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Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek

National libraries · German Digital Library, a network led by the German National Library and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

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Germany's national portal for digitised books, manuscripts, papers and images held by its libraries, archives and museums.

Before you rely on itOnly about 26 of its 65 million records actually have a digitised copy; the rest are catalogue entries. Filter to digitised objects first, and expect to be handed over to a partner library's own viewer to read.

The starting point for German-language sources, and it carries digitised German newspapers and dissertations you will not find elsewhere.Telebem editors

Details

How you get in
Free to readOpen to anyone, no account needed.
Rights
Mixed rightsHoldings differ: check the statement on the item itself.
Subjects
General · History · Literature · Art and design
Formats
Web · Scan · PDF
Languages
German material throughout, with a full English interface
Size
The portal's own search box offers more than 65 million objects, of which more than 26 million are digitised.
Run by
German Digital Library, a network led by the German National Library and the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

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