Library
The Georg Eckert Institute Library is a unique national and international research library in the field of comparative textbook research. The library has the most extensive collection of international textbooks on the subjects of history, geography, politics/social studies and German.
In connection with a considerable inventory of scholarly literature, the library affords the ideal requirements for the comparative research of the textbook medium. Users include academics, textbook authors, teachers, students, journalists, film-makers and private individuals.
With its collection of textbooks, the library has been incorporated as a Specialty Collection Library of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). As a part of this, the library is one of 46 German special subject collections/ specialised libraries, which together administrate the tasks of a divided national library.
In addition to this, the Georg Eckert Institute Library serves as the textbook centre of the Council of Europe.
Contact
Phone: +49 (0)531 590 99 31
E-mail: bibauskunft@gei.de
E-mail: ausleihe@gei.de
Opening hours
Monday to Friday
8.30 a.m.- 5.30 p.m.
Catalogue Search
Web projects
New acquisitions and thematic lists are published online.
(provided by DFG and Head Office of the GBV)
Projects
- GEI-Digital
- Funding of excellent research libraries