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Have you been on a voyage of discovery today? Here you will find hidden gems and interesting facts about art, design, regional studies, photography, music and much more. Digitally browse the SLUB collections to your heart's content, use our cross-media research portals or filter systematically by subject.

Digital Collections

Digital instead of analogue: Explore our SLUB collections digitally. Our collections comprise a total of 109644 titles (or 374985 volumes) and over 1.8 million graphic materials.

The SLUB has a diverse collection focus and archives literature, visual and audio media about Saxony as comprehensively as possible, as well as publications published in Saxony that are subject to the legal deposit obligation - analogue or digital. 

Musical sources, valuable historical maps and images as well as the holdings of the manuscript collection are being gradually made available digitally for research. The Deutsche Fotothek is one of the most important picture archives in Germany.

Maps and Map Forum

In addition to historically valuable maps, the SLUB's holdings also include topographical works and images of landscapes and towns. A total of around 180,000. More than 30,000 of the most important cartographic records are already available online in the virtual map forum.

Other resources worth knowing You think that's all? Don't worry; it's not. Our research portals for Saxon regional studies, art history and music are at your disposal.

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