
Specialist literature, standards of facts can be researched in databases.
The databases licensed by the HCU library are accessible in the HCU network and for students and employees of the HCU also from the outside.
Architecture, building design, housing, urban planning:
> Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Building plans, designs, photos, articles on building types:
> Building Types Online
Buldings documents of all DETAIL issues:
> DETAIL inspiration
Ecology, environmental protection:
> GreenFILE
Standard work on teaching in universities:
> Neues Handbuch Hochschullehre
International press information:
> Nexis press database
Urban planning, regional planning, urban development, urban research:
> ORLIS - Literaurhinweise Kommunale Planung und Verwaltung
Spatial planning, urban development, housing and construction:
> RSWBplus - Publications on Planning and Building International
Structural damage
> Schadis - die Datenbank zu Bauschäden
General database on peer-reviewed literature
> Scopus
Urban sociology, urban development, urban planning:
> Urban Studies Abstracts
DWA bulletins and ATV guidelines:
> DWA Regelwerk online (regristation with HCU e-mail address)
Construction tables for engineers, calculation notes and examples:
> Schneider Bautabellen digital
Knowledge for the study of civil engineering and architecture:
> Bautechnik-digital
General reference work:
> Brockhaus Wissensservice
Reference work on geography:
> The International Encyclopedia of Geography
Environmental law, case law, literature references, commentaries:
> juris PartnerModul Umweltrecht (only HCU members, no remote access)
Case law, literature references, practice reports:
> juris Professionell (only HCU members, no remote access)
DIN standards und VDI guidelines:
> Perinorm and VDE Normenbibliothek
Construction costs, calculation prices for labour, equipment and materials:
> sirAdos Baupreise.de
Statistical data:
> Statista - Statistik Portal
Technical regulations & offical provisions in the road sector:
> Straßenbau A-Z digital
Structures, companies, projects, literature references:
> Structurae
Terms of use
If you use our database services, you must consider the following license conditions:
> Licensed databases and full texts can only be used within the HCU network. If you are a member of the HCU, please remember to log in via the VPN tunnel or Shibboleth (further information).
> Data and full texts may only be printed or downloaded for personal use and non-commercial purposes (science, research and teaching).
> Passing on to third parties is not permitted, neither in electronic nor in printed form.
> Systematic downloading of articles or search results, especially by robots, is prohibited.

HCU literature search engine
Start page
Union catalogue /
interlibrary loan
GVK
Database overview
DBIS
Finding E-Journals
EZB
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