Search for old stock (titles up to 1800)

In general

Unfortunately, the complete old collection of the university library of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is not yet documented in OPAC. If you do not find a title, please contact the manuscripts department of the university library before you give in an interlibrary loan, for example. Things that are generally not documented in OPAC are the stocks of graphical collections, manuscripts, incunabula and other special stock.

Books and other printed works from 1501 until and including 1800 (old maps until and including 1850) are accessible according to special rules.

Search by books appearing until the year 1800

In principle, you can search for these in exactly the same way as modern literature - however, there are some particularities which make searching easier when you know them:

• Abbreviations are not exploded and must, therefore, be searched for according to the template
  Exception: Abbreviations and ligatures in the title, but not in the subtitle
  Example:
  The title contains: ... in laud. ... -> then enter in this form and not in the exploded form laudem
  Example:
  The title contains: ... in laudẽ ... -> then entering laude and laudem will be successful
• Subtitles are not always created in full. Long subtitles (especially common in Baroque literature) are mostly only show in a shortened form. The parts that are left out and can, therefore, not be searched are decided according to the template.
• The edition is only shown according to the template.
  Example:
  The book contains Editio Secunda
  Enter ‘all fields’ in the field: Editio Secunda - but not 2nd ed.
• The publication location is only shown according to the template.
  Example:
  The book contains Norimbergae
  Enter ‘publication location’ in the field: Norimbergae - but not Nuremberg
• Search for Classification
  Old books are generally not accessible in a systematic way - first the title which was recently worked on can be searched for in OPAC according to the topic area via the ‘Classification’ field. The topic areas are not broken down according to the Regensburg system, as more recent titles are, but they are oriented towards a group system of the previous state library of Eichstätt. You can find tips on entries on the pages of the manuscript department of university library of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.
  Example:
  Search according to older titles on the topic of Pedagogy
  Entry in the ‘Classification’ field: 1 L
• Search according to provinces
  Use of the ‘All fields’ search field - remember that searches are usually run according to a template and that some manuscripts are not very legible, so you should also check different spellings. Only some provinces of the former state library of Eichstätt are standardised, and these are: court library of the Prince Bishop of Eichstätt, library of the cathedral chapter in Eichstatt, Dominican convent in Eichstatt, Jesuit College in Eichstatt, Augustinian Canons Rebdorf, Benedictine abbey of the Plankstetten and the Augustinian canons in Ulm / Wengen.
  Example:
  You are looking for books which belonged to a Mr ‘Scheiffler’:
  Enter in ‘all fields’: Scheiffler* in order to also capture versions such as Scheifflerus, Scheiffleri, etc., or also: Scheyfler etc.

Particularities when searching for old maps

= Maps until 1850

• Either use the keyword old map or the search field form of publication and enter here: old map or the abbreviation om
• Of course, you then extend this information with the title or the individuals named on the map.
• Abbreviations in the title are exploded, i.e. you can search using both the abbreviation as well as the extended form.
  Example:
  Map title: S. R. I. Principatus et Episcopatus Eistettensis
  Input options:
  S. R. I. Principatus et Episcopatus Eistettensis
  S.R.I. Principatus et Episcopatus Eistettensis
  Sacri Romani Imperii Principatus et Episcopatus Eistettensis
• It is possible to search in the publication locations with both the spelling of the template as well as today’s spelling.
  Example:
  Norimbergae appears on the map as the publication location
  Input options:
  Norimbergae
  Nuremberg

Important: All maps, including those which are included in atlases and anthologies, are individually accessible.