Introductory sessions

Are you new to the German National Library?
Get to know us by attending one of our introductory sessions - either virtually or on site.
If you wish to take your own materials, you will need a transparent bag which you can either bring with you or borrow/ purchase on site.

Upcoming dates

Book a Librarian – Individual search advice

Do you need assistance in getting started on your topic or support for a comprehensive search?

We will gladly help you with this and show you how you can structure your research in a focused manner.

We will be happy to advise you as requested during a one-on-one appointment held either virtually or in person in Leipzig or Frankfurt am Main. Appointments are available Mondays to Fridays at the times specified. Advisory sessions with a musical focus take place every two weeks. Please click on the button to make an appointment.

Book a Librarian

If you can't find a suitable time slot on our booking page, please email us your preferred date and time at least three working days beforehand together with an alternative time and the topic you are researching.

We do not provide information regarding medical or legal issues.

Coffee Lectures: coffee breaks with informative content

Our Coffee Lectures were designed to let you spend your coffee break finding out more about the library and how to use it by watching a series of short 20-minute lectures online.
The series of seven lectures will give you glimpses into many different areas of the library.
Useful information about special media at the German National Library, our music and exile collections, film materials or professional literary research - Take a look!

All dates

DNBLab: Events for everyone interested in text and data mining

DNBLab offers all bibliographic data and free digital object collections especially for purposes of automated processing and analysis. Along with a variety of online services at https://www.dnb.de/librarylabtutorials, we offer regular virtual introductory events and more advanced workshops to demonstrate the various access options and export formats and show you how to work with open access data, object files and fulltexts.

DNBLab: Access to data sets and digital objects