Catalogues of the Austrian National Library

Main catalogues (books, periodicals, newspapers, series, microforms, AV media)
Free access holdings (works that can be used in the reading rooms)
Special catalogues (Ariadne – literature specific to women – electronic periodicals)
Department catalogues (objects in collections, e.g., pictures, manuscripts, music items, etc.)

Works acquired from 1992 on (also works with an earlier year of publication than 1992, since it is the date of acquisition that counts)
Record of articles of literature specifically on women
Record of contributions found in collected essays, festschriften, conference reports (except periodicals or yearbooks)
The entire map holdings of the Department of Maps

Works between 1930 and 1991. Works published after 1992 with these years of publication you will find in the “Catalogue from 1992 on”
No recording of articles

Works between 1501 and 1929.
Works acquired after 1992 with these years of publication you will find in the “Catalogue from 1992 on”.
No recording of articles.

Free access holdings in reading room 1 (main reading room): Reference works arranged in reading room 1 which can be used immediately in the reading room without being ordered.
Free access materials arranged in reading room 4 (large format reading room): Reference works kept in reading room 4 that can be used immediately in the reading room without being ordered.
Free access holdings in the Picture Archives: Holdings of the technical literature in the Picture Archives.

Ariadne: Recording of articles from compilations, periodicals from, i.a., women’s and gender research, partially with abstracts
Electronic periodicals of the Austrian National Library: A rapid, structured, and uniform way of accessing scholarly periodicals in their full text.

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Fax: (+43 1) 534 10-437

You must order works you wish to use, so that they can be prepared for you.
Exception: free access holdings.

last update 8/25/2010