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Bestseller - Literatur (Focus) - also includes links to trade, business and children's bestsellers

Recent Scholarly Publications in Contemporary German Studies (AICGS)

Showcase For New Books (The Goethe-Institut New York Library) - selected books covering German literature and history. Each book is introduced with a summary of its contents in English. Books published in German as well as in English are featured. All books have received special attention or critical acclaim in Germany and in the U.S.

Books in print

VLB - Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Bücher  (Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler)
SML Stacks, LC Classification  Z2221 +V47 (LC); latest volume in Catalog Reference.
The German Books in Print. Also included among the online databases are the Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Zeitschriften (periodicals), Verzeichnis Lieferbarer Musikalien (music materials), and Adressen von Buchhändlern, Musikalienhändlern, Antiquariaten und Verlagen (a directory of book dealers and publishers). The print edition provides author, subject and title indexing to German books in print. Price, publisher and publishing date are included. Issued annually with a semi-annual supplement.

GEIST: A database of titles from the publishers with web sites hosted by GEIST (German Encyclopedic Internet Service Terminal).

KNÖ: Another database of titles carried by a German book distributor.

Libri: The database of one of Germany's largest book distributors.

Österreichische Bibliographie. Reihe A, Verzeichnis der österreichischen Neuerscheinungen.
Wien : Hauptverband der Österreichischen Buchhandels, 1987-
SML Reference Z2105 +O38 (LC) 1992-

SBZ - The database of the Swiss Book Center.

Das Schweizer Buch; bibliographisches Bulletin der Schweizerischen Landesbibliothek, Bern.
Bern: Verlag des Schweizerischen Buchhîandlervereins; [etc.] : 1901-
SML Reference Z2775 +S35 (LC)  1976-

Schweizer Bücherverzeichnis. Répertoire du livre suisse.  Repertorio del libro svizzero.
Zürich, Schweizerischer Buchhändler und Verlegervein : 1948/50-
SML Reference Z949 +S39 (LC)

Whitaker's books in print.  London : J. Whitaker, 1988-
SML Stacks, LC Classification  Z2001 +B74 (LC); latest volume in Catalog Reference.

Books out of print

ZVAB - Zentrales Verzeichnis Antiquarischer Bücher. The principal European catalogue of antiquarian books on the Internet. The site currently searches over 7.6 million antiquarian books from over 1300 dealers all over the world.

Book trade, publishers, etc

Alibris - hard-to-find books from all over the world Book trade, publishers, etc. Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel.
SML Stacks, LC Classification Z2225 +B6703 (LC); current issues in SML Periodical Room (Section 6).
The trade publication for Germany, published by the Börsenverein. Appears twice weekly. Six to eight issues annually feature themes.

Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels.
Homepage of the official publishing trade organization.

Buchhandel in Deutschland (Bibliographischer Werkzeugkasten)
Links to German publishers' homepages, compiled by German librarians.

German Studies Web: Book Trade, Publishers, etc. (WESS)
A collection of publisher and other book trade directories for the German speaking countries.

E-journals.org (World Wide Web Virtual Library)
An international directory of electronic journals.
  National Bibliographies Gorzny, Willi, et al., eds. Gesamtverzeichnis des deutschsprachigen Schrifttums (GV).
Munich, New York: KG Saur, 1976-87.
1700-1910 160 vol.   SML Reference  Z2221 +G46 (LC)
1700-1910, suppl. 1 vol.   SML Reference  Z2221 +G46 Suppl. (LC)
1911-1965 150 vol.   SML Reference  Z2221 +G47 (LC)
The comprehensive national bibliography for German language materials.

Heinsius, Wilhelm. Allgemeines Bücher-Lexicon, oder vollständiges alphabetisches Verzeichnis der von 1700 bis
zu Ende 1827-1892 erschienenenen Bücher. 19 vol. in 24.
Leipzig: F.U. Broadhaus, 1812-94.
SML Reference Z2221 H45 (LC)
A trade catalog listing books, pamphlets, and periodicals alphabetically by author or catchword title in chronological periods, 1700-1800, in 4 volumes and thereafter to 1892 usually in quinquennial volumes. In this catalog, together with the catalogs by Kayser and Hinrichs below, the book production of the 18th and 19th centuries is continuously covered.

Kayser, Christian Gottlob. Vollständiges Bücher-Lexikon, 1750-1910. 36 vol.
Leipzig: Tachnitz, 1834-1911.
Reference  Z2221 +K23 (LC)
Performs essentially the same function as Heinsius' catalog, above, listing books, pamphlets, periodicals, etc., in an author list with some title entries. The author's name, price of the work, etc., are given for each book. Entry is generally under the author's name, but works having such titles as Wörterbuch, Lexikon, Jahresverzeichnis, etc., are entered under title rather than compiler. Deutsches Bücherverzeichnis, below, adopted the same general plan, and is a continuation of Kayser and of Hinrichs, below. With Heinsius and Hinrichs, Kayser contributes to the continuous recording of the 18th and 19th centuries' output.

Hinrichs Katalog der im deutschen Buchhandel erschienenen Bücher, Zeitschriften, Landkarten, etc.
Titelverzeichnis und Sachregister, 1851-1912. 13 vol.
Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1857- .
SML Stacks  X582 H59f  (Yale)
A trade catalog much like Heinsius and Kayser, above. Together with those catalogs, it covers the output of German publishing houses of the 19th century. Deutsches Bücherverzeichnis, below, continues Hinrichs and Kayser.

Halbjahresverzeichnis der Neuerscheinungen des deutschen Buchhandels, 1797- 1944. (Until 1915, Hinrichs
Halbjahrs-Katalog)
Leipzig: Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1839-1944.
SML Stacks X582 H59h (Yale)
A similar publication to Hinrichs Katalog, above. Continues to record the output of the German book industry. Its work is taken over by Deutsche Nationalbibliographie and Jahresverzeichnis des deutschen Schrifttums, below.

