Here you find tips for your search in the Primo catalog.
Watch our Tutorial (YouTube, only available in German) to explore Primo.
Primo is the library's discovery tool. Use it to search all media provided via Mannheim University Library: books, e-books, journals, e-journals, DVDs and audiobooks.
You can find many journal articles in the search area „Articles & University Library Holdings“. Or extend your search by using our databases.
Here you find more than 2.2 million holdings of Mannheim University Library including books, e-books, journals, e-journals, CDs, DVDs and psychological tests.
Here you search 100 million additional items for e-journal articles, more e-books, and research papers.
Your search brought no results? Here you can search the holdings of all academic libraries in Germany and order your item with just a few clicks.
Enter one or more search terms. Primo will return results that contain all the terms.
Use () to combine different search queries - e.g. Schiller (play OR dram*) will find results containing Schiller and play as well as results containing Schiller and words with dram-.
Your search results are arranged by relevance. In the column „tweak results“ on the left you can sort your results list:
Use additional filter options, for example to see only the newest results.
In the column on the left under „Tweak results“ you can filter your results by one or more criteria:
You see the active filters on the top of the left column. Here you can also delete some or all filters.