How to use KatZoom

to Select the opening letters

between the two cards before and after the place you are looking for in the alphabet

and repeat until you find what you are looking for

List down / List up to look through the catalogue in both directions

Search Tips

If you have clicked a wrong use Back (right-hand mouse key) to return to preceding search window

It is quicker to start a new search with to than searching with List down / List up within a specific alphabetical area

Please note the help menu Ordnungskriterien (available also in English) which gives information on how the various catalogues are arranged - surprises guaranteed!

• Please note, that you have landed in the German version of this homepage, when searching the KatZoom catalogues. Use the Back Function in your Internet Browser to return to the English version or go back to the main menu.

Search steps

• Choose the initial letters of what you are looking for in the alphabet (A-Z) in the left-hand window. The selection of the initial letters limits your search. All catalogue cards with the ordinal word containing these initial letters are split up into four parts. In the right-hand window the first catalogue card in each of the four parts and the last catalogue card of the search area are shown in short text.
• In the right-hand window choose the area where you expect to find what you are looking for and limit it further by using the function ZOOM in.
• KatZoom redivides the newly limited search area into four again and displays the closest sections.
• With ZOOM in you can limit your search until 16 catalogue cards in succession are displayed in full text.
• Look for the work in question among these 16 catalogue cards.
  Please note: Read the tips (in English) on contents (Inhalt) and alphabetic arrangement (Ordnungskriterien) in the help menu (Hilfe) to find your way.
• The list function shows you the directly preceding or succeeding catalogue cards.
• Use the Back Function in your internet browser to repeat the last commands in your search or to use a different Zoom area. The back key is important to remember if you have landed in the wrong search area.