Database Infosystem

The Austrian National Library offers about 4,000 databases from the most varied sources and all specialist areas through the Database Infosystem (DBIS). In those databases you can consult references, facts, full texts, images and so on.

An overview of subjects and an alphabetical list help in choosing the databases. Short descriptions give information about the individual databases and tips for using them.

Conditions for use

Most databases are in the public domain (royalty-free) and can be freely accessed in the Internet and from everywhere. About 150 databases are licensed by the Austrian National Library and hence are subject to the following conditions for use:

• The licensed databases are accessible only for people having a one-day card or an annual membership card of the Austrian National Library and resident in Austria.
• The data and full texts may be printed out or stored only for private use or for study, for training and further study, research and teaching.
• Wholesale printing or storing of data, especially by using robots, is forbidden.