FAQ
1) What is our homepage for e-content?
www.harrassowitz-library.de or www.harrassowitz-library.com
2) If a university has subsidiaries in other countries, does the subscription price also apply to all branches?
In principle, yes, but please specify when ordering.
3) Are there any restrictions on IP ranges/number of possible users?
No.
4) What are the general licence conditions?
The general licence conditions can be found here.
In addition, there is a framework agreement (Niso) which Harrassowitz has signed and which is used as a basis in conjunction with the other signatories (mainly American libraries and subscription agencies).
www.niso.org/standards-committees/seru
5) Will the contents remain accessible after termination and which volumes are included in the subscription?
Yes, the volumes already paid for remain accessible
Central Asiatic Journal 52-63 (from 2008)
https://caj.harrassowitz-library.com
Journal of Asian History 42-55 (from 2008)
https://jah.harrassowitz-library.com
Mediterranean Language Review 18-27 (from 2011)
https://mlr.harrassowitz-library.com
Sasanian Studies - Late Antique Iranian World 1 (from 2022)
https://sst.harrassowitz-library.com
Vienna Slavic Yearbook. New Series 1-8 (from 2013)
https://wsj.harrassowitz-library.com
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 160-171 (from 2010)
https://zdmg.harrassowitz-library.com
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Law 1-26 (from 1995)
https://zar.harrassowitz-library.com
Journal of Arabic Linguistics 52-73 (from 2010)
https://zal.harrassowitz-library.com
Journal of Balkanology - Zeitschrift für Balkanologie 38-56 (from 2002)
https://zfb.harrassowitz-library.com
The next journal to be submitted as e-journal is Welt der Slaven (planned for the end of January 2023).
5) When can e-books follow?
Planned from the middle of 2023.
6) What are the advantages of subscribing to several journals at the same time?
As before with JSTOR, the advantage remains at 15% if at least 8 journals are purchased at the same time.
7) What happens with delayed journal issues that are no longer delivered by JSTOR, e.g. the 2nd issue of the Journal of Balkanology -Zeitschrift für Balkanologie (ZFB)?
JSTOR will no longer accept new journals from us as of the end of December 21. Since the second issue of the ZFB (Jg. 57, Heft 2) has not yet appeared, we will make it available to subscribers as soon as it is published.
8) What are the subscription options for subscribers?
a) Print only (no change, invoiced on publication of the volume or the 1st issue)
b) Print and e-combination (invoicing at the beginning of the year, delivery on publication)
c) E-only (charged at the beginning of the year)
9) How is access to the purchased content established?
For libraries via the IP range, for private customers via password access.
10) Are usage statistics provided?
We offer following usage statistics for library administrators, which can be requested and evaluated independently:
- Number of successful full-text downloads by month and journal title
- Number of successful full-text downloads by publication year - YOP - and journal title
Library administrators must actively register on our site https://www.harrassowitz-library.com/register/ and will be activated as soon as the library has confirmed the registration to the publisher.
11) Open URL
Journal:
<http://www.harrassowitz-library.com/openurl?genre=journal&eissn=2747-4305>
<http://www.harrassowitz-library.com/openurl?genre=journal&title=CAJ>
Volume:
<http://www.harrassowitz-library.com/openurl?genre=journal&eissn=2747-4305&volume=62>
<http://www.harrassowitz-library.com/openurl?genre=journal&eissn=2747-4305&date=2019>
<http://www.harrassowitz-library.com/openurl?genre=journal&eissn=2747-4305&date=2019&volume=62>
Issue:
<http://www.harrassowitz-library.com/openurl?genre=journal&eissn=2747-4305&date=2019&volume=62&issue=2>
Article:
<http://www.harrassowitz-library.com/openurl?genre=article&eissn=2747-4305&date=2019&volume=62&issue=2&spage=149>
Parameters Description:
genre: "journal" or "book
issn: print ISSN
eissn: online ISSN
date: year of publication
volume: volume number
title: title of the publication
issue: issue number
spage; start page of the article
12) EZ Proxy
OCLC maintains a database stanza to provide access to specific e-resources in EZproxy:
https://help-de.oclc.org/Library_Management/EZproxy/Database_stanzas/Harrassowitz_Publishing
13) Harrassowitz Publishing Web Content Accessibility Statement
Harrassowitz Publishing is committed to ensure that our platform is accessible to all our users, regardless of their abilities or technologies. We are constantly working to improve the accessibility and usability of our platform.
Harrassowitz Publishing strives to conform to Level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 and Section 508 standards of the U.S. Federal Accessibility Standard.
Harrassowitz Publishing offers Journal content currently exclusively in PDF format. All PDFs can be downloaded by the user and read in a PDF viewer. PDF standards may have changed over the years, and PDFs for older content in particular may not be accessible with screen readers or other assistive devices. Information from Adobe about Acrobat Reader accessibility features:
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/accessibility-features-pdfs.html
The website was tested with assistive technologies (including screen reader, screen magnification, contrast switching, keyboard, speech recognition). A score of 96/100 was achieved in testing with the Google Chrome Lighthouse automated accessibility tool.
We are currently working on optimizing links in terms of distinguishable names and improved tab visualization.
The following options are available:
Zoom: Zoom up to 300% without the text going beyond the screen.
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