Open Access

The open access strategy of the state of Brandenburg has formulated the goal that all publications by members of publicly funded scientific institutions will appear in open access in the future if there are no legal, financial, technological or structural reasons to the contrary. A factsheet from the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences summarises the key aspects.

The University Library supports Open Access publishing for first and second publications and provides comprehensive advice on financial support for Open Access publications.

Unfortunately, the pricing structure of individual publishers for publications is very complex, regardless of whether they are open-access or not. Please contact Dr Jan Hagedoorn for further information.

Publishing agreements of the University of Potsdam
The University Library has concluded agreements (DEAL contracts and individual agreements) with various publishers in order to organise processes more efficiently and reduce the costs of publications by members of the University.

Open Access Publication Fund of the University of Potsdam
Financed by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the University of Potsdam, the fund is intended to enable university members to publish their scientific articles in Open Access journals. It is possible to finance publication fees of up to €2000.

publish.UP
On the publication server, members of the University of Potsdam can publish their scientific work free of charge and according to Open Access criteria.

open access network
Information about open access and a wide range of training and networking opportunities. The open access network also provides an overview of open access resources for mathematics.

OPAC of the University of Potsdam Library

• Access to the library stocks of the University of Potsdam (all  acquisitions since 1992). Contains all media (monographs, titles, CD-ROMs, journals).  
• The Mathematics branch of the library = LKZ 1302

Digital Journals

• Catalogue of all accessible digital journals from the University of Potsdam domain

Digital Books

• Catalogue of all accessible eBook Packages from the University of Potsdam domain

Database Infosystem (DBIS)

• access to subscribed and freely accessible databases

Springer Link

• (Full text) access to several eBook Packages via Springer Link

European Mathematical Society (EMS)

• Direct access to the search engine for EMS publications.

Database of Full Text Articles via JSTOR

• Parts of the JSTOR Database of Full Text Articles for use from all university computers and outside the university through VPN

Digitized Mathematics Literature

• List of links to more than 2000 digitized books and around 170 journals (generally open access)

Mathematics Information Service

• A German Research Foundation project to establish a central portal for research on mathematically-relevant topics

Zentralblatt Mathematik

• Direct access to the database of the Zentralblatt für Mathematik

Mapedia

• Direct access to the database MathEduc of the Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik 

MathSciNet

• Direct access to MathSciNet, the electronic database of Mathematical Reviews

GBV

• Database of journals and supplementary materials, accessible online from all computers of the University of Potsdam with IP numbers 141.89.*.*, currently lists titlespublished since 1993 in over 16,800 journals covering all subjects.
• All titles can be ordered directly through the Online Interlibrary Loans or the document delivery services GBVdirekt or Subito. 

Scopus

• Multidisciplinary abstract and citation database for research literature and high-quality internet sources (peer-reviewed)
• Various tools for tracking, analysing and visualising research information from all subject areas

MSC

• Mathematics Subject Classification (2010)

Technical Information Center, (FIZ) Karlsruhe

• Information on services and offers of the FIZ in Karlsruhe. You will find, among others, a directory of STN databases. 

Mathematik Alpha

• Treasure trove for mathematical literature from the GDR (school books, collections of exercises, mathematical journals, etc.)