AgeLine with Full Text offers research content focused on the population of people aged 50 and older, covering the social, psychological, economic, and health aspects of aging. This comprehensive resource supports interdisciplinary work in fields such as gerontology and public health and sheds light on the diverse experiences of older adults.

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Child & Adolescent Studies Source

This full-text database provides well-researched findings on the growth, development, and well-being of children and adolescents. It offers information on cognitive, social, emotional, and mental health and provides insights into the factors that shape development from early childhood through adolescence. Child & Adolescent Studies Source contains full-text articles from many of the most widely used journals in this field.

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Over 20,000 encyclopedia entries on authors of German literature from its beginnings to the present have been linked together in the Online Reference and can be searched for specific content using detailed search criteria. In ongoing updates, the content of the Online Reference covering the Middle Ages is being revised and supplemented with a large number of current bibliographic references, which are linked to the library’s holdings.

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Branch Library Nature Sciences: 
Mo-Fr: 8 am to 3 pm, after that: access via card reader for members of the University

PCB Library: closed
(Ask for books of the PCB Library at the desk of the Branch Library Nature Sciences).

Church Missionary Society Archive

This database offers an extensive collection of source material on the work of this globally influential organization, which was founded in 1799 as an Anglican-Evangelical movement and remains active to this day. For researchers in the fields of missiology and world history, this diverse archive is an invaluable resource. It includes documents from both the CMS and the numerous other missionary societies that have been associated with or affiliated with it throughout its history.

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Missionary Studies

These primary sources are an extremely important resource for research on missionary work, educational efforts, medical work, evangelism, political conflicts, and the emergence of indigenous churches. The collections are truly global in scope, with Africa, East and South Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific region, as well as North and South America, equally well represented. The sources are of interest to scholars from a wide range of disciplines, from missiology to colonial history to anthropology.

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This collection highlights not only the breadth of life paths and professional fields but also the diverse ways in which people have shaped their times. Browse through these portraits from antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times.

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