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De Gruyter Book Archive 2021-2023

  • Start: 1 Jan 2021
    Expiry: 31 Dec 2123
  • Description:

    The De Gruyter Book Archive (DGBA) is a digital collection of over 40,000 titles between 1759 and 1999. Historical resources include Friedrich Schleiermacher, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Ludwig Tieck, and the Brothers Grimm.

Product overview

The De Gruyter Book Archive is available for a one-time purchase for perpetual access to over 40,000 archive e-books, including newly digitised works of previously out-of-print titles. The archive comprises the entire publishing history of De Gruyter from 1759 to1999 and represents a significant body of work for the history of science, philosophy, thought, culture and literature.

Please visit: https://www.degruyter.com/cms/pages/dgba

Subject collections

  • Architecture, Art and Design
  • Business and Economics
  • Classics and Near East Studies
  • History
  • Law
  • Library Information Science
  • Linguistics and Semiotics
  • Literary and Cultural Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Medicine and Life Sciences
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Sciences
  • Reference Works
  • Social Sciences
  • Theology and Religious Studies

Time Period:

  • 1759-1999

Most pre-1990 content is in German. 1990-1999 is in English and German, varying by subject discipline. Please check title lists for language.

De Gruyter Book Archive (DGBA) titles are all made available in the De Gruyter eBook Evidence Based Acquisition (EBA) 2020-21 Agreement

For institutions interested in both the EBA and DGBA agreement, please contact Anita Joice at De Gruyter directly for a quotation and title list.

Update Type

Never

Update Notes

No newly published content, fixed archive 1759-1999. Newly digitised works uploaded during 2018-2020.

Accessibility

De Gruyter accessibility page

The platform is not W3C Compliant.

Authentication

Shibboleth

Marc records

A MARC record set is sent for the subject package purchase.

Metadata standards

De Gruyter provide metadata for e-books (article/chapter data) and KBART files to indexing and discovery services.

Since the recently-launched cooperation with the Common Library Network (GBV), MARC of records appear in two versions on the platform:

  1. With publication of an e-book to the platform, minimal records are automatically generated from its data. These records are on a very minimal level with just enough data to populate a catalogue and link to the content
  2. Approximately six weeks after publication, the initial metadata is replaced with high quality MARC records of the GBV

Personalisation

User log-in available. Save content and searches.

Post search options

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  • Subject
  • Date range
  • Publishing status (Future, Upcoming, New)
  • Availability (Free, Open Access, Subscribed)

Search options

  • Author
  • Full Text
  • ISBN/ISSN
  • Keyword
  • Language
  • Subject
  • Title

Usage statistics

COUNTER usage reports available:

  • BR2
  • BR3
  • PDA

Login information

www.degruyter.com

Administrative support

anita.joice@degruyter.com

Subscription help

help.digitalresources@jisc.ac.uk

Technical support

service@degruyter.com

User support

anita.joice@degruyter.com