FAQs about electronic resources

Members of the University of Vienna (students and employees) can access the electronic resources outside the University by establishing a connection via u:access Therefore, you require an employee or student u:account  .

You require an employee or student u:account  to be able to log in. For licensing reasons, you cannot log in to u:access using a u:account for external persons.

You can access licensed electronic resources anonymously and free of charge at specially labelled research computers at the University Library locations. We also offer a range of free resources that you can use without having to log in to u:access.

Your log-in is only valid for the browser window that is currently active. If you open another browser window or a new tab in the browser, you have to log in to u:access again.

If you closed all browser windows, you have to open u:access again and log in once more.

This is normal if you have already logged in to u:access.

You only have to log in if you closed all browser windows after your last log-in. If you did not close all browser windows, you simply have to click the u:access button to connect to u:access again.

If the word “uaccess” appears in the address bar of your browser, it means that you are currently connected to u:access

You have to enter the following information:

• OpenURL: https://openurl.univie.ac.at/resolve
• EZproxy (u:access): https://uaccess.univie.ac.at/login

No, electronic full texts are either available in PDF format and/or as HTML text.

No, this is prohibited by law.

You may only print and store full texts for your personal use and for research purposes. Printing or storing electronic resources systematically (personally or using software such as robots) is prohibited. You may neither transfer full texts to third parties in electronic form nor in printed form.

Please also note the terms of use of the individual publishers.

Please follow the instructions of the device manufacturer to create an empty bookmark. Enter “u:access” as the bookmark name and enter the following text as the address:

On Android tablets or smartphones, you have to enter the name of the bookmarklet in the address bar to activate the bookmark.