Deutsche Nationalbibliographie und Bibliographie des im Ausland erschienenen deutschsprachigen Schrifttums.
Reihen A & B.
Leipzig: Verlag für Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, 1931- .
SML Stacks X582 H59y 1931-68 (Yale)
SML Stacks Z2221 D48 1969- (LC) (Reihe A)
SML Stacks  Z2221 D483  1969- (LC) (Reihe B)
Not, like its predecessors, a strictly book trade bibliography, since only the weekly Reihe A, Neuerscheinungen des Buchhandels, is concerned with trade publications. Reihe B, Neuerscheinungen ausserhalb des Buchhandelss, lists dissertations, publications of learned societies, etc. Both sections are classified under 24 large subject groupings, with author and catchword indexes in each issue. Each Reihe also has quarterly cumulated indexes. The Bibliographie includes books, periodicals, and maps, but not music. Reihen A and B are cumulated in Jahresverzeichnis des deutschen Schrifttums, below.

Jahresverzeichnis des deutschen Schrifttums, 1945/46-67.
Leipzig: Verlag für Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, 1948-70 .
Reference Z2221 +J26 (LC)
Continues Halbjahresverzeichnis der Neuerscheinungen des deutschen Buchhandels, 1797-1944, above, and cumulates Reihen A and B of Deutsche Nationalbibliographie, also above. Each year is divided into two sections, the first a Titelverzeichnis, listing works by author or catchword title, the second a Stich- und Schlagwortregister, listing works under catchword title and subject. Cumulated by Deutsches Bucherverzeichnis, below.

Deutsches Bücherverzeichnis, 1911- .
Leipzig: Verlag für Buch- und Bibliothekswesen, 1915- .
Reference Z2221 +K25 (LC)
A trade bibliography which is heir to the 18th and 19th century publications, Hinrichs Katalog and Kaysers Vollständiges Bücher-Lexikon, above, and based on the same general plan as Kayser. Consists of five-year cumulations claiming to include all titles listed in the Jahresverzeichnis des deutschen Schrifttums, above. There are two sections, Titelverzeichnis, listing works by author or by title if anonymous, and Stich- und Schlagwortregister, a subject index. The period 1941-50 is covered in one listing, and includes work previously omitted because of war conditions. Books, maps and periodicals are covered.  

Deutsche Bibliographie: Wöchentliches Verzeichnis.
Frankfurt a.M.: Buchhändler-Vereinigung GmbH, 1947-.
Reference  Z2221 +D473 (LC)
Since World War II the Deutsche Bibliothek in Frankfurt am Main has set up a West German equivalent of the existing bibliographical apparatus described above. Like the Deutsche Bücherei in Leipzig, the Deutsch Bibliothek attempts to list all books published in both parts of Germany, and German books published elsewhere. There is much duplication, but some entries will be found listed by Frankfurt but not by Leipzig, and vice versa. The Wöchentliches Verzeichnis of the Deutsch Bibliographie is classified under 26 large groupings, with weekly author and catch-word title indexes. Beginning with the 1965 issues, Deutsche Bibliographie has been in three series: Reihe A, weekly, listing book trade publications; Reihe B, monthly, listing publications not in the book trade; and Reihe C, bi-monthly, listing maps. Reihe A's indexes cumulate monthly, quarterly, semiannually, and quinquennially; Reihe B and C have cumulated annual indexes. The Wöchentliches Verzeichnis is cumulated as a whole in the Halbjahres-Verzeichnis and the Fünfjahres-Verzeichnis below.

Deutsche Bibliographie: Halbjahres-Verzeichnis.
Frankfurt a.M.: Buchhändler- Vereinigung GmbH, 1981-95.
Reference Z2221 +D475 (LC)
The semi-annual cumulation of Deutsche Bibliographie: Wöchentliches Verzeichnis, above. It is in two parts, part 1 being a Titelverzeichnis and part 2 a Stich- und Schlagwortregister. The Halbjahres-Verzeichnis is cumulated by the Fünfjahres-Verzeichnis, below.

Deutsche Bibliographie: Fünfjahres-Verzeichnis, Bücher und Karten, 1945-50 and 1976-80.
Frankfurt a.M.: Buchhändler-Vereinigung GmbH, 1953-.
Reference Z2221 +D476 (LC)
The five-year cumulation of Deutsche Bibliographie: Wöchentliches Verzeichnis and Halbjahres-Verzeichnis described above. Attempts to list all publications for Germany, German-language books of the book trade in Austria and Switzerland, and German-language publications in other countries. Dissertations and music are omitted. The Fünfjahres-Verzeichnis is in two parts, part 1, the Alphabetisches Titelverzeichnis, being an alphabetical listing by author and anonymous title, and part 2, the Stich- und Schlagwortregister, being the subject listing.

Österreichische Bibliographie. Reihe C, Neuere Ausländische Austriaca. Wien : Nationalbibliothek. 1983-1991.
Selective bibliography. Ceased with 1991. Recent Austriaca can be searched in the catalog of the Austrian national library.

Other helpful sites

Global Books in Print
Books in print (New York : R. R. Bowker Co. : 1948- )
SML Stacks, LC Classification  Z1215 +P97 (LC); latest volume in Catalog Reference.
In-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming books from over 30,000 North American publishers.

PubList.com
Searchable database of periodicals and monographic series.

Ulrichs International Periodicals Directory
New York: Bowker, 1932-
SML Stacks Z6941 +U47 10-  (LC); latest ed. at Reference Desk
An extensive directory of periodicals, with indexes by title, ISSN, subject, and place of publication.