Library

The holdings of the freely accessible reading room of the library can be borrowed by DKFZ employees. The loan period is 4 weeks. Multiple renewals are possible. The holdings can be searched via CaRLO. We are also happy to send books to the divisions via in-house mail.

If the book you are looking for is not in the library's collection, you can suggest it for purchase or order it informally by e-mail free of charge for loan.

Contact for renewals:
Tel.: 06221/42-3662
E-Mail

Contact for further questions:
Tel.: 06221/42-3661
E-Mail

Lending of e-books

Proquest Ebook Central is a platform with which you can access individual e-books licensed by the DKFZ library from various publishers. However, unlicensed e-books can also be requested for short-term borrowing. With your DKFZ login, you can read each book once for 5 minutes free of charge and request a short loan or the purchase of access from the library management via a button.

Link to the platform: 
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/dkfz/home.action

DKFZ staff can order documents that are not in the library's collection via the document delivery service. This service is usually free of charge.

Interlibrary loan requests can be sent informally by e-mail to the library. 
In the case of urgent requests, please contact the library in addition to placing an order.

Delivery of e-books

Unlicensed e-books can be requested for short-term loan via the Proquest Ebook Central platform. With your DKFZ login, you can read each book once for 5 minutes free of charge and request the short loan or the purchase of access from the library management via a button.

Link to the platform: 
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/dkfz/home.action

The acquisition of media is also carried out centrally for the divisions via the library.

An informal order stating the cost center and the account assignment object is sufficient. It is not necessary to place an order via eBiss (BANF).

Taking into account discounts granted to the library, the most cost-effective way of procuring the item for the division is checked. Printed works are listed in the library catalog (CaRLO).

In the case of urgent orders, please contact the library in addition to placing your order.

Contact:
Annika Diederichs
Tel.: 06221/42-3661
E-Mail

Andrea Heppert
Tel.: 06221/42-3669
E-Mail

At the DKFZ, the use of a registered laboratory notebook (printed or electronic) for the documentation of laboratory work is mandatory. 
The laboratory notebook contains the essential records of scientific work - be it for the documentation of research, for patenting or as a legally valid document. 
Laboratory notebooks are issued in a personalized form and cannot be transferred.
It is the property of the DKFZ and may not be taken away when leaving the DKFZ. may not be taken with you when you leave the DKFZ. According to the DFG guidelines for safeguarding good research practice, laboratory notebooks must be kept for at least 10 years. If they cannot be stored in the division, they can be archived by the library.

Issued by the library/collected from the library:
Documentation building, 1st floor, room D124
Mon - Fri: 9 am - 4 pm
 

The lab book is also sent by internal mail. For employees of external locations, the lab notebook is sent by post.
Informal order by e-mail

Contact:
Annika Diederichs
Phone: 06221/42-3661
E-Mail

Pick up lab notebook for other persons:
Authorization to pick up lab notebooks for other persons (DKFZ employees only)

FAQs

The library's reading room is open to everyone (including external users). There are 22 workstations and free WLAN. In addition to bright workstations, a scanner, printer and photocopier are available for use. Depending on availability, a meeting room can also be booked for group work or virtual meetings, for example. DKFZ employees can book this independently via the portal.

The Central Library offers various training courses on databases, publishing and the academic communication process. You can find a current offer in the Training Portal.

Please contact us if you are missing something or need individual training. We will be happy to advise you individually or prepare a training course for your division that is tailored to your needs.

Contact person:

Dagmar Sitek, Tel.: 06221/42-2245, E-Mail

Andrea Heppert, Tel.: 06221/42-3669, E-Mail

Our regular training courses at a glance:

(Dates and registration via the Training Portal)

PubMed introduction

In this introduction, you will learn how the PubMed database works and the tools it uses and receive tips on setting up a search strategy with MeSH and your own terms.

Dates can be booked via the Training Portal: "PubMed - Introduction" (90 min.)

Contact: Andrea Heppert, Tel.: 06221/42-3669, E-Mail

Plagiarism check

In this information event you will learn under which conditions your scientific work can be checked for text similarities with already published literature at the DKFZ and how you can use the report of the test.

