26 How do I find a book about abc or xyz? (genealogy - German)
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This article is from the German Genealogy FAQ, by Jim Eggert EggertJ@crosswinds.net with numerous contributions by others.
26 How do I find a book about abc or xyz? (genealogy - German)
If you know the title and author, go to your favorite library and
ask the librarian for help. They can often get books through
interlibrary loan; fees may be involved.
If you don't know exactly what you are looking for, try browsing
one of the online library catalogs. Some of the best are
Harvard University <http://hollisweb.harvard.edu/>
University of California (UC) <http://www.cdlib.org/>
US Library of Congress (LOC) <http://catalog.loc.gov/>
Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut (DBI) <http://www.dbilink.de/>
Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)
<http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk.html>
Search engine for a number of German online catalogs.
For lists of other such online catalogs, and there are many, try
<http://www.hbz-nrw.de/hbz/germlst/index.html>
<http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/>
<http://www.grass-gis.de/bibliotheken/>
To find German-language books in print, use the Verzeichnis
Lieferbarer B"ucher at
<http://www.buchhandel.de/>
To purchase books from Germany, try an online German bookseller:
<http://www.schoenhuber.de/> B"ucherzentrum Sch"onhuber
<http://www.struppe-online.de/> Sack/Struppe & Winckler
<http://www.osiander.de/> Osiandersche Buchhandlung
<http://www.books.de/> Bouvier/Gonski
<http://www.amazon.de/> Amazon.de
<http://www.roesslitor.ch/> R"osslitor (Swiss)
Lists of publishers and bookstores with an Internet presence are at
<http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/outerspace/verlage.html>
<http://www.genealogy.net/misc/verlage.html>
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