Education
Academic literature in educational sciences, pedagogy, and educational research is available at the Waldweg Library and the Central Library. We provide access to electronic journals and subject-specific databases and offer information on research data management.
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Data Literacy Course
Since the winter semester 2025/26, a course on Data Literacy and Research Data Management: Upskill your data competencies for your thesis is offered to BA and MA students of the Faculty of Social Sciences who are preparing their thesis. This course if offered every winter semester.
Kanopy
The license for the streaming service Kanopy has been extended for another year (until 31.01.2027). Kanopy offers numerous BBC series as well as documentaries and feature films. It is possible to filter by different languages and subjects such as politics, sociology, anthropology or education.
Catalogues
In the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK) you will find locally available books and other media (excluding journal articles).
GöDiscovery lets you find books, journals, databases and a large number of journal articles. By default, only the local holdings are searched (SUB Göttingen including divisional and departmental libraries). The search scope can be extended to additional data sources and the holdings of other libraries via the settings, also allowing you to place inter-library loan requests.
Books: Print and Digital
Print Books
Some of the print holdings are freely accessible in the Central Library or the Waldweg Library. However, a large part is located in closed stacks and can be ordered via the Göttingen University Catalog (GUK). If a title is available in another library, you can order the book via inter-library loan.
E-Books
The SUB Göttingen acquires individual e-books and e-book collections from various publishers. The individual titles are indexed in GUK and GöDiscovery. University members can access the university network remotely via VPN. You can search for e-books in the databases licensed by us, but also in interdisciplinary databases and, for example, in the national license collections of monographs.
Book not available?
If you need a book that is not available in Göttingen, you can send us a purchase suggestion. For students who need a textbook for their term paper, thesis or other coursework, there is the book acquisition programme for students of Göttingen University.
Journals
Journals are available both in print and, in many cases, digitally. You can find e- and print editions in GöDiscovery and in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK). The Electronic Journals Library (EZB) offers an overview sorted by subject and uses colour symbols to indicate access to the full text. Using the VPN, University members can access licensed titles (marked in yellow) at home and on the go.
Databases
Databases can be found in the Database Information System (DBIS), organized by subject. Please pay particular attention to the "top databases" listed at the top! You can also find the licensed fee-based databases in GöDiscovery and in the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK). The free databases can only be found in DBIS.
Useful for Research
Google Scholar
Portals, Open Access, AI
Portals, Institutes
- German Education Server (DBS)
- German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF)
- Edumeres
- Educational Science Literature Databases
- Pedagogy Subject Portal
- GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
- Information Center Open Educational Resources (OERinfo)
- Education Research Data Network
Open Access
- The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lists numerous freely accessible educational science journals.
- peDOCS - Open Access publications for educational science and educational research
- SOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
- OA information on educational research in the Open Access Network
- poa.finder — A Research tool for scientific publications
Research-related services of the SUB and the University of Göttingen
Information on Open Science can be found here: Open Science Network and Events
Would you like to publish in Open Access? Do you need advice or funding? Find out more here: Publishing
Data must be collected, understood, managed and maintained. The Göttingen eResearch Alliance supports researchers actively to plan and conduct research data managemeng.
Are you planning or interested in projects for scientific services? The SUB Göttingen works with over 100 partners in Germany and worldwide on projects for future-oriented scientific services. Find out about current and completed projects.
Training Courses
Feel free to visit our library tutorials, courses and educational offers - online or in class. We are happy to train professors, researchers and students in literature research, research data management and data literacy, please contact me if you have any questions.
