Important information

Due to the hacker attack at HAW Hamburg, the following library services are currently available:

Your electronic student ID card (also known as your chip card) is still valid as your library card. Please continue to use it as your library card (updated: March 2023).

HAW Hamburg members can use e-media licensed to HAW Hamburg (e-books, e-journals and databases) on campus via the WLAN network. WLAN is available in all HAW Hamburg rooms (i.e. not just in the libraries, but also in the Stiftstraße buildings). Additionally, selected e-books can be dowloaded and read at home. All e-media resources can be accessed via the HAW Catalogue.

The various libraries are open during the periods listed on the website. You can work in the libraries and use the print materials on site. You can also scan print materials in all of the libraries. Borrowing items during service-desk hours is possible in all of the libraries. Loans are currently only available for HAW Hamburg members.

You can return items to the libraries, but there may be delays in booking the items back in properly. Fees for overdue items will not be charged. 

On 6 March 2023, the Business, Engineering and Computer Science (TWI) Library will open for you at Berliner Tor 7 (second floor). It is home to the collections from the former TWI 1 and TWI 2. The rooms in Berliner Tor 5 (seventh and eighth floors) will open at a later date as they are still being transformed into a new study space for students. 

The online catalogue is functioning, and it is possible to use open-access electronic media. It is also possible to extend the borrowing period for items you already have on loan using your user account.

Contact information

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Alternatives to the HAW Hamburg libraries

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Search the library catalogues

Focus, learn and understand: You can find what you're looking for in the HAW Hamburg libraries.

The five HAW Hamburg libraries are home to over 200,000 print publications. We also have a large selection of e-books and e-journals. In addition to study rooms and Internet workspaces, we also provide expert advice and assistance. 

Overview of services currently available (Updated: 17 February 2023)

E-media resources available through the HAW libraries

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Borrowing of print media

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Library workspaces for studying

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Call a librarian

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Tips for using Open Access resources

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