbibliothek via DBIS
Beck-online : die Datenbank / Hochschulmodul via DBIS
Beck-online / Corona und Covid-19 via DBIS
Beck-online / Datenschutz- und Informationsfreiheitsrecht Premium via DBIS
Beck-online / Insolvenzrecht RWS via DBIS
Beck-online / Sanierungsrecht Plus via DBIS
Beck-online / Verfassungsrecht Premium via DBIS
Bloomsbury Collections via DBIS
Brill Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online; International Law E-Books Online via DBIS
De Gruyter Online / E-Books via DBIS
Directory of Open Access Books via DBIS
Duncker & Humblot eLibrary via DBIS
Haufe Steuer Office Kanzlei-Edition via DBIS
Juris : das Rechtsportal
mit den Lizenzen Juris Spectrum Hochschulen, Juris Zusatzmodul Hochschulen, Juris Zusatzmodul Jurastudium, Juris Staudinger BGB, Juris ESV Modul Sozialrecht
via DBIS
jusmeum via DBIS
Kohlhammer Verlag E-Books via DBIS
The Making of Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 via DBIS
Making of Modern Law: Primary Sources, 1620-1926 via DBIS
Making of Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 via DBIS
Making of Modern Law: U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 via DBIS
Mohr Siebeck / Gesamtpaket via DBIS
Nomos eLibrary via DBIS
OApen Library via DBIS
OECD iLibrary via DBIS
Oxford Handbooks online: Political Science Foundation collection und Foundation Supplement via DBIS
Oxford Scholarship online: Political Science 2016/2017 - 2017/2018 via DBIS
Oxford Scholarship online: Sociology 2016/2017 - 2017/2018 via DBIS
R&W-Online via DBIS
Springer E-Books: Law & Criminology 2016-2023 via DBIS
Springer E-Books: Sozialwissenschaften und Recht 2016-2024 via DBIS
Wiley Online Library via DBIS
The Wolters Kluwer Online via DBIS
Library and Information Science

(4 collections)

E-book collection Information
De Gruyter Online / E-Books via DBIS
Directory of Open Access Books via DBIS
Nomos eLibrary via DBIS
OApen Library via DBIS
Linguistics
Literary Studies
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medicine
Philosophy
Physics and Astronomy
Political Science
Psychology
Romance Studies
Slavic Studies
Social Science
Sports Science
Theater, Film, Media Studies
Theology and Religious Studies