Jahrgang 35 2014

Particularly in the humanities and social sciences, festschrifts are a popular forum for discussion. The IJBF provides quick and easy general access to these important resources for scholars and students. The festschrifts are located in state and regional libraries and their bibliographic details are recorded.

Since 1983, more than 680,000 articles from more than 31,500 festschrifts, published between 1977 and 2012, have been catalogued.

1,000 Festschrifts from 20 countries, with 20,000 articles, are added every year. the entries are made accessible for the users according to a system of english and german subject headings