DaF-Library: Lending Service

for German learners

Our DaF-library (DaF = German as a foreign language) offers a wide range of learning materials to support you in your German language learning: Textbooks, exam preparation books, practice books, easy readers, films, dictionaries, magazines and children's books.

Check-out our open shelf concept: a self-check machine and book drop allows users to borrow and return materials at any time.

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Borrowing Books and Media

Lending Service

The use of our DaF Library is free for all participants of our Language Courses.

Information about lending
Onleihe: German Online Library

More than 35,000 German language media are available for downloading from our Onleihe. Anytime. Anywhere. Free.

Information about the Onleihe digital library

Open Access Search

With our open access search, you have access to about 3 million freely accessible scientific online publications in various languages (mainly German and English, but also in other languages).

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Search for books or other items in the catalogue

Audiobooks

Only online items

BibToGo

BibToGo is the Goethe-Institut library app.

BibToGo is the Goethe-Institut library app. It is also your personal library account. It gives you access to our media and services whenever you need them.

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It is also your personal library account. It gives you access to our media and services whenever you need them.

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Opening hours

Monday to Friday 9am-12pm
and 1pm-9.30pm

Saturday 10am-5.30pm

Sunday 10am-12pm

Our offers

Service for librarians

Events, specialist information and cooperation services for librarians.

Translation Funding

The Goethe-Institut’s grant programme “Translations of German Books into Other Languages” supports non-German publishers in publishing German-language literature.

Übersetzungsförderung Photo: Loredana La Rocca Photo: Loredana La Rocca