Special collections
One of the tasks of the library is the archiving of the publications of the institutes. According to § 5 para. 4 of the
library policy members of the institute who publish officially, must submit a copy of the publication (reprint, thesis etc.) for the archive of the library.
PhD-Thesis / Thesis*
Please give us your publication in printed or/and electronic form (PDF). The PDF can be submitted to the library as CD-ROM or sent to
library@biochem.mpg.de.
The theses in all formats (print or online) are listed in the library catalogue. The electronic version is also archived on the document server (
eDoc) of the MPG. There it is freely available via Internet for non-commercial use.
*Definition: A PhD-Thesis is a text or aggregation of items to reach the doctoral degree. A thesis is a text or aggregation of items to reach a master or diploma degree, this includes the German "Magister", "Master", "Diplom" and "Staatsexamen".