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MPG Databases and Sources

These reference databases are licensed by the Institute's Library and/or Max Planck Digital Library of the MPG.

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Recommended Databases
American National Biography The Asiatic Society of Mumbai: Granth Sanjeevani Bibliography of Asian Studies Bibliotheca Teubneriana Latina (BTL) Brill’s New Pauly Chicago Manual of Style Online Chinese Science Citation Database (Part of Web of Science) Grove Music Online/Oxford Music Online History of Science, Technology, and Medicine IBR—International Bibliography of Book Reviews in Scholarly Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences IBZ—International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences The Index of Medieval Art Indigenous Peoples of North America Access, Part I International Medieval Bibliography (IMB)—Online Iter Italicum: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance LexMA Online: Lexikon des Mittelalters & International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages Library of Latin Texts LIVIVO - Search Portal for Life Sciences Loeb Classical Library Newsbank Online Contents Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Sezgin Online I Sezgin Online II Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL) World Biographical Information (WBIS) Web of Knowledge (inc. Web of Science) Wiso Wirtschaftspraxis Presse WorldCat (FirstSearch) more databases
Origins of Modern Science and Technology Collections — Global Perspectives from the CIA Archives
Computing and Artificial Intelligence: Global Origins of the Digital Age Climate Science and Sustainability: Global Origins of Modern Environmentalism Aeronautics and Space Flight: Global Origins of Modern Aviation and Rocketry Morality and Science: Global Origins of Modern Bioethics Nuclear Energy: Global Origins of Energy Resource Management in the Atomic Age
Image Repositories
ARTstor Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz (bpk) Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (Bildarchiv Foto Marburg) Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB) Deutsche Fotothek, SLUB Dresden Digital Scriptorium Digitale Photothek (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz) e-pics—Bildarchiv der ETH Bibliothek Emilio Segrè Visual Archives (American Institute of Physics) Europeana FID4SAimages – the Object and Multimedia Database Free Academic Images Getty images Google Art Project JOCONDE (Catalogue des Collections des Musées de France) Pixabay prometheus—das verteilte digitale Bildarchiv für Forschung & Lehre The MET The National Palace Museum Taiwan Open Data Images The NDL Image Bank (National Diet Library) VADS—the online resource for visual arts