Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology and The Ethnographic Collection

Library of the Institute of Ethnology

  • Currently, most of our collection is available for borrowing by advance order. Please follow the menu item “How do I borrow books from Ethnobib?” for details on the ordering process.

  • Access to the multifunction device (printer, scanner, and copier) and Follow-Me-Print

  • Workstations in the reading room


Please pre-order:

Please order the books you want by email before visiting the library. To process your order, we need the following information at ethnobib@gwdg.de

  • Your first and last name

  • The signatures of the books you want (for the signature “Zs..,” please always specify the VOLUME and YEAR!)

As soon as your order is ready for pickup, you will receive an email notification.


  • Gö Discovery - In GöDiscovery, you can find literature and other media, read electronic media online, and export bibliographic information in various formats.

  • JSTOR - Full-text database with journal titles from numerous disciplines; free access via the University of Göttingen's Wi-Fi or with SUB access data even outside of eduroam.


Ethnology OPAC

Gö Discovery

Local classifications (thematic)

Local classifications (regional)

Göttingen University Catalog (GUK)

Keywords A-E

Keywords F-O

Keywords P-Z

The institute's own keyword catalog can be accessed via the homepage of our Ethnologie-OPACs. There you will find two links highlighted in red on the left-hand side: Local classifications (thematic) and Local classifications (regional). To access our keywords, please select the search key Local classification Ethnology from the search options.

If you want to perform a combined search (e.g., thematic and regional or two thematic keywords together), you can do so using the “Advanced Search” option. To use our keywords, you must also use the search key Local Classification Ethnology here, which will allow you to narrow down the search results as desired.


Pre-orders & other inquiries: ethnobib@gwdg.de

Library staff: Monique Henschel, Tel.: +49 551 39 27897, Email: monique.henschel@uni-goettingen.de

Library representative: Hendrik Rümenap, Tel.: +49 551 39 27897, Email: hendrik.ruemenap@uni-goettingen.de

Postal address: Institut für Ethnologie, c/o Bibliothek, Theaterstr. 14, 37073 Göttingen

Library regulations: Download as PDF