Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
Electronic Journals Library (EZB)
The Electronic Journals Library, coordinated by the Regensburg University Library, is a cooperative library service with the goal of offering its users easy and convenient access to electronic journals. It contains more than 120,000 titles across all subject areas, with more than 85,000 journals freely accessible in full text (as of October 2025).
Access options
The access options to the full texts are indicated by different colored dots:
The full text of the journal is freely accessible.
The journal is subscribed to by DIW and is available in full text to DIW staff. Access is generally controlled via the IP address. For titles where this is not the case, please request the access data from the library.
DIW Berlin does not have a continuous license for the journal. Therefore, only a portion of the published volumes is available in full text.
The journal is not subscribed to and therefore not accessible in full text. However, tables of contents and abstracts are generally available free of charge.
The various URLs
You will find primarily academic journals in the Electronic Journals Library. Daily and weekly newspapers, newsletters, etc., are generally not found there. You can access these titles online via the OPAC. The description of a journal in the Electronic Journals Library usually offers several links to the journal, which you can use in different ways:
• Homepage(s): This is the link to the journal's main page at the publisher's website. If the publisher offers an online service, you can also access the full text here.
• Full text: In addition to the publisher, the full text of a journal is sometimes available from several providers (e.g., ingenta). This link, which is library-specific, can be found here.
• The journal title is linked. If a full-text link is provided, clicking on the journal will take you to the URL provided there; otherwise, it will take you to the first homepage address.
Passwords
Access to the full texts is usually controlled via your computer's IP address. For titles where this is not the case, please request access data from the library (Tel.: -350 or -362).
Licensed Periods
The period for which a journal is available in electronic form is determined solely by the publisher, and this can vary for different journals from a publisher. DIW Berlin does not always license all available volumes of a journal. You can see which period you have access to either by looking at the red-yellow traffic light or in the journal description.