Subject databases are essential for your scientific work. Take advantage of our extensive offer:

• Romance Studies

Our services in the Electronic Journals Library (EZB) at a glance:

• Romance Studies

The Cologne University Publication Server (KUPS) contains electronic publications of university members. The documents are accessible for free.

• French, Romance languages

Relevant and high-quality websites are offered by specialist portals for your subject area:

• Virtual Library Romanischer Kulturkreis (in German) -Information portal for the research areas France, Francophonie and Italy as well as General Romance Languages and Literature
• Ibero-America/Spain/Portugal Virtual Library (in German) - Specialized portal for culture, history, politics, economy and society of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries as well as of the Caribbean; offered by the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage (IAI), Berlin, and the State and University Library Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky
• OLC French and General Romance Studies - a selection of bibliographic data concerning French Culture, History, Society, Language and Literature as well as Romance Philology
• OLC Italian Studies - a selection of bibliographic data concerning Italian Culture, History, Society, Language and Literature
• OLC Romanesque culture - Subject indexes from the fields of Italian and French culture, history, society, politics, language and literature as well as general Romance studies; summary of the sections "Research on Italy" and "French Studies and General Romance Studies".
• romanistik.de (in German) - Information and current communications on research, teaching and study of Romance languages and literature from German-speaking countries and other countries.

You can find comprehensive information for various aspects, dates and materials on the websites of associations, working groups and interest groups.

• Deutscher Romanistenverband (in German)
• Frankoromanistenverband (in German)
• Deutscher Hispanistenverband (in German & Spanish)
• Deutscher Italianistenverband (in German)
• Deutscher Lusitanistenverband (in German & Portuguese)
• Deutscher Katalanistenverband (in German & Catalan)
• Balkanromanistenverband (in German)

The websites of the Romance institutions at the University offer everything you need to know about studying and teaching, research, working groups and contacts.

Romanist Institutions at the University of Cologne

• Department of Romance Studies and Department library
• Portuguese Brazilian Institute and Department library
• Cologne Latin American Center
• Center Portuguese-speaking world
• Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on France and the Francophonie (CIFRA)
• Petrarch Institute with focus on Italian literature in general, but especially Italian and Latin literature from the period of Renaissance humanism.

Cultural institutes in Cologne

• Französisches Kulturinstitut Köln (in German & French)
• Italienisches Kulturinstitut Köln (in German & Italian)