Hans-Dieter Klingemann Library
As a specialized academic library, the Hans-Dieter Klingemann Library pursues three primary objectives, all of them directly concerning the academic life of students and teachers at Berlin International:
1. Supplying Specialized Information. In accordance with the study programs of Berlin International, the Klingemann Library collects and makes accessible print & digital literature organized in the following sections and sub-sections:
- Design Section:
- Interior Design & Architecture, including Urban Studies
- Product Design & Industrial Design
- Graphic Design & Visual Communication
- Further sub-sections: Arts, Media Studies, Communication Studies, Cultural Studies
- Business Section:
- Business & Management, including Digital Business, International Management, Organizational Psychology
- Economics
- Marketing
- Computer Science, Data Science
- Further sub-sections: Law, Psychology, Philosophy, Social Science, Political Science, History
- Periodicals Section: journals and magazines mainly in the areas of Design, Architecture, Business, Management, Economics, Social Science, Political Science
- Design Materials Library
- Turkey Collection: Turkish history, Turkish law, Turkish-language fiction
2. Promoting Information Literacy. With its LibGuides (see below), guided tours and tutorials, the Klingemann Library contributes to the proficiency of students and faculty in the tasks of identifying informational needs and using techniques for efficient searching, evaluation and organization of knowledge.
3. Serving as Institutional Memory. One key aspect of the Klingemann Library's collection development policy is the acquisition of printed and digital works produced by Berlin International members (students and staff). This includes theses and book publications, journal articles and book chapters, research and working papers.
The Klingemann Library's holdings are searchable in our new Koha OPAC (OPAC = Online Public Access Catalog) and in the union catalogs KOBV, KVK, ZDB. For more information, please refer to section "Searching Our Holdings" below.
Our library is not open for the general public. To all BI members, it offers a good learning environment with study desks for single and group work, computers, free wi-fi and a self-service multifunction copy machine. In addition, books can be borrowed by BI students over weekends and during semester breaks. For more information, please refer to our Terms of Use and Library Regulations.
LibGuides - Guides for the Literature Search
Koha OPAC
Use our Koha OPAC (OPAC = Online Public Access Catalogue) to find books, periodicals (= journals, magazines, newspapers), monographic series, theses and other items available in our library.
Help for the Koha OPAC use can be found in the LibGuide "Multidisciplinary - Klingemann Library Holding".
New Acquisitions - Direct Links in Koha
Berlin International Bachelor Theses
If you are looking for bachelor theses submitted by BI students, please use the following links:
- Koha Direct Link: list of records that are visible in Koha including links for full texts;
- Excel File: complete list including links for the respective Koha records and full texts.
Please note that:
- there is no access to the hard copy if the thesis is available as PDF;
- theses awaiting copyright clearance are not yet visible in Koha.
If you need a thesis that is not available as PDF and/or not visible in Koha, please ask your librarian.
LibGuide Design - Journals at Klingemann Library
- Contains external links for the periodicals on Design, Architecture & Arts owned by our library: journal archives, freely availabe full texts, as well as records of Barbaros Kütüphanesi, the University Library of Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi in Istanbul.
- For a list of all journals available in our library, see Journals Holdings of Klingemann Library in the ZDB Catalogue.
LibGuide Design - Barbaros Library
- Explains how to login and search in the databases of Barbaros Library (Bahçeşehir University Istanbul), especially 'BAU Academic Search' and 'Art & Architecture Source'.
LibGuide Design - Specialized Sources
- Contains descriptive lists of:
- library catalogues, portals & interfaces for the specialized search in the areas of Design, Architecture & Arts;
- portals for images on Art, Architecture & Culture;
- materials databases.
LibGuide Design - Search Techniques
- Explains the use of Boolean Operators, phrase searching, truncation, wildcards.
LibGuide Design - Journal Impact Factors (JIFs) (coming soon)
LibGuide Business - Journals at Klingemann Library
- Contains external links for the periodicals on Business & Economics owned by our library: journal archives, freely availabe full texts, as well as records of Barbaros Kütüphanesi, the University Library of Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi in Istanbul.
- For a list of all journals available in our library, see Journals Holdings of Klingemann Library in the ZDB Catalogue.
LibGuide Business - Barbaros Library
- Explains how to login and search in the databases of Barbaros Library (Bahçeşehir University Istanbul), especially 'BAU Academic Search' and 'Business Source Complete'.
LibGuide Business - Specialized Sources
- Contains descriptive lists of:
- bibliographic and full-text databases for the specialized search in the areas of Business & Economics;
- selected search interfaces for Social Science, Political Science, Law;
- special search engines;
- portals / databases for stats & facts, patents, company information, news.
LibGuide Business - Search Techniques
- Explains the use of Boolean Operators, phrase searching, truncation, wildcards.
LibGuide Business - Journal Impact Factors (JIFs) (coming soon)
LibGuide Multidisciplinary Sources - Search Engines & Databases
- Contains descriptive lists of multidisciplinary search interfaces that are useful when you are looking for full texts on the web:
- academic search engines,
- academic databases for books & journals,
- academic databases for theses & dissertations,
- cooperative search interfaces for digitized items from libraries, archives and museums.
LibGuide Multidisciplinary Sources - Libraries in the Berlin Area
- Contains a descriptive list of other academic libraries in and around Berlin, including links to:
- addresses;
- registration for a user card;
- electronic catalogues / discovery systems.
LibGuide Multidisciplinary Sources - Unions, State & National Libraries
- Contains links to catalogues of selected library unions, state and national libraries;
- useful if you only need bibliographic information, for instance, because you just want to import titles into your Reference Manager (RM).
If you are not able to find a publication in our library, in a library near you or on the web, you can use the following services:
- Document Delivery Services (DDS)
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
- Digitization on Demand (DoD).
For information about these services, please refer to the LibGuide Document Delivery Services & Digitization on Demand.
Note, however, that most of these services are not free of charge.
LibGuide Information Literacy - Learning How to Search
- External resources, including online tutorials and interactive guides on literature search and academic writing.
LibGuide Reference Managers - Organizing Information
- External resources, including comparisons of Reference Management software.