When searching for Yiddish and/or Judaic topics, please note that the transliteration of Yiddish or Hebrew titles in German library catalogues follows certain rules and is different from, for example, that in Anglo-American directories.

ULB Düsseldorf is spatially distributed over several locations: the Central Library and five branch libraries. You can find a subject overview sorted by locations here.

Freely accessible media for the subject Yiddisch Studies are located in the Humanities Library PhilBib2 (building 24.21, 1st floor).

The textbook collection for the subject can be found in the Humanities Library PhilBib2 (building 24.21, 1st floor) too.

Media located in the "closed stacks" has to be ordered via the ULB catalogue.

As the subject is very interdisciplinary, depending on the research topic, literature from other subjects such as Philology, Art, Philosophy, Religious Studies and History might be interesting too.

Books in the reading rooms are shelved systematically, i.e. according to subjects and within the subjects, according to subject areas and topics.

The basis of the arrangement is the classification system, which divides the fields of knowledge into main groups and subgroups and is expressed by a letter-number combination (classification number), e.g. jid a 500. Classification numbers are used for the books’ shelf numbers, and you can use them to search the catalogue thematically.

Here is an example of a call number that can be found on the back of the title "Jiddisch Geschichte und Kultur einer Weltsprache."

jid a 500.a 655

Electronically available journals can be found via the Electronic Journals Database (EZB). Please ensure your VPN is activated, if you are not on campus.

Current issues of journals available in print can be found in the journal displays in Humanities Library PhilBib2. The yearly bound journals are available under the call number jid z in the Humanities Library PhilBib2 (building 24.21, 1st floor).

ULB also offers several full text databases that could contain relevant journals. You can find a list of databases ordered by subject in the Database Information System (DBIS).

Many journals especially from the first decades of the 20th century are available as microfilm and can be used via the microfilm reader in the library. You can find them like all other journals via the library catalogue.

With subject databases, you are searching in collections that are more tailored to your subject interests than the library catalogue. Subject databases usually offer more search functions and more detailed subject classifications.

Consult our Database Information System (DBIS) to find out which subject databases are available. Please activate your VPN before searching, if you are not on campus.

In addition to the databases of Jewish Studies/Yiddish Studies, those of History and, if applicable, Art and/or Philologies might be also relevant, depending on the topic.