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2. 2 Content The Romanische Bibliographie Online is the only comprehensive specialist bibliography for Romance language and literature studies –available as an online database for the volumes 1965–2010 Access to more than 430,000 monographs, collected volumes, articles and reviews Annual update with 10,000 new entries Cross-linking of all relevant data State-of-the-art classification Multilingual user interface

3. 3 Content The Romanische Bibliographie Online offers: Categorization of all entries according to the tried- and-tested structure tree Linguistics and literary studies for Romance philology until 2010, French literary studies 1965–1970 French translation for search criteria and headings on the German interface Key words and publication types searchable in German, English and French

4. 4 The Search Simple search The simple search scans the full text. Example: Search for „Du Bellay“ Example: Search for „Du Bellay“

5. 5 The Search Results list 72 entries Automatically sorted by Publication Year Select the number of results per page. Clicking on the title opens the document display

6. 6 The Search Document display Change to “Reading View“ Navigate between all entries Bibliographica l information

7. 7 The Search Document display A grey background marks words/phrases from the search Link to library catalogue if applicable Cross-linking to related database content

8. 8 The Search Search using the browse function An arrow shows that more sub- chapters are available No more sub categori es are availabl e if there is no arrow.

9. 9 The Search The find-as-you-type display Matching entries appear already while typing

10. 10 The Search Advanced search Advanced search options: Add more options Click here to open the advanced search options

11. 11 The Search Advanced search using one search criterion from the drop-down menu. Choose from 10 search criteria F. e. search for a certain author by using the criterion „Name“

12. 12 The Search Complex search: Combining two search criteria Possible combinations: Here in combination with AND Clear your search from individual search criteria

13. 13 The Search Complex search: Excluding search Combination with NOT

14. 14 The Search Complex search: Filter the results f. e. by searching for a certain publication year only. Add more criteria

15. 15 Special Searches Search for “Language covered“ Available Options:

16. 16 Special Searches Search for “Language covered“ Example: Search for entries on the Catalan history of language

17. 17 Special Searches Search for “Language covered“ Restrict your search to the literature of a certain language if needed

18. 18 Further Information Helpful documents You can find further documents underneath the browse menu Search Help in German, French and English List of Excerpted Journals

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