dokumenTUM

dokumenTUM is our delivery service for articles from specialist periodicals or scientific journals as well as scans from books (up to 10%) which are available in printed form at the TUM University Library. No need to scan yourself – let us scan for you.

Overview

Ordering

Prices

E-Tutorials

Delivery

Ordering

TUM students and staff members can order directly in the online catalogue. Non-TUM members have a web form at their disposal.

Order via OPAC or Gateway Bavaria (for TUM members)
Search for the title of the desired book or journal in the Online Catalogue OPAC or in Gateway Bayern.

Select the desired results and click on SFX – in the OPAC, on the "order" tab, in Gateway Bayern, below the title.
This opens a SFX service page. There select the link "Bestellung über dokumenTUM oder Fernleihe".
You will receive an order form. Please complete required data and send your order.

Zeitschriftenicon Tip: For journals, always select the parent title for your order – you will recognise this in the hit list by this symbol.

Order via web form (for non-TUM members)
Please fill in our webform.

Redirection to the fee-based interlibrary loan service
Please note: If you search for a title which is not available at the TUM University Library, you will be automatically redirected to the article order via interlibrary loan. This service is fee-based.

Prices

Ordering via dokumenTUM is free-of-charge for TUM members.

For non-TUM library users the service is fee-based.

Delivery

We scan the articles and book chapters you order and send you the documents as PDF files by e-mail.

Usually we deliver within two working days (excepting Saturdays, Sundays and holidays).

If the PDF file is too large for e-mail delivery, we upload the documents onto a university library server ready for you. We will inform you by e-mail of the URL from which you will then be able to view the document, print it or download it to your computer. For copyright reasons, the files will be deleted from the server after ten days.

dokumenTUM External Service: Pick-up at Branch Libraries

Due to licensing restrictions, electronic delivery by e-mail is not available for non-TUM library users.

We provide the articles and book chapters you order as a paper copy at your requested branch library. At the circulation desks, you can pick them up on payment of the service fee.

Terms of Use

Who can benefit from dokumenTUM?

dokumenTUM is a library service for employees and students of the TUM. You can use the dokumenTUM order options if you hold one of the following cards:

a TUM PersonalCard or a TUM StudentCard activated for library use
a valid library card as a TUM employee or TUM student

For non-TUM library users, we offer our fee-based service dokumenTUM External. Please use our webform to place your order.

What can I order via documenTUM?

scans of articles from specialist periodicals and scientific journals
scans of up to 10% from books

... provided these materials are available in printed form at the TUM University Library.