dokumenTUM

No need to scan yourself – let us scan for you.

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. dokumenTUM is free of charge and available to TUM students and staff members.

Overview

Ordering

Delivery

Ordering

Order via OPAC

Start the online catalogue OPAC and log in with your library number and the corresponding password. Then search for the title of the required book or journal.

Select the desired results and click on SFX "follow link" on the "Get document" tab.
This opens a SFX service page (only available in German).
Please tick here "Ich bin für den dokumenTUM-Lieferdienst berechtigt" and then click on "Bestellung über dokumenTUM oder Fernleihe" or "Go".
Please select the desired delivery service and specify the year of publication and the volume in the next step. These steps are not necessary when ordering copies from books.
Please fill in the missing information (chapter/article title, author, page references) in the order form and submit the order after accepting the copyright statement (English version is available after clicking on "urheberrechtlichen Erklärung").

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

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.

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.

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

dokumenTUM is not available to external library customers.

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.