Digitized Collections

Many libraries have already digitized rare books, maps, historical and current scientific journals and publication series. Here is an overview of the most important websites.

A consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that make their collections available Open Access:
biodiversitylibrary.org

An association of libraries worldwide, which offer their digitized collections. Due to copyright restrictions some material is not available in Germany:
hathitrust.org

Europeana is a virtual library which makes available the scientific and cultural heritage of Europe in the form of images, text, audio and video files to a wide public:
europeana.eu

Digitized collection of the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg:
digitalisate.sub.uni-hamburg.de

Munich Digitization Center:
digitale-sammlungen.de/

Staatsbibliothek Berlin:
digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de


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