Access to Online-Resources

Our electronic resources (databases, eJournals, and eBooks) can be used by WU students, faculty, and staff as well as all other WU library patrons. For details on available access options, please see the table below.

	WU students, faculty, and staff	External library patrons
on Campus	On the PCs in the WU libraries In the IT-SERVICES computer labs via Wi-Fi on your own computer and in the self-study areas	Non-affiliated persons may use materials on-location in the library.
off Campus	Remote access via VPN	No remote access

Please note that due to licensing agreements some of our databases (especially law and finance resources) can only be used by WU students, faculty, and staff. Special conditions may also apply to using the resources via remote access. For details, please consult the description of each individual database.

Disclaimer

Our electronic resources may be accessed only for study purposes, teaching, or research at WU, or for personal use. It is strictly prohibited to redistribute or systematically copy or download content from the provided resources or to use such content for commercial purposes. In the event of a violation of these rules, WU may disclose the respective user's contact data to its contractors and content providers, or ban the user from accessing the electronic resources. Any costs and damages resulting from claims made against WU because of infringements of the rights of third parties caused by a library patron shall be borne by the patron. Legal restrictions may apply to some materials, which can only be used by our students or staff, or can be accessed only within the library building.

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Provider
CookieConsent	Saves your consent to using cookies.	30 days	WU
site-popup	Saves if popup was filled or closed.	30 days	WU
BACH_PRXY_ID	To be able to display some WU-specific content, it is necessary that some information must be accessed by back-end WU systems. Required to assign the appropriate answer to a request.	20 years	WU
BACH_PRXY_SN	To be able to display some WU-specific content, it is necessary that some information must be accessed by back-end WU systems. Required to assign the appropriate answer to a request.	session	WU
fe_typo_user	Required for login and access to protected content or for editing the user’s personal profile.	session	WU
be_typo_user	Required for login and editing content in the TYPO3 back end.	session	WU
be_lastLoginProvider	Stores the last method used for logging in to the TYPO3 back end.	90 days	WU
ASP.NET_SessionId	Required for assigning visitors to forms.	session	WU (forms.wu.ac.at)
__RequestVerificationToken	Required to protect forms against attacks.	session	WU (forms.wu.ac.at)
ESRASOFTSID	Required for identifying the logged-in user in the Business Language Center’s course registration system.	session	WU (esrasoft.wu.ac.at)
esraSoftWiData	Required to track the language and language courses selected by the user.	session	WU (esrasoft.wu.ac.at)
esraSimpleSAMLAuthToken	Required for identifying WU employees during the course registration process.	session	WU (esrasoft.wu.ac.at)
esraSimpleSAML	Required for identifying WU employees during the course registration process.	session	WU (esrasoft.wu.ac.at)
SimpleSAML	Required for identifying WU employees during the course registration process.	session	WU (esrasoft.wu.ac.at)

Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Provider
_pk_id	Used by Matomo Analytics to store a few details about the user, such as the unique visitor ID.	30 days	WU (piwik.wu.ac.at)
_pk_ref	Used by Matomo Analytics to store the attribution information, the referrer initially used to visit the website.	6 months	WU (piwik.wu.ac.at)
_pk_ses	Created by Matomo Analytics, short-lived cookies used to temporarily store data for the current visit.	1 hours	WU (piwik.wu.ac.at)

Access to Online-Resources

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