ZDB - the world’s largest database für newspapers, journals, annuals…
The local press is an important resource for the research in genealogy, sociology, economy and regional history in general. Valuable information can be found in notifications of civil registry offices, recruiting announcements of the armed forces, advertisements, letters to the editor etc. The “Zeitschriftendatenbank” (ZDB) is the largest database worldwide for the reference of periodicals. It contains more than 1,1 Mio. titles of journals in several languages published in the time from 1500 until today. Together with the titles the “ZDB” provides information of evidence for approximately 4300 mainly German libraries. The search screen is a very user-friendly one and allows queries according to country and area where the journal was published or spread.
