Due to an event, the State Hall will be closed on Friday, December 12, 2025 from 5 p.m.
Due to a legally required works meeting, all user facilities of the Austrian National Library (reading rooms at Heldenplatz and collections) will not open until 11.30 a.m. on Thursday, November 27, 2025.
The reading rooms on Heldenplatz will be open during the Christmas holidays, with the exception of December 24 and 31 as well as public holidays. The reading rooms of the collections will only be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. between December 27, 2025 and January 5, 2026.
Please note the opening hours in December and around New Year's Eve.
Please note the revised opening hours for the Map Department reading room on Thursday, November 27, 2025: 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
A large number of articles and essays are listed or even fully accessible in our catalogue QuickSearch. If the desired item is not listed, please also use the search possibilities of the Austrian National Library’s comprehensive database.
Articles from essay collections, commemorative publications, congress reports and exhibition catalogues: Catalogue QuickSearch > Expanded search > Article media type .
Click on Superordinate title in details for the order. By doing so, you receive the display of the work in which the article is included. You can send the order there.
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