The DFG's special-collections program [in German] uses a decentralized subject plan to insure that at least one copy of every scholarly relevant publication is present in Germany and thus available through inter-library loan of the original or photocopies.

[All linked information in German]

Mathematics	Pure Mathematics
Philology	Altaic and Paleoasiatic Language and Literature English Language and Literature (in general) Great Britain and Ireland North American English Language and Literature Celtic Language and Literature Australia, New Zealand Finno-Ugrian Language and Literature Finland Hungary Estonian Language, Literature and Folklore
History and Politics	History, Politics, and Constitution of the Anglo-American Cultures
Natural Sciences	Natural Sciences (in general) (until 2007) Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Research Forestry
Earth Sciences	Geography Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology (Georgius Agricola university library of the TU Bergakademie (technical university for mining) Freiberg beginning 1999) Geophysics Map Collection
General	General Theory of Science (until 2007) Higher Education (Humboldt University Berlin beginning 1999) Information Science, Librarianship (Bavarian State Library beginning 2008) Universal Scientific Journals (until 2007)

The virtual subject libraries constitute a special service of the special-collections areas.

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[Latest update 5 August 2008 / gw]
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