Dates can be booked via the Training Portal: "Get your thesis checked for plagiarism" (30 min.)

Contact: Andrea Heppert, Tel.: 06221/42-3669, E-Mail or Dagmar Sitek, Tel.: 06221/42-2245, E-Mail

The know-how to publish

This course deals with a wide range of topics related to the scientific communication process: What do I have to consider so that my article is optimally cited? - How can I increase visibility? - How do I protect myself against predatory publishing? - What do I need to consider when using scientific social networks? and much more.

Dates can be booked via the training portal: "The know-how to publish" (90 min)

Contact: Dagmar Sitek, Tel.: 06221/42-2245, E-Mail

Publication figures are generally required for evaluations, (project) proposals, applications, etc. The requirements in this area are very different and individual. For example, author-related indicators (e.g. citation figures or h-index), journal-related indicators (e.g. impact factors or citation figures) or publication lists are requested.

If you have such questions, you can contact the library's bibliometrics team. They will be happy to assist you with

• the determination of key figures for (project) proposals, applications, etc.
• the creation of bibliometric profiles, publication lists, etc.
• Creating and maintaining author identifiers (ORCiD etc.)
• Creating search strings and alerts for specific questions
• Further questions of all kinds on this topic

Contact:
Andrea Heppert
Tel.: 06221/42-3669
E-Mail

Annika Diederichs
Tel.: 06221/42-3661
E-Mail

Publications that are freely accessible have increased visibility as they are available to a wider readership. In addition to this advantage, almost all research funders now also require that research results from projects they fund must be made “open access”.

The DKFZ does not have an Open Access publication fund, so Article Processing Charges (APCs) generally have to be borne by the divisions. However, there are license agreements with some publishers that contain Open Access components. In these cases, either discounts are granted on the APCs or they are covered by the subscription fees, so that no costs are incurred by the divisions.

Detailed information can be found here: www.dkfz.de/en/library/open-access

Caution: fraudulent open access publishers

There is a large number of publishers that do not offer reputable publication procedures. It is not permitted to publish in such journals. Publishers and journals that are not known should be checked for reputability before submitting an article. In any case, they should be listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (https://doaj.org/). If in doubt, please contact the library, which will assist you with the check.

Especially for articles in Golden Open Access journals, publishers offer researchers the opportunity to select a CC license for their articles. If possible, the CC BY license should always be selected, as it offers the most comprehensive reuse. There are a few research funders who demand a CC BY license for publications resulting from their funding and do not accept a stricter CC as “open access”. See also CC licenses.

Contact:
Tel.: 06221/42-3661
E-Mail

With the iThenticate plagiarism software, texts can be checked for similarities with previously published literature and web content before submission or submission.
iThenticate finds similar text passages and thus helps to improve the quality of a publication. In the results report, text similarities are marked and linked to the corresponding sources, so that it is possible to check the marked parts of the text and make improvements if necessary.

This test is voluntary and free of charge and can be requested from the library using the following form. Before applying, please read the follwing information sheet.

Submit the signed form and the work by e-mail or at the library.
Documentation building, 1st floor, room D124
Mon - Fri: 9 am - 4 pm

Contact:
Dagmar Sitek
Tel.: 06221/42-2245
E-Mail

The library offers a number of services to support researchers in research data management. Please contact us if you are missing a service or cannot find an adequate answer to your question. Please note that the website is currently still under construction and additional services are being added continuously.

The posters from the “Research Data Management Reality Check” workshop can be viewed here:

Biological Information and Documentation System (BIDS)

Digital Oncology Cross Topic

European Health Data Space (EHDS)

Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC)

Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration Hub Health @ DKFZ

ITCF “tell us about …”

ITCF storage solutions

Library

NFDI Consortia

NFDI4Immuno

ODCF

OMERO

RadPlanBio  

RadPlanBio DKTK

The following page presents tools that can be helpful in all areas of the scientific communication process and for which a usage license is available for DKFZ employees. These include, for example, literature management programs, educational training, identifier systems, etc. Please feel free to contact us if you are missing a tool that you think is helpful or if you cannot find a suitable tool for a specific task.

https://www.dkfz.de/en/library/tools