An infrastructure and research centre for data and information in the life sciences.
DBIS lists databases licensed from ZB MED as well as databases freely available on the internet (subject bibliographies, factual databases, full text databases etc.).
Click here for Databases DBIS (simple search).
If you select the appropriate subject area, you will find an extensive range of databases. In the advanced search you can narrow down your search according to further criteria. Within a subject database, you then often have sophisticated options for formulating your research.
The Federal Ministry of Health is a sponsor of ZB MED on the basis of a decision by the German Bundestag.
The robust, well-established partnership between ZB MED and the University of Cologne covers research, teaching and the provision of information. The Scientific Director of ZB MED also holds a professorship at the Medical Faculty.
The Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia is sponsoring ZB MED.
A joint professorship is just one example of the cooperation between ZB MED and the University of Bonn in the fields of research and teaching. ZB MED’s Bonn site is located on the Poppelsdorf campus.
ZB MED promotes and supports open access to scientific research through the PUBLISSO portal and other services.
ZB MED’s cooperation with TH Köln focuses on providing qualifications in information and data science through joint professorships and other strategies.
DataCite is an international not-for-profit organisation that offers services and know-how relating to the management, referencing and citation of research data.
The objective is to work together to provide complementary information services for the life sciences.
ZB MED received the TOTAL E-QUALITY award in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2021 for successfully implementing equality in its staffing structure and personnel policies.
The network is committed to the research and development of working methods, infrastructures, and tools of Open Science.
The "Deutsche Agrarfoschungsallianz" aims to improve the performance, transparency and international visibility of German agricultural research. It is a joint project of German agricultural research.
Climate protection, sustainability, responsibility, social solidarity.
