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books and his notebook in the German National Library’s humanities reading room in Leipzig" /> </span> <span class="wrapper-text" style="background-color: transparent;" > </span> </p> </div> <div class="smallAccordion small-12 small-order-1 medium-4 medium-order-2 column"> <nav class="c-stage__text tabs-container" aria-labelledby="breadcrumbH"> <h2 class="c-stage__togglenav__h hide-for-large heading" id="breadcrumbH">Content</h2> <div class="c-stage__togglenav"> <ul class="c-stage__anchornav"> <li><a href="EN/Benutzung/benutzung_node.html#sprg265384"> User ID, registration and fees </a></li> <li><a href="EN/Benutzung/benutzung_node.html#sprg1160374"> Angebote für Geflüchtete // Українська // من الدول الناطقة بالعربية </a></li> <li><a href="EN/Benutzung/benutzung_node.html#sprg264666"> Using the catalogue </a></li> <li><a href="EN/Benutzung/benutzung_node.html#sprg265390"> Ordering and provision of media </a></li> <li><a href="EN/Benutzung/benutzung_node.html#sprg265388"> Use on site </a></li> <li><a href="EN/Benutzung/benutzung_node.html#sprg265392"> Using digital media </a></li> <li><a href="EN/Benutzung/benutzung_node.html#sprg265386"> Advice, education and online services </a></li> <li><a href="EN/Benutzung/benutzung_node.html#sprg1756280"> Other user services </a></li> <li><a href="EN/Benutzung/benutzung_node.html#sprg845608"> User surveys and research </a></li> <li><a href="EN/Benutzung/benutzung_node.html#sprg1024136"> Just ask us! </a></li> </ul> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="column small-12 medium-8 medium-offset-4"> <div class="c-stage__teasertext"> <p>The German National Library is a reference library. All media are made available for use in the reading rooms. Our locations in Leipzig and Frankfurt am Main have a wide range of reading rooms offering optimum work and study conditions. You can browse among 49,7 million media works, 14.9 million of which are online publications including approx. 1,600 digital journals. We also have special collections in the German Museum of Books and Writing, the German Exile Archive 1933–1945 and the German Music Archive.</p> <p>The German National Library's <a class="RichTextIntLink NavNode" href="EN/Professionell/Sammeln/sammeln_node.html" title="Our collection mandate">collection mandate</a> encompasses all texts, images and sound recordings published in Germany or in the German language, translated from German or relating to Germany that have been issued since 1913. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="c-text-teaser" id="sprg265384" aria-labelledby="textteaser-265384" role="group"> <div class="row"> <div class="small-12 large-8 column"> <div class="c-text-teaser__text"> <h2 class="c-text-teaser__section-header" id="textteaser-265384"> User ID, registration and fees</h2> <p><a id="gebühren"></a> </p> <p>If you would like to use our library, you will need to register for a user account – ideally online before your first visit.</p> <p>During registration <a class="RichTextIntLink ConfigShortLink" href="openinghours.html" title="openinghours">hours of service</a> at the library your user ID will be given to you when you show your personal ID. If you bring your passport instead of a personal ID card, you will also require official confirmation of your place of residence.</p> <p>Registration is open to users aged 16 and over. Up to the age of 18, you will need a completed <a class="RichTextIntLink Publication FTpdf" href="SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Benutzung/einwilligungserklaerungMinderjaehriger.html" title="Einverständniserklärung zur Anmeldung Minderjähriger">declaration of consent</a> (only available in German) and the personal ID of a parent or guardian, either the original or a copy (front and back).</p> <p>The Administrative Council has decided to suspend general user fees for a trial phase from 1 March 2020 to 28 February 2025. New users who register before 3 March 2025 will still be able to register free of charge. From 3 March 2025 onwards, a user fee of €5 (weekly) and €25 (annual) will be charged. Users aged 16–20 will still be able to obtain a user ID free of charge.</p> <p>Please ask our staff at the media issue.