KG SAUR VERLAG

Online resources including:

1) World Biographical Information System Online – see below for further information

2) Yearbook of International Organizations Online (click on title to view PDF brochure 177KB)

3) World Biographical Dictionary of Artists Online (click on title to view PDF brochure 67KB)

4) 20th Century German History Online (click on title to view PDF brochure 5.69MB)

5) 18th Century German Literature Online (click on title to view PDF brochure 865KB)

6) Constitutions of the World (from late 18th to the middle of 19th century) Online (click on title to view PDF brochure 63KB)

7) International Congress Calendar Online (click on title to view PDF brochure 140KB)

8) Bibliographies of Humanities and Social Science Literature Online including (click on title to view PDF brochure 84KB) :-

i) International Annual Bibliography of Congress (Conference) Proceedings (IJBK)
ii) International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature in the
iii) Humanities and Social Sciences (IBR)
iv) International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in Humanities and the
v) Social Sciences (IBZ)
vi) International Annual Bibliography of Festschriften (IJBF)
vii) Database of titles from Italian periodicals in the fields of humanities and
viii) social sciences (AIDA)

1) World Biographical Information Systems (W BIS) Online
K.G Saur’s “World Biographical Information System (WBIS) Online” is the most comprehensive and extensive biographical library published online. The database contains a vast wealth of biographical information drawn from original sources. It covers men and women of all classes and professions from all the countries and regions of the world, ranging from the 4th millennium BC to the present. These factors combine to give WBIS a social, geographic and historical scope that makes it unique.

WBIS Online is based on the digitization of 56 microfiche collections drawn from K. G. Saur’s biographical archives. A total of 30 digitized biographical archives are currently available online and this is set to grow by between 7 and 9 additional biographical archives per year, equivalent to 1 million biographical entries. The database will be completed in 2010

Unique in its scale the database currently offers:

short biographical entries for 4.61 million persons
digitized biographical articles on 3.84 million persons
a total of 5.46 million biographical articles, published from 1559 to the end of the 20th century.

Please click on the following links for further information:

WBIS Brochure (pdf 1.72MB)
WBIS Pricing Information (pdf 59KB)
WBIS Search Tips for Database (pdf 52KB)
WBIS Product Powerpoint Presentation (ppt 1.62MB)

TRIAL APPLICATION FORM
To find out more about any of the KG Saur online products or to request a free trial, click here (pdf 39KB) to download the trial application form or please contact:-
Andrew Pentecost - Electronic Services Executive
James Bennett Pty Limited
Locked Bag 537, Frenchs Forest NSW 2086
Phone: +61 2 9986 7074
Email: apentecost@bennett.com.au