Range of services

• Citavi runs under Windows, on the Mac it can only be used with a virtualization solution.
• Since July 2016, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences has had a campus license for Citavi.
• There is a settings file of the university library, which e.g. defines the catalogue and the gateway Bavaria for the ISBN search and the availability search via SFX, so that you do not have to make these settings yourself. You can copy this settings file into your Citavi installation, you can find instructions here.
• In order to transfer titles found in databases to Citavi, we recommend that you follow these instructions.
• A scanning pen can be borrowed from the information desk, with which passages from printed texts can be read into Citavi as quotations.

1. Learn about new features (German), changes (German), and the upgrade process.
2. Download the Citavi 6 installation file.
3. Uninstall older versions of Citavi. Your projects and settings will not be affected. Projects created with Citavi 6 can no longer be opened with Citavi 5.
4. Install Citavi 6 and log in with your Citavi account data. Logging in to Citavi replaces the previous procedure where you had to enter license data. So use your university e-mail address. Forgot your password? You can reset it using the login form.
5. The Start Wizard helps you to convert your old projects to the new Citavi-6 format. Your Word document will be copied by Citavi's Word Add-in the first time you open it and the contained fields will be converted for Citavi 6.

1. Register here for a Citavi account with your university email address ending here.
2. Download the free installation file for Citavi and install Citavi on your computer.
3. Start Citavi and log in with your previously created Citavi account (university e-mail address and the password assigned in step 1).

Support in the form of videos, animations, a short introduction and a manual can be found on the Citavi support page.

The current training dates can be found here. We are happy to offer further Citavi events (minimum number of participants: 5). Please make an appointment with us by e-mail at bibliothek(at)hs-ansbach.de.

Zotero: for Mac, Window, Linux; free version with 300 MB webspace, add-on for Firefox or browser-independent version; manuals partly in German

Mendeley: free basic version with 2 MB webspace, web and desktop version, app for iPhone and iPad, tutorials in English only

You can find other literature management programs, some of which are subject to a fee, by comparing different literature management programs (created by the library of the TU Munich) comparing different literature management programs (created by the library of the TU Munich).

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Beate Dettmar, 0981/4877-433, beate.dettmar@hs-ansbach.de

Teresa Marku, 0981/4877-430, teresa.marku@hs-ansbach.de

See acquisition requests.

As a professor you can borrow up to 100 media at the same time. These are automatically extended up to five times (provided that books are not reserved by others; does not apply to interlibrary loans).

One focus of our services is consulting, be it by telephone, e-mail or in person in the library. Of course, we are at your disposal for any questions you may have regarding literature research and ordering.

Here you will find our databases.

All e-books that are available can be searched via the catalogue of the University library. All e-books are available on campus and can be accessed from outside the campus via RDS.

More information about interlibrary loan can be found here (German).

In addition to the comprehensive online media available, such as e-books and full-text journals, your university library also offers many classically printed books to support your teaching and research. Sometimes, however, our loan periods are shorter than the period of use you require.

Please first research the books you need in our OPAC (German), come to your library and hand them in at the information desk with a reference to your handset. (We need one working day to set up your handset account for the first time, later loans will then be possible immediately).
If we already have several copies of the work in question, we will immediately make it available to you for the semester loan.
If we only have one copy of the work, we will procure another copy for you, which will be available for your handset after delivery and cataloguing.
If it is no longer possible to procure an additional copy, e.g. because the work is out of print, it will unfortunately not be possible to book it for your handset in this case, as otherwise this book would not be available to all other interested parties for a whole semester. We ask for your understanding for this regulation.
A return is necessary on 15.3. or 1.10. respectively. If no other customer needs the book, you can get it the next day again for your handset.

Details of the Citavi literature management program and the campus license can be found here (German).

If there is a suspicion of plagiarism in one of your supervised projects, we will be happy to act as your contact and review the work.

Es besteht die Möglichkeit, einen Semesterapparat in der Bibliothek einzurichten, in dem Ihre Studierenden die von Ihnen empfohlenen Bücher finden. Die Bücher im Semesterapparat sind nicht ausleihbar und stehen somit jederzeit in der Bibliothek zur Verfügung. Eine Übersicht über alle derzeit bestehenden Semesterapparate finden Sie here (German).

For students who are writing their final thesis, we set up the special status final thesis in the library system. The prerequisite for this is either a copy of your application for the thesis or a short, informal e-mail from you to bibliothek[at]hs-ansbach.de, in which you confirm the supervision of the thesis.

• For all books from our stock.
• Prerequisite: Books are not/will not be reserved by others; if another user reserves them during the extension period, the books must be returned immediately. If this is not observed, a reminder with costs will be issued.
• Applies only to books borrowed after conversion to special status. If you want an automatic renewal for previously borrowed media, you must return the corresponding media to the library and borrow them again the next day after the changeover to the special status has taken place (however, any reservations for these media prevent you from borrowing them again).
• For interlibrary loans, the conditions of the lending library apply (usually no or max. one extension).

With the special status Final Thesis set up, you can borrow 60 media at the same time instead of only 30 media as before.

• Prerequisite: Special status for closing work set up in the library system.
• Normal loan period: 4 weeks, 5 automatic extensions possible as long as there is no preregistration.
• conditions:
• The library is not liable for valuables.
• The library may open the compartment for inspection purposes.
• Media may only be included after borrowing.
• Borrowable at the information desk during opening hours upon presentation of the CampusCard.

To apply for special status, please submit a copy of your application for the final thesis to us. A written confirmation from your first corrector by e-mail that you are writing your thesis is also sufficient for us.

During the semester, we also offer "Fit für die Abschlussarbeit" (German), a variety of events on the subject of final theses, including time management, writing strategies, quotes from pictures or a crash course on quoting.
A registration is not necessary (except for Citavi events), you can participate in all or selected events. The events take place in the classroom in the library.

In the summer semester the action day "Now I finally write my work - tips and tricks for scientific work" takes place.

At the university there is a campus license for Citavi. Details can be found here (German).

If you would like to tie your work yourself, you can borrow the Fellowes Office Wire Binder at the information desk at the staffed times. It is a wire binding, it is possible to bind work with a volume of between 36 and 130 pages. The necessary accessory set (one wire binding spine, one front and one back) can be purchased at cost price of 1 euro at the information desk with the CampusCard. Instructions are included with the binding device. The device can only be used in the library.

You are welcome to submit a printed or electronic copy of your thesis to the library. A printed copy will be listed in the catalogue, placed in the reading room and can be borrowed. In this case, please complete this declaration of consent. Information on submitting an electronic copy can be found here (German).