</p> <ul class="c-text-teaser__navItems"> <li class="c-text-teaser__button"> <a href="https://portal.dnb.de/myAccount/register.htm" class="c-button c-button--external" title="External link Registrierung für die Dienste der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek (Opens new window)" target="_blank" > Registration</a> </li> <li class="c-text-teaser__button"> <a href="https://services.dnb.de/dnb-cas/login?" class="c-button c-button--external" title="External link Login (Opens new window)" target="_blank" > Log-in user account</a> </li> <li class="c-text-teaser__button"> <a href="EN/Benutzung/videoRegistrierung.html" class="c-button" > Explanatory video "Registration"</a> </li> <li class="c-text-teaser__button"> <a href="EN/Benutzung/Checkliste/checkliste_node.html" class="c-button" > Checklist for your first visit</a> </li> <li class="c-text-teaser__button"> <a href="SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/Benutzung/benutzungsordnung.html" class="c-button" > Conditions of use</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-text-teaser" id="sprg1160374" aria-labelledby="textteaser-1160374" role="group"> <div class="row"> <div class="small-12 large-8 column"> <div class="c-text-teaser__text"> <h2 class="c-text-teaser__section-header" id="textteaser-1160374"> Angebote für Geflüchtete // Українська // من الدول الناطقة بالعربية </h2> <p><a id="ukraine"></a> </p> <p>You can use our printed and electronic media works, internet PCs and <abbr title="Wireless Local Area Network">WLAN</abbr> in our reading rooms in Leipzig and <span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Frankfurt am Main</span>.</p> <p>You can register to use the German National Library free of charge. You will need a valid passport and confirmation of where you are staying.</p> <p>If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone in <span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Leipzig</span> on +49 341 2271-453 or in <span lang="de" xml:lang="de">Frankfurt am Main</span> on +49 69 1525-2500; you can also e-mail us at <a href="mailto:info-l@dnb.de" class="ContactData" title="E-Mail: info-l@dnb.de"><span>info-l@dnb.de</span></a> or <a href="mailto:info-f@dnb.de" class="ContactData" title="E-Mail: info-f@dnb.de"><span>info-f@dnb.de</span></a>.</p> <ul class="c-text-teaser__navItems"> <li class="c-text-teaser__button"> <a href="EN/Ueber-uns/Ukraine/ukraine_ukrainisch.html" class="c-button" > Інформація для біженців з України</a> </li> <li class="c-text-teaser__button"> <a href="EN/Benutzung/arabisch.html" class="c-button" > من الدول الناطقة بالعربية </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-module" id="sprg264666"> <div class="row"> <div class="small-12 large-5 column"> <div class="c-teaser-short" aria-labelledby="teaser-264664" role="group"> <h class="c-teaser-short__h" id="teaser-264664"> Searching the catalogue</h> <p>You can search our catalogue from any location, view the full texts of more than 2.7 million open access publications or display the tables of contents of more than 2.7 million titles.</p> <p>Simply enter your search term in the adjacent catalogue box or click directly on the magnifying glass.</p> </div> </div> <div class="small-12 large-7 column"> <div class="c-content-search" role="search" aria-labelledby="contentSearchHeader"> <div class="c-content-search__form"> <h2 class="c-content-search__header c-content-search__header--margin" id="contentSearchHeader"> Catalogue</h2> <form target="_blank" name="Suche" action="SiteGlobals/Forms/DNBWeb/Suche/EN/Katalogsuche_Formular.html" method="get" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded"> <input type="hidden" name="resourceId" value="305868" /> <input type="hidden" name="input_" value="147408" /> <input type="hidden" name="pageLocale" value="en" /> <fieldset> <p class="c-content-search__p"> <span class="formLabel aural"> <label for="f305868d59546">Enter search term </label></span> <span class="formField"> <input id="f305868d59546" name="templateQueryString" value="" title="Enter search term" type="text" placeholder="enter search term" size="26" maxlength="100"/></span> <input class="image" type="image" src="/SiteGlobals/Forms/DNBWeb/_components/Buttons/Servicesuche_Submit.svg?__blob=image&v=1" id="f305868d63528" name="submit" alt="Search" title="Search" /> </p> </fieldset> </form></div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="c-text-teaser" id="sprg265390" aria-labelledby="textteaser-265390" role="group"> <div class="row"> <div class="small-12 large-8 large-order-2 column"> <div class="c-text-teaser__text"> <h2 class="c-text-teaser__section-header" id="textteaser-265390"> Ordering and provision of media</h2> <p>Avoid unnecessary waits in the library and order the media you are interested in before you visit. 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