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Platz der Göttinger Sieben 1
37073 Göttingen
Göttingen State and University Library
- Subject Specialist for Sociology, Political Science and Education (2024-ongoing )
- State Initiative Research Data Management Lower Saxony: Competency Building in Data Literacy (Project, 2024-ongoing)
- "NiedersachsenOPEN". Open access publishing in Lower Saxony. (Project, 2024-ongoing)
- Member of the group Knowledge Commons: Open Science (2022-ongoing)
Former projects:
- EOSC Future: RDA Open Calls (Project member 2022-2024)
- ENLIGHT Rise: Open Science and Digital Research Infrastructures (Project member 2022-2024)
- Specialized Information Service Central Asia at Göttingen State and University Library (2020-2022)
Academia:
- Research associate at Leipzig University, Chinese Studies (2012-2020)
- PhD in Mongolian Studies (University of Bonn)
- PhD Candidate at Max Plack Institute for Social Anthropology (Halle/Saale)
- MA in Chinese Studies, Mongolian Studies, Japanese Studies (Göttingen/Changchun)
Monographs
2022:
100 Karten über China. (With Thorben Pelzer), KATAPULT Verlag, Greifswald.
Flying Deer and Sun Gods. Prehistoric Societies in Central Asian Rock Art. (with Johannes Reckel). Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag, Bildband. März
2019:
Einstieg in die Chinastudien. Methoden, Modelle, Übungsaufgaben. (With Thorben Pelzer). Oldenbourg: De Gruyter Studium.
2014:
Sprache und Identität der Mongolen Chinas heute. Köln: Köppe 2014.
2012:
Ögedei mergen qaγan-u üliger (Der weise Qan Ögedei): Transkription, Glossar, Index, Zusammenfassung. Köln: Köppe.
Edited Volumes
2022:
Multiethnic Societies of Central Asia and Siberia Represented in Indigenous Oral and Written Literature – The Role of Private Collections, Archives and Libraries. Göttingen: Universitätsverlag. DOI: 10.17875/gup2022-2038
2021:
Ancient Texts and Languages of Ethnic Groups Along the Silkroad, (With Johannes Reckel). Göttingen: Universitätsverlag. DOI: 10.17875/gup2021-1589
2020:
Oirat and Kalmyk Identity in the 20th and 21st Century. (With Johannes Reckel). Göttingen: Universitätsverlag. DOI: 10.17875/gup2020-1334
Korean Diaspora: Central Asia, Siberia and Beyond. (With Johannes Reckel). Göttingen: Universitätsverlag. DOI: 10.17875/gup2020-1307
Contact Zones in China. Multidisciplinary Perspectives. (With Laura De Giorgi and Peter Ludes). Oldenbourg: De Gruyter, 2020. DOI: org/10.1515/9783110663426
Book chapters, articles, other
2026:
Löhde, B., Schatz, M., Schorer, S., Farys, K., & Slowig, B. (2026). Guide für die Veröffentlichung von Open Educational Resources innerhalb der Landesinitiative Forschungsdatenmanagement Niedersachsen. Zenodo: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20506688
Schatz, M., & Löhde, B. (2026). Workflow für die Veröffentlichung von Open Educational Resources (OER). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20487763
2025:
Schatz, Merle, et al. “Implementing a Sustainability Agenda at Göttingen University Library.” Libraries Driving Education for Sustainable Development, De Gruyter Brill, 2025, pp. 313–340. doi: 10.1515/9783111336466-015.
2023:
Hybridity, Mimikry and Ambivalence in Multiethnic Societies. Jiang Rong´s Novel Wolf Totem.” In: Uigurica, Buddhica, Manichaica, Mongolica et Varia Turchia. In Honor of Klaus Röhrborn for his 85th Birthday. Essays Presented by Colleagues, Friends and Students, edited by Cemal Kafadar, Gönül Tekin, 327-339. Journal of Turkish Studies: Harvard University, 2023. https://publications.goettingen-research-online.de/handle/2/143383?cs=chicago
Merle Schatz, & Birgit Schmidt. (2023). ENLIGHT RISE – Deliverable 3.2 – Case studies on connecting with European infrastructures for R&I. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8112313
Liisi Lembinen, Birgit Schmidt, Inge van Nieuwerburgh, Merle Schatz, & Vera E. Heininga. (2023). ENLIGHT RISE – Deliverable 7.3 – ENLIGHT OS, OA & RDM Starter Kit for Researchers. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8112527
2022:
Andersson, Margaretha, Lembinen, Liisi, Schmidt, Birgit, & Schatz, Merle. (2022). ENLIGHT RISE Deliverable 3.1 – Mapping of Digital Research Infrastructural Resources. Zenodo.
