Literature Search

A multitude of research options is available to you. Especially, library catalogs (regional, national, and international) and bibliographic databases are great starting point. This page presents a small selection of them.

A complete list of all search options can be found on the homepage of the University Library under the menu entry “Literature Search”.

Literature Search on the Homepage of University Library

Catalogs of the Heidelberg Library System

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HEIDI	Online catalog for the entire Heidelberg library system
EZB	Electronic Journal Library: Search for e-journals licensed for Heidelberg University or freely available on the Internet

National and International Catalogs

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KVK	Book search engine for the verification of more than 500 million books and journals in library and book trade catalogs worldwide
ZDB	Nationwide catalog of print and online journals

Databases

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Mathematics	Collection of bibliographic databases for mathematics
Computer Science	Collection of bibliographic databases for computer science

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

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Wolfram MathWorld	Mathematics Encyclopedia by Wolfram Research
Wolfram Research's Functions Site	Collection of mathematical functions
MacTutor – History of Mathematics Archive	Provided by the University of St. Andrews

Offprint Collection

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OFFPRINT COLLECTION PAUL STÄCKEL

Further Important Links

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SUB Göttingen	Special Library for Pure Mathematics
TIP/UB Hannover	Special Library for Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
MSC 2010	Mathematics Subject Classification
Mathematics	Subject specific portal of the University Library (Mathematics)
Computer Science	Subject specific portal of the University Library (Computer Science)