Though the Tongji Campus as well as the German Library has not opened yet, you could still use the Library service. We have prepared guide for the international students to quickly get the skills online.

Q1: Can I borrow books from German Library like before?
A : We made a lot of efforts to make it possible.
Make sure you have the access to go back to campus, or the security guard at the gate will tell you to return home. Then following the steps below:

Step 1
Find the book you want in the catalogue system of university library Tongji AND make sure the book is “in stock” and the collection site is “德文图书馆（German Library）”. Then take notes for call number, title, author name and ISBN of the book.
Catalogue website: http://webpac.tongji.edu.cn/opac/
You can change the system language to English if Chinese is difficult for you to understand.

Step 2
Log in “My Library”: https://www.lib.tongji.edu.cn/my/home/dashboard and make sure you don’t have a book overdue.

Step 3
Fill in the form Borrowing Application Form of German Library Tongji University and promise your borrowing by signing the form (please take a photo for your signature and put it into the form online), and send your borrowing form to the E-Mail : deulib@163.com

Step 4
The librarian will check the information of the borrowing form. If there are no mistakes, the book will be borrowed through the system and be put to the first floor of CDHK building.

Step 5
When you receive the reply and appointed hour in E-Mail or by telephone, please go to “My Library” https://www.lib.tongji.edu.cn/my/home/dashboard again to confirm the borrowing details. Then take books with your ID card and Campus card from the guard of CDHK building (on the first floor). And please sign the form printed by German Library again for keeping on a file.

Step 6
The books will be kept for three working days from the appointed hour. If you don’t come to take them in time, the books will be returned to the library and the borrowing will be cancelled.

Q2 : How to use the academic databases for books and journals?
A : First of all, you need to log in to the TJ VPN system using your TJ Campus unified userID (student ID) and password.
Link: https://vpn.tongji.cn

Then you can download the MOTION PRO application for your device, e.g. laptops (either windows or MAC OS is ok). Follow the instruction steps to install.

CONNECT to TJ VPN (Red “A ”means that you are connected)

Open the website of Academic Resources:
Link of German Library（mostly used German databases）:
https://www.lib.tongji.edu.cn/index.php?classid=12556

Link of TJ Library（including Chinese resources）: https://www.lib.tongji.edu.cn/index.php?classid=12759
Choose the right one to begin.

Springer and De Gruyter are for the books and journal papers.
WoS is for the Citation Indexes, including SCI-E, SSCI, A&HCI, DII, Medline etc.
The important website addresses are below:
OPAC Catalogue website:
http://webpac.tongji.edu.cn/opac/

“My Library”:
https://www.lib.tongji.edu.cn/my/home/dashboard

Borrowing application:
https://www.lib.tongji.edu.cn/index.php?classid=12552&newsid=30772&t=show

Tongji VPN:
https://vpn.tongji.cn

Academic databases:
https://www.lib.tongji.edu.cn/index.php?classid=12556
or
https://www.lib.tongji.edu.cn/index.php?classid=12759

If you have any question, please send e-mail to deulib@163.com.