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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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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!

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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Books

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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Newspapers

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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Maps

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

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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Articles

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

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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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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Maps

IKAR - Printed Maps before 1850

World maps and street plans of cities all around the world, topographic and topical maps, atlases, panoramas, bird's eye view maps, facsimiles and electronic resources, etc. – 265,000 publications with around 273,000 holdings records of the participating libraries. Read more...

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Databases

Datenbank-Infosystem – Asienkunde

Database Information System with the subject area "Asian studies" 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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Books

Digital East Asia Collections

Database of digitized Chinese, Japanese and Korean manuscripts and printed works from the collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, which date back to the period between the 7th and the 18th century. Read more...

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Manuscripts

Digital East Asia Collections

Database of digitized Chinese, Japanese and Korean manuscripts and printed works from the collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, which date back to the period between the 7th and the 18th century. Read more...

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Books

China Ancient Books

E-book database with access to the full texts of 10,000 pre-modern Chinese works. BSB identification code required.

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Books

Chinamaxx

Full-text database with around 700,000 Chinese e-books from the time of the Republic of China (1911 – 1949) to the present: Focal points are on the time before 1976 and, with respect to subjects, on social sciences and humanities. BSB identification code required.

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Newspapers

Shenbao

Shenbao (China Daily News), the "first" Chinese daily newspaper (1872 – 1949) in full-text version. BSB identification code required.

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Articles

Bibliography of Asian Studies

Specialised database with literature in western languages (predominantly English), starting with the year 1971, on East, South-East and South Asia, focusing on literature from the fields of humanities and social sciences. BSB identification code required. Read more...

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