Libraries
Generally comprehensible books on geoscientific topics can be studied in the Library of the National- and University Library of Bremen. One area on the first floor of the National- and University Library a comprehensive section on geosciences can be found that is available for amateur geologists that are not members of the university. For scientific work the Geosciences Collection provided various books, articles in periodicals and reprints.
Library of the Geosciences Collection
A fixed part of the Geosciences Collection is its library that almost exclusively consists of scientific papers. The access to the library for scientific purposes is possible with an appointment. The major part of the collection of books has been removed from library of the Überseemuseum Bremen, when the geosciences have been moved to the University of Bremen in 1996. Particularly, the palaeontological publications are important and include antiquariatic valuable books of Frass, Quenstedt and Walcott. A further main area are malacozoological books, e.g. publications by Philippi and Reeve. Furthermore, many serials of periodicals are a part of the library, especially the “Journal de Conchyliologie”, the ” Malakozoologische Blätter” and the “Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London”. A part of the articles of the serials of periodicals are recorded in a data base.
| Periodical | Volume | Year |
| [Archiv für Molluskenkunde] Nachrichtenblatt der deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft |
1-52 | 1869-1919 |
| Archiv für Molluskenkunde (als Nachrichtenblatt der deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft) |
53-123 | 1921-1994 |
| Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen |
34-44 | 1957-1998 |
| Abhandlungen des Hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung | 2-76 | 1954-1977 |
| Abhandlungen der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt | 97-190 | 1925-1939 |
| Basteria | 1-48 | 1936-1984 |
| Beihefte zum Geologischen Jahrbuch | 1-125 | 1951-1971 |
| Boletim do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro | 1-36 | 1943-1971 |
| Decheniana (Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins des Rheinlandes und Westfalens) |
111-117 | 1958-1964 |
| Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart (Jahrbuch der Deutschen Quartärvereinigung) |
32-48 | 1982-1998 |
| Fortschritte in der Geologie von Rheinland und Westfalen |
4-33 | 1959-1985 |
| Geologisches Jahrbuch | 64-90 | 1943-1972 |
| Geologisches Jahrbuch Reihe A | 1-140 | 1972-1994 |
| Geologisches Jahrbuch Reihe B | 1-58 | 1972-1985 |
| Geologisches Jahrbuch Reihe C | 1-56 | 1972-1990 |
| Geologisches Jahrbuch Reihe E | 1-50 | 1973-1993 |
| Geologisches Jahrbuch Reihe F | 4-15 | 1977-1983 |
| Notizblatt des hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung zu Wiesbaden |
1-103 | 1950-1975 |
| Geologisches Jahrbuch Hessen | 104-115 | 1976-1987 |
| Geologica Bavarica | 17-83 | 1953-1982 |
| Geologische Rundschau | 45-87 | 1956-1999 |
| Jahrbuch der Preußischen Geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin |
49-59 | 1928-1938 |
| Jahrbuch der Reichsstelle für Bodenforschung | 60-61 | 1939-1940 |
| Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft | 1-14 | 1874-1887 |
| Conchilogische Mittheilungen | 1-2 | 1881-1885 |
| Jahreshefte des Geologischen Landesamtes | 17-26 | 1975-1984 |
| Jahresbericht des Niedersächsischen geologischen Vereins |
1-29 | 1909-1938 |
| Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover | 119-128 | 1975-1985 |
| Beiheft zum Bericht der Naturhistorischen Gesellschaft zu Hannover |
9 | 1986 |
| Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereines |
37-84 | 1955-2002 |
| Journal de Conchyliologie | 1-104 | 1850-1964 |
| Mainzer geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen | 1-27 | 1972-1998 |
| Malacologia (International Journal of Malacology) | 1-12 | 1962-1973 |
| Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie | 3-10 | 1846-1853 |
| Malakozoologische Blätter | 1-14 | 1854-1867 |
| Mitteilungen aus dem Geologischen Institut der Technischen Hochschule Hannover |
5-18 | 1967-1979 |
| Nachrichten Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft | 1-71 | 1970-1999 |
| Senkenbergiana Lethaea | 35-74 | 1955-1994 |
| Natura Bresciana | 24-28 | 1987-1992 |
| Paläontologische Zeitschrift | 48-74 | 1974-2000 |
| Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London | 1-34 | 1894-1960 |
| Universidad Nacional de la Plata | 1948-1993 | |
| Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology | 1-81 | 1969-1995 |
| Smithsonian Contributions to Earth Sciences | 1-35 | 1969-1993 |
| The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions | 1964-1994 | |
| Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand | 2-7 | 1963-1970 |
| Untersuchungen über Angebot und Nachfrage mineralischer Rohstoffe |
6-17 | 1975-1982 |
| VestnÍk Ústredního ústavu geologického |
1953-1971 | |
| Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft | 108-150 | 1956-1999 |
Library of the head of the collection
The library of the head of the collection is available upon request like the library of the collection. It contains articles and books on various aspects of the Cretaceous period, including palaeontology, palaeogeography, sedimentology, geochemistry and geophysics. Currently, a total number of almost 16000 single citations are covered by a data base, in particular the palaeontology of Cretaceous Ammonoids is easy and fast accessible through a comprehensive subject catalogue.
Contact: Prof. Dr. Jens Lehmann