University of Tübingen

UB Tübingen library catalogue (IBS|BW consortium tenant)

The University Library's main catalogue and discovery interface. Verified 2026-09-01: https://katalog.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/ redirects (301) to https://rds-tue.ibs-bw.de/opac/, a Tübingen-scoped instance on the IBS|BW (Integriertes Bibliothekssystem Baden-Württemberg) consortium platform, which answers 403 to an anonymous non-browser client. The instance and its holdings are Tübingen's; the platform and its contract belong to the consortium and its library-systems vendor, so nothing is saved here. Its companion campus portal alma.uni-tuebingen.de serves a meta-refresh into /alma/rds?state=user — a login portal, no public API. Recorded as a tenant relationship, which is a real institutional fact.

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aid: university-of-tubingen:library-discovery
name: UB Tübingen library catalogue (IBS|BW consortium tenant)
x-operator: tenant
description: 'The University Library''s main catalogue and discovery interface. Verified 2026-09-01: https://katalog.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/
  redirects (301) to https://rds-tue.ibs-bw.de/opac/, a Tübingen-scoped instance on the IBS|BW (Integriertes
  Bibliothekssystem Baden-Württemberg) consortium platform, which answers 403 to an anonymous non-browser
  client. The instance and its holdings are Tübingen''s; the platform and its contract belong to the consortium
  and its library-systems vendor, so nothing is saved here. Its companion campus portal alma.uni-tuebingen.de
  serves a meta-refresh into /alma/rds?state=user — a login portal, no public API. Recorded as a tenant
  relationship, which is a real institutional fact.'
humanURL: https://ub.uni-tuebingen.de/
baseURL: https://rds-tue.ibs-bw.de/opac/
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Catalog
- Tenant
- IBS|BW