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Catalogues and digital library

Catalogues

The in-depth cataloguing of the holdings

Alongside the online catalogue, a number of other specialised catalogues offer a more sophisticated means of accessing the HAB’s collections, manuscripts and printed works for research purposes. In addition, links are given to comprehensive indexes of holdings and national bibliographies and access is provided to licensed specialist databases and listings.

HAB-related holdings

  • OPAC – HAB online catalogue
  • Systematic access to OPAC (open-access shelving)
  • Manuscript database (access to full texts of older catalogues, digitised manuscripts, publications about manuscripts)
  • Portrait database
  • Essay documentation
  • Funeral sermons in the HAB
  • Catalogue of printed works by Luther held in Wolfenbüttel
  • Hebraica and Judaica in the HAB (GBV version)
  • Virtuelles Kupferstichkabinett (Virtual Print Room) in the HAB and the HAUM Braunschweig
  • List of holdings of paintings in the HAB

 

Regional and national catalogues of holdings and bibliographies

  • GBV – Common Library Network
  • KVK – Karlsruhe Virtual Catalogue
  • Braunschweig Regional Catalogue
  • VD 16 – Catalogue of books printed in the German-speaking territories in the 16th century
  • VD 17 – Catalogue of books printed in the German-speaking territories in the 17th century
  • VD 18 – Catalogue of books printed in the German-speaking territories in the 18th century
  • Former university of Helmstedt library – online catalogue
  • IKAR – maps printed pre-1850 in the GBV
  • Digital portrait index
  • Prints portal

 

Other databases according to subject area

  • Manuscripts
  • Old prints

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