Library
The Georg Eckert Institute is a one-of-a-kind national and international research library in the field of comparative textbook research. Within its rooms, the library houses a research-ready, worldwide 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 scholarly 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 belongs to the 46 German specialty libraries, which together administrate the tasks of a shared National Library.
In addition to this, the Georg Eckert Institute Library serves as the textbook center of the Council of Europe.
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New acquisitions' lists of our scientific collection and thematic lists are published online.
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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.