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Zeitschriftendatenbank

The largest database of the world for periodicals, newspapers, etc., with 1.9 million title entries in all languages and 16.8 million holdings records of German and Austrian libraries.

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BSB DISCOVER!

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Library catalogue with media of all types belonging to the collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, sheet music, manuscripts or electronic media such as e-books, e-journals or databases | Articles and more, predominantly containing articles from e-journals and databases

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BSB DISCOVER!

Library catalogue with media of all types belonging to the collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, sheet music, manuscripts or electronic media such as e-books, e-journals or databases | Articles and more, predominantly containing articles from e-journals and databases

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Journals

BSB DISCOVER!

Library catalogue with media of all types belonging to the collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, sheet music, manuscripts or electronic media such as e-books, e-journals or databases | Articles and more, predominantly containing articles from e-journals and databases

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Manuscripts

BSB DISCOVER!

Library catalogue with media of all types belonging to the collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, sheet music, manuscripts or electronic media such as e-books, e-journals or databases | Articles and more, predominantly containing articles from e-journals and databases

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Articles

BSB DISCOVER!

Library catalogue with media of all types belonging to the collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (books, periodicals, newspapers, maps, sheet music, manuscripts or electronic media such as e-books, e-journals or databases | Articles and more, predominantly containing articles from e-journals and databases

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Databases

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Database Information System (DBIS) with around 3,400 databases on all areas of specialisation (for articles, biographies, statistics, images, maps, newspapers, encyclopaedias, etc.): Please determine which database is relevant for your topic/ your search. Out of the total offer, 2,750 databases are freely accessible and 650 are accessible with the BSB identification code.

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Books

Sammlung: E-Books

Proceeding from the overview of e-book platforms in the Database Information System (DBIS), you can select the matching database, e.g. ProQuest Ebook Central or SpringerLink, and then search for e-books in this database. A total of around 1.2 million licensed e-books are available. The BSB identification code is required.

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Books

Digital Collections

The digitized (historical) holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, with an emphasis of works up the 19th century. Around one million e-books from all fields of specialisation are available in the Open Access format.

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Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog

Book search engine listing several million media in catalogues worldwide. Read more...

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Books

Google Books

Google Books with several million e-books from all fields of knowledge: The service includes the collections of renowned libraries from all over the world. On the basis of agreements concluded with over 20,000 publishing houses, also their e-books are accessible via Google.

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Gateway Bayern

Library and union catalogues and articles databases can be queried at the same time. The data are from the "B3Kat" (joint union catalogue of Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg), the licensed Primo-Central-Index, the "Bayerische Bibliographie", the "VD 16" and "VD 17" catalogues. Search tips

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Journals

Electronic Journals Library

The most comprehensive catalogue for electronic journals with around 104,000 titles from all fields of specialisation: 69,000 specialist journals are freely accessible in full text versions, 28,000 titles are accessible with the BSB identification code. The EZB does not permit searching for articles. Read more...

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Google Scholar

Search engine by Google for journal articles and scholarly literature. Full texts are accessible partly freely and partly with the BSB identification code.

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Manuscripts

Digital Collections – Manuscripts

Already digitized collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: medieval and modern-age manuscripts from all over the world, letters and autographs, music manuscripts.

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Manuscripts

Kalliope

National reference tool for personal papers, autographs and archives of publishing houses with individual entries from almost 450 institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany and from further registers of collections and personal estates. Read more...

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Digital Collections – Modern papers/ autographs

Holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek that have already been digitized: Personal papers and autographs of famous persons.

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Manuscripts

Research Documentation Database

References for secondary literature on manuscripts (90% of entries), personal papers, autographs, rare and valuable printed books (no music materials). Read more...

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Manuscripts

Handschriftenportal

Data on over 135,000 Occidental manuscripts and manuscript fragments available primarily at German libraries.

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Manuscripts

Datenbank-Infosystem – Handschriftenkunde

Database Information System with the subject area "codicology" being preset: The databases relevant for your search can be selected from the overview. The databases can partly be accessed freely, and partly only with the BSB identification code.

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Manuscripts

BSB-CodIcon Online

Catalogue of the manuscripts of the collection group "Codices iconographici" – illuminated manuscripts of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek from the 15th to the 20th century – with the extended field of architectural manuscripts ArchIcon (under construction). Read more...

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Databases

Datenbank-Infosystem – Klassische Philologie

Database Information System with the subject area "classical philology" being preset: The databases relevant for your search can be selected from the overview. The databases can partly be accessed freely, and partly only with the BSB identification code.

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Articles

PropylaeumSEARCH

Meta search in various catalogues, bibliographic databases and full-text collections on classical studies. The search also encompasses the catalogue of Internet resources "KIRKE" and the full-text server "Propylaeum-DOK". Read more...

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PropylaeumSEARCH

Meta search in various catalogues, bibliographic databases and full-text collections on classical studies. The search also encompasses the catalogue of Internet resources "KIRKE" and the full-text server "Propylaeum-DOK". Read more...

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Books

New Books and More on History and Classics

Depending on the selection of appropriate search categories, the new acquisitions of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in the subject areas of historical and classical studies, with subscription service.

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Articles

L’Année Philologique

International specialised database on the complete field of classical studies with literature references as of 1924. BSB identification code required. Read more...

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Articles

Gnomon Bibliographic Database

References as of 1925 from the review journal Gnomon and other sources (periodicals, omnibus works) on the areas of classical philology, ancient history and archaeology.

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New Books and More on History and Classics

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