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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

E-journals of the provider JSTOR, i.a. from the collections: Arts & Sciences, Business, Health Sciences, Language & Literature, Life Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Music. The respectively most recent years of publication are not accessible via JSTOR.
BSB identification code required (or access with FID identification for Music Collection).

The newspaper portal of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek currently offers access to more than 1,200 digitized historical newspapers from the 17th century to predominantly the 1920s. The portal is constantly being expanded. digiPress help | Tutorial

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Important digitized materials from a large number of countries and cultures around the world, among them manuscripts, maps, rare works, music recordings, films, printed books, photographs and architectural drawings.

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...

The Image Archive of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek has entries of over 230,000 individual images (around 166,000 together with the digitized image): Portraits from the 16th to the 20th century, views of cities and locations (particularly in Bavaria), historical photographs, etc.

An image similarity search tool for searching over 54 million machine-identified images from manuscripts, early printed works and more from the 9th to the 20th century from the holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Read more...

An overview of around 320 image databases in the Database Information System (DBIS), from which the topically relevant collection of images and photographs can be selected. The databases are accessible either freely or with the BSB identification code.

Database Information System with the subject area "history" 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.

Electronic Journals Library (EZB) with a preselection of e-journals on the field of specialisation of history. BSB identification code required for titles marked in yellow and yellow-red. Read more...

French-language journals on history, among other subject areas. The archives, tables of contents and abstracts of the journals are freely accessible. For retrieval of the full texts of more recent articles usually a fee is charged.
Access with FID identification for History Collection free of charge.

Publication platform with freely accessible online journals on humanities and social sciences, predominantly French titles.

AustriaN Newspapers Online with digitized historical Austrian newspapers and journals from time time between 1689 and 1945. Read more...

Meta search in various historically relevant databases and catalogues on general and European history. Read more...

Specialised database on German history with 760,000 entries of articles and books (no longer updated since 2016). Read more...

Reference database on historical studies with articles from journals and omnibus works, monographs and dissertations on the history of all countries (by the exception of the USA and Canada) as of 1450 up to the present. BSB identification code required.

Regesta-Imperii-Opac, a literature database for medieval studies of the entire European language area, taking account of all specialist disciplines.

Multidisciplinary database on medieval studies including around 500,000 articles from around 9,500 journals and omnibus works. BSB identification code required.

Multilingual platform with Europe-wide orientation for reviews of literature from the field of historical studies. Read more...

A selection of around 9,000 Internet sources on history, indexed with keywords and abstracts and verified for scholarly relevance. Read more...

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.

Overview of the holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek of materials on microfilm, predominantly US, British and Russian files on the history of the German-language countries, France, Italy and East Europe and on the history of the two world wars.

85,000 documents released by the US governmental authorities on the American interior and foreign politics in the wake of the Second World War (minutes of cabinet meetings, statements by the National Security Council, investigations by the CIA, etc.). BSB identification code required. Read more...

Collection of handwritten records and rare printed materials of the Wiener Library in London, the oldest Holocaust museum of the world, offering access to personal testimonials of life in the time of national socialism. BSB identification code required.

The image portal of the stern Photo Archive with almost 1,100 catalogued photo stories, almost 17,000 contact sheets and more than 250,000 individual images (last updated February 2023). The portal is currently under construction and is continuously being expanded. Read more ...