> ## Documentation Index
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# Wolters Kluwer Online

> Wolters Kluwer's German legal research platform: commentaries, journals, legislation and case law, connected to Libra with your firm's own subscription.

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**Wolters Kluwer Online** is Wolters Kluwer Deutschland's legal research platform. Connect your firm's account and Libra can research German law inside it, citing the passages it used.

<Note>
  German statutes and case law reach every German team without a Wolters Kluwer subscription — they arrive through a separate research source, **Statutes & Case Law**, which Wolters Kluwer Online also powers. Wolters Kluwer Online itself is the subscription layer on top: once connected, Libra answers from the premium content your firm actually subscribes to.
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    Name the field of law or the paragraph you mean, *"Im Aktienrecht…"*, *"arbeitsrechtlich…"*, *"§ 626 BGB"*, and retrieval narrows to that corner of the library. Tighter question, tighter answer.
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## What it covers

Once you are connected, Libra searches the German legal content your firm's subscription includes. The **Wolters Kluwer Online** panel in **Settings → Integrations** names four kinds it covers — **Legal commentaries**, **Journals and articles**, **Legislation** and **Case law** — and which titles sit behind each of them depends entirely on the modules your firm holds. See [Premium modules](#premium-modules) below.

German legislation and court decisions also reach you through [Statutes & Case Law](/en/integrations/germany/german-case-law), which needs no subscription and nothing to connect; that page lists the courts it covers.

## Premium modules

Wolters Kluwer sells Wolters Kluwer Online as **premium modules**, each gathering the titles for one area of practice. Your firm subscribes to the modules it needs, and the connection you make in Libra carries those entitlements: Libra answers from the content included in your subscription and nothing beyond it.

There is no module picker inside Libra. The **Research** panel shows a single **Wolters Kluwer Online** switch, and what it can reach follows from the connected account. (That is unlike [Otto Schmidt](/en/integrations/germany/otto-schmidt), which is licensed per module and carries its own **Select modules** control.)

The current module catalogue lives on the [Wolters Kluwer shop](https://shop.wolterskluwer-online.de/premium-module-uebersicht?utm_medium=referral\&utm_source=libra+website).

<Tip>
  If an answer comes back with no citations, Libra tells you so rather than staying silent. On an entitlement-carrying source like this one, that usually means the search ran and your subscription didn't cover the material — not that the connection is broken. See [Setting up integrations](/en/integrations/setup).
</Tip>

## What you can ask

* *"Welche Anforderungen stellt das Aktienrecht an die Einberufung der Hauptversammlung?"*
* *"Was gilt arbeitsrechtlich für eine außerordentliche Kündigung nach § 626 BGB?"*
* *"Wie ist der Meinungsstand zu § 305c BGB bei überraschenden Klauseln?"*
* *"Summarise the prevailing commentary view on directors' liability under § 43 GmbHG."*

## Setup

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Settings → Integrations">
    Click your profile icon at the bottom of the sidebar, choose **Settings**, then the **Integrations** tab. **Wolters Kluwer Online** is listed there as *German legal research*.

    <img src="https://mintcdn.com/libra-4206ec93/vIwxn8dmEk0jsP5x/assets/images/integrations/settings-integrations-list.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=vIwxn8dmEk0jsP5x&q=85&s=1516b9f57f3583423715b9e170df751e" alt="The Integrations tab in Settings, with the Wolters Kluwer Online row listed as German legal research" width="2880" height="1800" data-path="assets/images/integrations/settings-integrations-list.png" />
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the row and click Connect">
    Click the row to open the Wolters Kluwer Online panel, then click **Connect**. A Wolters Kluwer sign-in window opens — use the credentials your firm uses for Wolters Kluwer Online. Once connected, the panel shows the account you signed in with, and **Disconnect** if you ever need to revoke it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Turn the source on in Research">
    Open any chat, click **Research**, and switch **Wolters Kluwer Online** on when a question needs it. See [Research mode](/en/features/chat/research-mode).
  </Step>
</Steps>

For the general flow, including what happens during a free trial and how to disconnect, see [Setting up integrations](/en/integrations/setup).

## German public-sector collections

Wolters Kluwer's German public-sector indexes are separate research sources rather than Wolters Kluwer Online modules. They appear as their own switches under **Research** in the Germany jurisdiction, and each is enabled for your team individually by Libra — a Wolters Kluwer Online subscription or connection does not grant them, and having one of them does not grant the others.

| Source                            | Subject                                                              |
| --------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **eGovPraxis Jobcenter**          | Job-centre and unemployment-benefit administration law (SGB II/III). |
| **eGovPraxis Sozial**             | Social welfare law (Sozialrecht / SGB).                              |
| **HTK Ausländerrecht**            | Immigration and residence law.                                       |
| **HTK Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht** | Citizenship and nationality law.                                     |

If you need one of these and don't see it, ask your firm administrator to raise it with Libra.

## Combining with other German sources

| Question type                                           | Best combination                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Statute or commentary question inside your subscription | **Wolters Kluwer Online** alone.                                                                                                                            |
| Commentary depth from a second publisher                | **Wolters Kluwer Online** + **[Otto Schmidt](/en/integrations/germany/otto-schmidt)** (Zöller ZPO, Erman BGB, MDR).                                         |
| Court decisions and legislation, subscription or not    | **[Statutes & Case Law](/en/integrations/germany/german-case-law)** — included for German teams, so it is worth leaving on alongside Wolters Kluwer Online. |
| Company and register data                               | **[Handelsregister](/en/integrations/germany/handelsregister)**.                                                                                            |

## Tips

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  <Accordion title="State the statute number when you know it">
    *"§ 626 BGB"* gets a tighter answer than *"German employment termination."*
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Name the field of law">
    *"Im Arbeitsrecht…"* / *"Aus Sicht des Aktienrechts…"* narrows retrieval to the part of your firm's subscription that actually answers the question.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Leave Statutes & Case Law on">
    It costs nothing, it is the source that carries German legislation and court decisions, and it is independent of your Wolters Kluwer Online entitlements. German teams also get it without touching **Research** at all: the **Enable Statutes & Case Law** setting under **Settings → Chats** is on by default and lets any model reach for German statutes and case law when a question calls for it. See [Chat customization](/en/features/chat/customization).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Next steps

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  <Card title="Otto Schmidt" icon="book-marked" href="/en/integrations/germany/otto-schmidt">
    Add commentary depth: Zöller ZPO, Erman BGB, MDR.
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  <Card title="Research mode" icon="https://mintcdn.com/libra-4206ec93/vIwxn8dmEk0jsP5x/assets/images/icons/research.svg?fit=max&auto=format&n=vIwxn8dmEk0jsP5x&q=85&s=b71b64b69957b598c1506ba997da54e8" href="/en/features/chat/research-mode" width="16" height="16" data-path="assets/images/icons/research.svg">
    Use Wolters Kluwer Online in any chat.
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