Scanning & Delivery
Book Scanners in the Branch Libraries
All branch libraries of the University Library are equipped with book scanners, which are available free of charge to all visitors. In addition, a microfilm scanner is available at the main campus location.
dokumenTUM
With dokumenTUM, TUM members can order scans of articles from scientific journals and books from the University Library’s print holdings and receive them quickly and free of charge as PDFs by email.
Digitization on Demand
Our in-house Digitization on Demand service creates digital copies of books from the University Library’s print holdings published before 1900 upon request. The high-quality scans can be converted into searchable text using optical character recognition (OCR – Optical Character Recognition).
TIB Document Delivery
Since 1959, the Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) has been collecting international scientific and technical information. Registered users can, among other services, place fee-based orders for scans of scholarly articles or request loanable literature from the TIB collection.
subito
The subito document delivery service is based on the collections of a consortium of academic libraries in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and China. Registered users can place fee-based orders for copies of articles, partial copies from books, and loanable items from the holdings of the participating libraries.