Databases
National licenses realized by FID BBI
For the databases listed here, the FID BBI has acquired a national license.
The database can be used free of charge by library users all over Germany. However, it is a prerequisite that the library
from whose network you want to access the database activates it once for its users. You can find out whether this has
already been done via the Datenbank-Infosystem (DBIS).
If your home library does not appear in the list of libraries with holdings, please contact your local library.
Alternatively, you can also request a single-user license at Nationallizenzen.de.
National licenses are funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
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Book Sales Catalogues Online offers a comprehensive bibliography of book sales catalogues printed in the Dutch Republic before 1801, providing full access to some 4,000 digital facsimiles from ca. 50 libraries across Europe. The catalogs are essential sources for European book and library history. The national license was co-financed by the FID BBI and the FID Benelux.
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Publishers Weekly (published since 1872) is the most important trade journal in the U.S. book industry. The magazine contains reviews, bestseller lists, and professional articles on topics relevant to the book market. All issues are full-text searchable in the Publishers Weekly Digital Archive. The national license was co-financed by the FID BBI and the FID Anglo-American Culture.
Call entry of Publishers Weekly Digital Archive in the Datenbank-Infosystem
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The database "Literary Print Culture" contains digitized business and administrative documents from the archives of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (abbreviated: Stationers' Company), a booksellers' guild founded in London in 1403. The guild was granted a monopoly over printing and publishing in England during parts of the 16th and 17th centuries and played a central role in the development of press censorship and copyright law. The national license was co-financed by the FID BBI and the FID Anglo-American Culture.
Call entry of Literary Print Culture in the Datenbank-Infosystem
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FID licenses
FID licenses are exclusive to the target group of the FID (Researchers in book studies, library and Information Sciences. To access, you need an account in the FID BBI and a membership in the corresponding user group. After logging in with your account, you can access the databases directly here.
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Book History Online (BHO) is an international bibliography in the field of book and library history. Included are monographs, articles and reviews dealing with the history of the printed book, its arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, its economic, social and cultural environment, as well as its production, distribution, preservation and description. If you have logged in to the FID BBI as a researcher or professional practitioner, you can also search the record data of BHO within the portal of the FID BBI.
Book History Online (product information)
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LISC provides access to the full text of hundreds of thousands of articles published in over 300 library and information science journals. Journals from the United States and Europe are particularly well covered. Each article is provided with an abstract, and reciprocal citations are also indexed.
Library and Information Science Collection (product information)
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Further databases relevant to book studies, library and information science
This overview lists all free databases that are registered in DBIS (Datenbank-Infosystem) and are relevant to book studies, library and information science. If you are logged in with your user account, you will also be shown databases licensed by your home library. These can usually only be accessed via your respective university network or via VPN access.