As of next week, all http requests to the MPG/SFX link resolver will be redirected to a corresponding https request.
The Max Planck Society electronic Book Index is scheduled to be switched to https only access the week after, starting on November 27, 2017.
Regular web browser use of the above services should not be affected.
Please thoroughly test any solutions that integrate these services via their web APIs.
Please consider re-subscribing to MPG.eBooks RSS feeds.
The MPG Resource Navigator MPG.ReNa is now accessible via https only.
If in doubt, please double-check any routines and applications loading or embedding content via MPG.ReNa APIs.
Please note that you may need to re-subscribe to resource feeds, or update URLs of RSS widgets in your Content Management System, etc.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
The Max Planck virtual Library has been scheduled for termination a considerable while ago.
After a long period of continued availability, vLib services have eventually been downsized.
Most search targets have been deactivated. User login has been disabled. Please click here for more information.
Note that most MPG Library Catalogs continue to be cross-searchable.
Successor to vLib is MPG.ReNa for browsing electronic resources, and its Find Literature service for global searching.
We apologize for any inconvenience,
The vLib project team
after upgrading to Firefox 17 the download-record-to-Zotero icon may presently fail to appear in the navigation bar
for more information see http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/26419/unapi-mods-translator-no-longer-working-in-zotero-3010-firefox-170/
you may wish to update your MODS translator immediately by following the link and instructions provided by Zotero developer Dan Stillman
we understand that the updated version of the translator will be rolled out soon
Please see http://vlib.mpg.de/start?title=WoK for Web of Knowledge databases as available in vLib.
As a consequence of an unexpected change of web services (i.e. services required by vLib to search databases in the background, and present results), Web of Science databases (e.g. A&HCI, SCI, SSCI) are no longer searchable through a single resource – see Web of Science – hence no vLib search checkbox is available for Web of Science at the moment.
In addition, integration of remaining WoK databases (Biosis Previews, INSPEC, Zoological Record) has turned out to be problematic and error-prone (at least INSPEC search had to be switched off entirely, investigation is continuing).
Please drop us a comment if you appreciate a stable, cross-searchable interface to search WoK databases in vLib.
Thank you in advance,
The vLib project team
An autocomplete service has been added to vLib forms that enable searching for appropriate information resources.
It’s available for resource title and publisher input fields at
http://vlib.mpg.de/start?view=metasearch&srv=locate
http://vlib.mpg.de/start?view=find-database&srv=browse
http://vlib.mpg.de/start?view=find-database&srv=locate
Just type any term (presently a minimum of three characters) to display a list of resources matching the input right below the form field.
To navigate through suggestions use the mouse or cursor up/down. To select an entry, click on it or press enter.
The service behind it has been designed to consider all title variants of a resource (or publisher name variants, respectively).
However, the list of suggestions actually shown contains display titles only (suggesting any title variants would be rather confusing and would unnecessarily bloat the list).
If you type some entry, and if matches are found, it’s obvious that some of the resource titles suggested do not seem to contain the string entered, for example:
This is because the term does not always match part of a vLib display title, but only part of the full or alternative title of the resource that is being suggested.
If you follow a suggestion, resource titles may be verified by opening the info window (by clicking the 
button):
In our example, resource info reveals that the resource was suggested because of its former name which is still recorded in vLib.
Any feedback (comments, etc.) is most welcome.
vLib will be unavailable on Wednesday, 28/03/12, during our scheduled maintenance hours, some time between 8 and 9 am, due to the installation of a minor software release.
There should be a maximum of 10 to 15 minutes downtime.
!! PLEASE NOTE: to be reapplied tonight after 6 pm !!
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Due to a scheduled power outage vLib will be unavailable between Friday, 27/05/11, 8 p.m., and Saturday some time during the day.
Please see the GWDG schedule (in German) for the most detailed information we found.
As a high number of services will be experiencing a downtime, systems will be started successively.
We have done our best to prioritize the start of vLib, however, we are unable to give any precise point of time when vLib will be available again after the outage.
MPG/SFX services should be available without interruption.
More info see GWDG News (in German see here).
We apologize for any inconvenience.
MPG/SFX was scheduled to be recovered in the course of the weekend, hence we cannot guarantee that the MPG/SFX server will resume normal operation before Monday.
Please see GWDG News for updates.
We sincerely regret the prolonged downtime.
The vLib Project Team