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Within a research project, it may be necessary to search for specific types of sources such as legal texts, university publications, or standards documents. Separate research options are often available for them.

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the following link collections to search for such specific sources.
the database information system DBIS, in order to search there independently for specific database types (e.g. image, facts, dissertations) via the extended search mask.

Special types

Biographie-Portal (Bavarian State Library et al.)
Personal information; over 100,000 scientific biographies on persons from German, Austrian and Swiss history
Destatis (German Federal Statistical Office)
Federal statistics; facts & figures: indicators, countries and regions, total economy and environment. Economic sectors (energy etc.), society and state; statistical address book (links to state offices and international institutions)
Eurostat Database (Statistical Office of the European Union)
Statistical information about the EU Member States, the European Economic Area and the European partner countries
GENESIS Online Database (German Federal Statistical Office et al.)
Metadata-based statistical information system; basic functions (table retrieval) free of charge
OECD iLibrary Archive (OECD)
OECD publications since 1998 (books, papers, working papers), OECD statistics: from the 1960s
Resources for Economists (American Economic Association)
Link collections to statistics under "Data Sources"; topics i. a.: macro and regional U.S. Data, finance and financial law
Statista (Statista GmbH)
Campus license; bundling of statistical data from various institutes and sources; over 80,000 topics from more than 18,000 sources; 20 different industry categories (from agriculture to administration); with metadata
UNECE Statistical Database (UNECE)
Data and statistics from the fields of macroeconomics, transport and forestry
World Bank Open Data (World Bank)
Data on the development of countries worldwide; 20 different topics (from agriculture to urban development)
The World Factbook (CIA)
CIA data; focus: political, economic and geographical information of all countries

beck-online (Beck publisher)
campus license; laws, comments, decisions, articles
Decisions of the German Federal Labour Court
decisions from 2010 onwards
Decisions of the German Federal Fiscal Court
decisions from 2010 onwards
Decisions of the German Federal Court of Justice
decisions from 2000 onwards
Decisions of the German Federal Social Court
decisions from 2018 onwards
Decisions of the German Federal Constitutional Court
decisions from 1998 onwards
Decisions of the German Federal Adminstrative Court
decisions from 2002 onwards
dejure.org (dejure legal information systems)
information portal with legal text and court rulings database
EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the European Union)
European law: i. a. contracts, legislation, national court rulings related to EU law
InfoCuria (Court of Justice of the European Union)
judgements, conclusions, orders and communications in the Official Journal of the EU
Judgement database ZUM and ZUM-RD (Institute for Copyright and Media Law)
decisions on copyright and media law, limited to: since 1985 included in the Journal of Copyright and Media Law (ZUM), since 1997 in the ZUM-Rechtsprechungsdienst (ZUM-RD).
juris - the legal portal (juris)
campus license; laws, comments, decisions, regulations, press releases
Laws on the internet (German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection)
current federal law
Lexetius (Thomas Fuchs)
supreme court case law
openJur (openJur e. V.)
court decisions, laws, regulations
RLP regional state law online (Ministery of Justice - Rhineland-Palatinate)
legislation (state laws and regulations), decisions, administrative regulations

DPMAregister (Official Publications and Registries)
official publications and registries (German)
DPATISnet (Electronic Patent Document Archive)
electronic patent document archive (German)
DPMAdirekt (register industrail property rights electronically)
register industrial property rights electronically (German)
European Patent Office (EPO)
information page
German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
information page
Google Patents (→ advanced search)
search engine for patents
The Lens
Research portal, i. a. patent search
US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
information page

arXiv.org
subjects: computer science, mathematics, physics, biology, statistics etc.
EconStor
subject: economics
LawArXiv
subject: law

SlideShare
exchange platform for presentations, infographics and other documents

Beuth Publishing House: standards search
abstracts, tables of contents and purchase
Beuth Publishing House: standard information points
public libraries for standards
German Institute for Standardization e. V.
information page
eBib Environmental Campus
search e. g. with "VDI 2067"
OPAC Trier UAS (Main Campus)
search e. g. "VDI 2067"
Nautos (licence Trier University of Applied Sciences)
standards database
VDE Standards Library (licence Trier University of Applied Sciences)
standards database
Note: Standard information points are places where you can research DIN standards and other technical rules and where you can view the complete German standards. The use of standard information points is free of charge, fees for library use are possible. The standards are usually accessible in electronic form on the screen (source: Beuth Publishing House).

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
specific search for university publications via advanced search
Dart-Europe
e-theses portal
German National Library
specific search by category "Hochschulschriftenvermerk" with search terms "diss" or "habil"
Thesius
database for advertised dissertation topics, current doctoral projects and published dissertations
UMI ProQuest Company (Disexpress)
commercial delivery service for dissertations, especially from North America

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