Schmidt, Birgit, Andersson, Margaretha, Jones, Sarah, Chambers, Sally, Nysted, Björn, Stein, Regine, van Nieuwerburgh, Inge, &Schatz, Merle. (2022, June 7). ENLIGHT RISE Workshop on Digital Research Infrastructures – Presentations and report. Zenodo.
Schmidt, Birgit, Rettberg, Najla, Schatz, Merle, van Ittersum-Leegte, Marjan, Schwamm, Hardy, van Nieuwerburgh, Inge, Lembinen, Liisi, Laučíková, Rebeka, Bennett, Claire, Lagvik, Christer, Sagaminaga, Amaya, & Piñeiro Fernández, Marian. (2022). D7.1 ENLIGHT Open Science StatusQuo & Opportunities (v0.3). Zenodo.
2021:
“Thoughts on Describing Established and Outsider Configurations in Inner Mongolia”, in: Delmotte, Florence (Ed.) Norbert Elias in troubled times. Palgrave Macmillan.
2020:
“A German Missionary in China”. In: Schatz/ De Giorgi/ Ludes (Eds.): “Contact Zones in China. Multidisciplinary Perspectives”. Oldenbourg: De Gruyter. 12–24.
“Introduction”. In: Schatz/ De Giorgi/ Ludes (Eds.): “Contact Zones in China. Multidisciplinary Perspectives”. Oldenbourg: De Gruyter, 2020. 1–11.
“Conclusion”. In: Schatz/ De Giorgi/ Ludes (Eds.): “Contact Zones in China. Multidisciplinary Perspectives”. Oldenbourg: De Gruyter, 2020. 174–178.
2019:
Schatz, Merle: “¡NOSOTROS NO COMEMOS SUS COSAS!” Comida blanca e identidad en Mongolia Interior. In: Soledad Jiménez Tovar (rd.): ISTOR 78: China La gran incógnita. Revista de Historia Internacional. 2019, 57–64.
2016/17:
“We do not eat their stuff! White Food and Identity in Inner Mongolia”. In: Aida Alymbaeva (Ed.): Food and Identity in Central Asia. CASCA. Center for Anthropological Studies on Central Asia. Vol. 2. Halle and Zurich. 2016/2017. 14–20.
2013/14:
„China-Kolloquium zur Kulinaristik”. In: Kulinaristik. Wissenschaft-Kultur-Praxis (5) 2013/ 2014. S. 51.
„Zuckermalerei in China“. In: Kulinaristik. Wissenschaft-Kultur-Praxis (5) 2013/2014. S. 24–27.
„Raum: Kulturanthropologie“. In: Kramer, Stefan (Hrsg.): Sinologie und Chinastudien. Tübingen: Narr 2013. S.104–119.
2012:
“The creation of Sinism: Mongolian-Chinese language contact in Inner Mongolia.” In: Otsuka, Hitomi; Stroh, Cornelia; Urdze, Aina (Eds.): More Morphologies. Contributions to the Festival of Languages pp. 89-99. (Vol. 35). The Festival of Languages 2009, Bremen. Bochum: Brockmeyer.
2009:
„Wilhelm Schott“. In: Lexicon Grammaticorum. A Bio-bibliographical Companion to the History of Linguistics. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2009. S. 1357-1358.
“Sprachkontakterscheinungen in der Inneren Mongolei”. Working Paper 112. Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung. Abteilung ‚Integration und Konflikt’. PDF Download
Currently
Göttingen University,Faculty of Social Sciences (since winter term 2025/2026)
- Research Data Management and Data Literacy
Göttingen University, Department of East Asian Studies, Modern Sinology (2023-ongoing)
- Aging in China: Challenges and Opportunities
- State of the Art: Chinese Technical and Primary Sources (Humanities)
- State of the Art: Chinese Technical and Primary Sources (Social Science)
- China in the Anthropocene (also at International Summer School, Renmin University, Beijing)
- Mythos der Mixe: Herausforderungen ethnischer Diversität in China
- Women in China