Services for doctoral students

The Medical Library supports you in all phases of your doctoral thesis: literature search, procurement and management, writing, citation and publishing. We are also able to answer the question: Do similar scientific studies already exist?

If you have any general questions, the information staff will be happy to assist you.

Literature search and procurement

DBIS [de] (Database Information System): all literature databases for medicine are listed here. The most important literature databases for physicians are PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and UpToDate.
EZB (Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek / Electronic Journals Library): All medical journals available online can be found here, including information on availability at the University of Münster.
Rapidoc: As a member of the Faculty of Medicine, you can use our delivery service free of charge if you need an article published in a journal or an essay published in a book that is not available in Münster.
Further information can be found in the article Strategie der Literaturrecherche [de].

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Training courses

PubMed introduction: PubMed is the most important medical database. You will be introduced to search strategies for locating subject-specific articles and will receive information on how to obtain the relevant literature.

Training courses offered by the Medical Library

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How to find other dissertations

All doctoral theses of the Faculty of Medicine since 1990 are listed in the dissertation database of the Medical Library.
Search form [de]
Doctoral theses published in Germany, Europe or around the world are listed in various bibliographies.
Overview of the references [de]

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Reference management

References from databases should be imported into a reference management programme such as Citavi. It can be used free of charge at the University of Münster.
Information [de]

How to cite correctly and to avoid plagiarism

Information on plagiarism and correct citation methods can be found here:

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How to publish a doctoral thesis

The University Publications Office of the ULB accepts all theses and postdoctoral theses of the University of Münster and issues the certificates necessary for the receipt of the doctoral certificate.
On request, we publish your dissertation digitally. A printed version can also be ordered via the ULB.
Publishing your doctoral thesis [de]