The 8th, completely revised and enlarged edition of a oeThe Basics of Librarianshipa, the well known standard work on the subject, has been completely updated, extensively extended and partly re-designed. It provides a detailed description of all the fundamental steps involved in acquiring, cataloguing, storing and using library material, with an emphasis on modern developments and new technologies, and an extensive new section on a oeLibrary Information Sourcesa . Thus the new volume provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of all aspects of libraries, librarianship and the provision of library information.

This volume provides review of the increasing availability of electronic information resources for historians. The most important types and classes are presented with central examples. A more detailed look is taken at bibliographies and databases of articles, virtual specialist libraries and portals, e-books and digital libraries, reference works and information resources on literary source material, as well as the various areas of the auxiliary historical sciences.

Using significant examples, this volume offers an overview of the ever growing range of electronic information resources for scholars of German studies. Modern forms of library catalogues, bibliographies and article databases, as well as web catalogues, virtual special libraries, digital libraries, subject portals, electronic encyclopaedia and dictionaries are all dealt with in detail. In addition, scholarly search engines, information services and German studies reviews are taken into account, as are the different forms of scholarly communication on the Internet.

The volume Erfolgreich recherchieren Linguistik Successful Research Strategies: Linguistics] provides a comprehensive overview of information resources in all sectors of linguistics. The work not only presents key research tools such as library catalogues, specialized bibliographies, Internet search engines, article databases, and reference works, but also includes strategies for conducting a successful literature search."