Other Catalogs
You can extend your research by searching in the collections of other libraries or by using search portals, nationally or internationally.
Top catalogs
Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)
Search interface for more than 500 million books in library catalogs and book trade catalogs worldwide
Südwestdeutscher Bibliotheksverbund (SWB)
Includes the collections of academic libraries in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Saarland, and Saxony
Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB)
Access to academic e-journals; open-access articles; access partially limited to subscribing libraries
Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)
Includes print and electronic journal and newspaper collections from approx. 4000 academic libraries in Germany and Austria; no article titles available
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)
Interdisciplinary search engine for academic online resources
Catalogs of the University of Mannheim
Primo catalog
Online catalog of the Mannheim University LibraryMADOC
Online repository for publishing research; university bibliography of the University of MannheimEuropean Documentation Centre (EDC)
at the University of MannheimIncunabula catalog (INKA)
Includes also Mannheim incunabulaCatalog of the library of the Mannheimer Verein für Naturkunde
Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES)
In the Primo catalog, you can also search the MZES library collectionsCatalogs of other Mannheim institutions
Regional catalogs
Catalog of the Heidelberg University libraries
Südwestdeutscher Bibliotheksverbund (SWB)
Includes the collections of academic libraries in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Saarland, and Saxony.Transregional catalogs
Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)
Search interface for more than 500 million books in library catalogs and book trade catalogs worldwideBielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)
Interdisciplinary search engine for academic online resourcesDeutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB)
Includes the collections of the German National Library at Leipzig (1913 to present) and Frankfurt am Main (1945 to present); contains all publication types, e.g., monographs, journals, maps, atlantes, translations of German language works published in other languages, as well as publications on Germanica in other languages (1941 to present)Europeana
Europeana Collections offers access to more than 50 million digitized objects – books, music, works of art and more.Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
Access to digitized collections and indexing information of cultural and research institutions such as libraries, archives, museums, offices for the preservation of historical monuments, universities and other research institutions.Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB)
Access to academic online journals; open-access articles or access partially limited to subscribing librariesZeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)
Includes print and electronic journal and newspaper collections from approx. 4000 academic libraries in Germany and Austria; no article titles available
Help
In some catalogs, e.g., the Karlsruhe Virtueller Katalog, library names are listed as abbreviations. You can find the name and address of these libraries via the Register of Abbreviations (Sigelverzeichnis).
