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Leipzig: Wednesday, 30.04.2025

The reading rooms in the main building of the German National Library in Leipzig will close at 14:00 due to an event. The museum reading room, the music reading room and the service area are open until 18.00. The exhibitions of the German Museum of Books and Writing will open from 10:00 to 18:00.

Frankfurt am Main: Repair work telephone system

On 2 May, the Frankfurt site of the German National Library will be unavailable by telephone from 9.30 - 11.30 due to repair work.

DNB Glossary

Have you ever been asking yourself what “Germanica” is? Or what is meant when we talk about “online publications”? With our glossary, we offer you the possibility to look up these and many other terms commonly used at the German National Library. Please note that the terminology collection is under construction and does not claim to be complete.

Are you missing a term? Then feel free to contact us at webredaktion@dnb.de.

Online catalogue

German: Online-Katalog

Catalogue data for publications held by a library which can be accessed through the internet. Detailed searches can be made using the search mask, and it is also possible to use specific borrowing functions, e.g. direct access by PC or book ordering in the reading room. Online catalogues can be used via the library's reading room computers or from any other location via web portals.

To the catalogue of the German National Library

More about the online catalogue on our website

Online publication

German: Netzpublikation
We also say: non-physical media work, online resource

Media work without a physical carrier which was published in the internet or on other networks. Online publications include e-books, music files, digital audio books, digitised works and websites.

More about online publication on our website

Online resource

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