How do I find? Hints for literature searches

You know the title of the book or are looking for books on a certain subject:

Books printed and online (library catalogues and book retailer databases)

->  Catalogue of University Library Reutlingen

->  Südwestdeutscher Bibliotheksverbund (SWB)

(References of all academic libraries in Baden-Württemberg)

->  Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)

(Book meta-search engine to search in all German libraries and some libraries abroad)

->  WorldCat

(World-wide library network)

Full-text versions of Master, Bachelor and Diploma dissertations and doctoral theses can be accessed for free at:

->  OASE

(Search engine for electronic academic writings)

You know the title of a journal and would like to know which library holds it:

Electronic journals

->  Electronic Journals Library

Printed journals

->  Catalogue of University Library Reutlingen

->  ZDB - Zeitschriftendatenbank

(the complete holdings of printed journals of all German academic libraries)

You are looking for journal articles on a certain subject:

->  Database Information System (DBIS)

(DBIS lists 1000+ databases sorted by subject. Use the top databases linked at the beginning of each subject.)

You are looking for newspaper articles:

->  Database Information System (DBIS)

(FAZ-Biblionet, WISO, LexisNexis)

You are looking for statistical data:

printed

Bibliothekskataloge (s. Bücher)

electronic

->  Database Information System (DBIS)

(SourceOECD, Business Insights, GENESIS, Eurostat)

You need business information (company profiles, SWOT analyses):

->  Database Information System (DBIS)

(MarketLine, Business Source Premier, WISO, LexisNexis)

You need industry reports:

->  Database Information System (DBIS)

(Business Insights, Business Source Premier, LexisNexis)

You are searching for case studies:

->  Database Information System (DBIS)

(Business Source Premier)