FID licenses
Selected e-book packages
In the context of the DFG funding line "Fachinformationsdienste für die Wissenschaft (FID)," avldigital.de ensures the nationwide provision of digital media. In coordination with the Kompetenzzentrum für die Lizenzierung (KFL) and representatives from the AVL community, special licenses have been negotiated for an exclusive user group. These licenses apply to an E-Book package from the transcript Verlag as well as to the series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature (RIPL) from the Routledge publisher.
The provision of the media is done through the portal of the Kompetenzzentrum für Lizenzierung (KfL). Click the button below to register or log in to the KfL portal to access the media.
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If your home institution is not listed in the dropdown menu of the KfL input mask, simply select "Anmeldung Fachinformationsdienste (FID VHO)" aus.
Who is part of the user group?
The licensed titles are exclusively available to members of comparative literature institutes and research institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany, who are active in research and teaching, as well as to members of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft (DGAVL). Unfortunately, we are unable to provide access to students.
The following institutions belong to the user group:
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft (DGAVL)
- Institutes, Chairs, Departments or similar university divisions with a focus on Comparative Literature
- Master programmes with a focus on Comparative Literature
- Non-university public research institutions with a focus on Comparative Literature, such as
- Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung (Berlin)
- Max-Planck-Institut für Empirische Ästhetik (Frankfurt)
- Institute for Cultural Inquiry (Berlin)
- Publicly funded research and graduate institutions and projects with a focus on Comparative Literature, such as
- Research Training Groups and Graduate Schools
- Collaborative Research Centres
- Research Groups
More information about the E-Book packages
A detailed overview of the licensed products can be found here.
transcript Verlag is an academic publishing house with a focus on cultural and social sciences.The FID AVL provides an exclusive user group with 50 titles from the years 2011-2018 that have been published by transcript. The titles come from the book series "Interkulturalität", "Lettre", "Kultur- und Medientheorie", "Praktiken der Subjektivierung", "Edition Kulturwissenschaft", "Metabasis" and "Mainzer Historische Kulturwissenschaften", among others.
The series Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature (RIPL) takes an interdisciplinary approach to literary studies. It engages with topics such as philosophy, science, race, gender, film, music, and ecology. Titles are characterized by dynamic interventions into established subjects and innovative studies on emerging topics.The FID AVL provides exclusive access to all volumes in the series published so far to scholars affiliated to institutions with a focus on Comparative Literature. Currently, 100 volumes are available. All volumes published until 2021 will successively be added to the selection.