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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.

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.

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).

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

Database Information System with the subject area "musicology" 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.

Database of new acquisitions of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek for the subject area of music.

Holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek that have already been digitized: Printed sheet music, music manuscripts, libretti and literature about music.

Music collection of the e-book platform ProQuest: 93 e-books from predominantly Anglo-American publishing houses. BSB or FID identification code required.

Music collection with selected scholarly, specialised books of the publishing house Oxford University Press. BSB or FID identification code required.

Meta search in various catalogues and databases on musicology. The search also encompasses the catalogue of musiconn Internet resources.

Meta search in various catalogues and databases on musicology. The search also encompasses the catalogue of musiconn Internet resources.

Opera libretti (as well as oratories and ballet libretti) from the 17th to the 19th century, predominantly of performances on stages and at theatres in Munich, Berlin, Vienna and Venice. Read more...

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

Specialised database (with full texts) on all areas of musicology and related fields: Articles from over 10,000 journals, monographs, dissertations, commemorative publications, films and videos, catalogues, congress papers, concert reviews, etc. BSB identification code required.

Database with annotated entries on music and music culture of the period from 1766 to 1962. In addition to the contemporary music press, also articles from newspapers, literary journals and magazines are evaluated. BSB identification code required (access possible exclusively in the library).

Specialised catalogue for historical performance materials of around 955 stage performances of the Bavarian State Opera from around 1780 to the beginning of the 20th century: Scores, instrumental and vocal voices, piano reductions, text books and role books (for example director's books, prompt books).

A collection of music prints, music manuscripts and hitherto unpublished material from the 15th to the 21th century. Various genres of music are covered, among them orchestral and chamber music, opera, songs, instrumental and choir music, as well as different types of scores. BSB or FID identification code required.

Over 1.1 million historical items of sheet music from collections of libraries and archives worldwide, indexed and bibliographically processed by experts: Music manuscripts from 1600 – 1800 (series A/II), music prints before 1800 (series A/I), collective prints 1500 – 1550 (series B/I).

Database with over 540,000 entries of pieces of music printed in collected works and series on classical music. Contains over 20,000 name variations and biographic data of composers, librettists and editors. BSB or FID identification code required.

Overview of the collections of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek on musicological materials on microfilm.

Prototypical application for finding melodies in selected digitized music prints based on optical music recognition technology, OMR. Help