Navigation and service

29 March to 1 April 2024

The German National Library will be closed at both locations. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

Help with using the catalogue

Catalogue of the German National Library

Our catalogue contains more than 46,3 million media works. Here you will find books, newspapers, journals, music, digitised works, maps and special collections such as those held by the German Museum of Books and Writing, the German Exile Archive 1933–1945 and the German Music Archive.

The catalogue is part of a portal in which we bundle other library services. If you are a publisher, for example, you can use the portal to submit your mandatory deposit copies. You can also obtain bibliographic and authority data.

Searching the catalogue

You can search our catalogue from any location, view the full texts of more than 1.9 million open access publications or display the tables of contents of more than 2.5 million titles.

Simply enter your search term in the adjacent catalogue box or click directly on the magnifying glass.

Registration and Log in to user account

Do you want to use our reading room services? If so, you will have to register for a user account – ideally online before you visit us for the first time.

Registration and Log in to user account

Help

Do you have questions about using the German National Library, our collections or the copying and scanning service? Or do you need help searching for literature? Our information team is here to assist you!

Or have a look around our support area.

Last changes: 19.07.2023

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