Projects of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Thuringia, represented by the State Chancellery of Thuringia, Department of Culture and the Arts.
of the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek
In our discovery system and our online catalogue you can search for books, magazines, digital media and much more.
Some of our holdings are already digitalised, which you will find in our digital collections.
We also offer special catalogues for our special collections, such as the collection of friendship books, the Goethe library and the music collection.
General Catalogue of Weimar Libraries
General Catalogue of Incunabula
Karlsruhe Virtual Catalogue (KVK)
You will find an overview of our databases in the Database Infosystem DBIS. For more information about DBIS, click here.
We recommend using the bibliographical databases if you are looking for literature on a specific topic, work or author. The search results often include source references to magazine articles and reviews.
In fact databases you can obtain information on companies, market data and genealogical research.
In full-text databases you can gain access to publications in their entirety in digital form. These include first and complete editions, journal essays and newspaper articles.
There are also a variety of electronic dictionaries and lexicons available online.
Is there any literature out there about a certain topic or author? You can find an answer to this question by searching bibliographies. By their nature, bibliographies list literature irrespective of their library location. They provide data based on thematic, geographical, linguistic and chronological criteria.
A distinguishing feature of the Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek is its long tradition of creating bibliographies on German Classicism, on authors such as Friedrich Nietzsche and on the Faust literary complex.
You can use bibliographical databases to help advance your search.
In addition to bibliographical references, the following catalogues contain freely accessible online publications.
Register of printed works of the 16th century published in German-speaking countries (VD 16)
Register of printed works of the 17th century published in German-speaking countries (VD 17)
Register of printed works of the 18th century published in German-speaking countries (VD 18)
Catalogue of the German National Library. The German National Library collects and archives all works published in Germany after 1913. The catalogue, therefore, essentially serves as the German national bibliography after 1913.
BASE – Find scientific documents online, many freely accessible
German Digital Library – Digitalised books, archived documents, pictures, sculptures, musical works and other audio documents, films and scores at German libraries, archives, museums and media centres
Digital collections – The Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek platform for accessing the library’s digital collections
Digital Publications in the Klassik Stiftung Weimar - selected scientific online publications on the main topics of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Electronic Journals Library (EZB) – Academic and scientific online journals, many freely accessible
Europeana Collections – Digitalised artworks, artefacts, books, videos and audio material from all around Europe
HathiTrust Digital Library – Digitalised collections from predominantly American research and university libraries
Kulthura – Thuringia's digital culture and knowledge portal – Digitalised holdings from Thuringia’s museums, archives and libraries
Specialised information services offer scholars and experts quick access to trade literature and research-relevant information. These portals are developed by German research libraries. The following is a selection of some helpful resource sites:
arthistoricum.net – Specialised information service for art, photography and design
avldigital.de – Specialised information service for general and comparative literature studies
historicum.net – Specialised information service for history
musiconn – Virtual specialist library of musicology
Complete listing of specialised information services for the sciences (FID), compiled by the Hamburg State and University Library Carl von Ossietzky: webis
Would you like to get an introduction to research here on site? We offer training courses on research methods for school classes and student groups, combined with a tour of the study centre. Learn more
Our online tutorials provide you with tips and suggestions for using selected databases. Learn more
E-Mail: haab.info@klassik-stiftung.de, Phone: +49 3643 545 205
Projects of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar are funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Free State of Thuringia, represented by the State Chancellery of Thuringia, Department of Culture and the Arts.