Due to technical reasons, the ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on Saturday, on the 10th of December 2022. From Monday, from the 12th of December 2022, we will be open again.
Thank you in advance for your understanding and supporting cooperation.
Object of the month – The seal of the Faculty of Law, 1848
The university's coming under state supervision gave Maria Teresa the opportunity to review the issue of the coat of arms used on the university's seals and redesign them using the motifs of the Hungarian state coat of arms. In 1778, he therefore ordered the use of new seals for all organizational units of the university. These seal images, which were also used as coats of arms, were confirmed in the Diploma Inaugurale issued in 1780. The coats of arms were in force until 1948, but their inscriptions changed from time to time, for example in 1848 the faculties were named in Hungarian instead of Latin.
Excerpt from the exhibition Book, robe, science – Symbols from the history of Eötvös Loránd University.
The Foundation for the University Library supported the ELTE University Library and Archives by purchasing 5 external batteries in order to ensure that power banks are available to our readers in sufficient quantities and that our locally available service runs smoothly.
Between the 5th of December 2022 and the 27th of February 2023, the archives can only be visited by Email registration. The archives will be closed between the 19th of December 2022 and the 8th of January 2023.
Thank you for your patience and understanding!
The training of secondary school teachers began at our university in the second half of the 19th century. In 1862, the Commitee for Qualifying Secondary School Teachers was established. After a successful examination before the Commission, the candidate received his secondary school teacher's certificate. The records of the examinations were preserved in the period between 1864 and 1949. In our database there are currently 9236 names. The name, major, date of the exam and the notation of the exam report of the students who took the exam between 1864 and 1924 are available.
The database avalaible: https://leveltar.elte.hu/nevtar/?p=main-tanarvizsga
The Archives Portal Europe has been renewed. The site provides an opportunity to jointly search the documents of European archives and presents each institution in detail. Among the Hungarian archives, the ELTE University Library and Archives is also included, its records can be searched using the up-to-date Univa database.
The ELTE IT Directorate discontinued the Stunnel service with effect of November 8, 2022. Instead, the VPN service can be used by both ELTE employees and students. Anyone who does not already have one, must apply for VPN service. The IIG identifier is required to submit application. Those who do not yet have this, can apply online. It requires ELTE Neptun code for applying for an IIG ID. After requesting the VPN service, by downloading and installing a client program (FortiClient) from the IIG website, one can use ELTE's electronic resources and its subscribed digital databases with remote access.
If any problem occurs during the installation or requesting IDs, feel free to contact IT colleagues at operator@elte.hu email address.
Trial access the nkoda database and music service is available for 30 days, which ends on December 13, 2022.
The nkoda library has the full scores, complete sets of rental parts and educational materials (e.g. methods) for more than 100,000 titles, licensed from more than 130 music publishers.
Access is via shibboleth authentication. On the publisher's website, select the Login menu item in the upper right corner, then select the "sign up with an institution" menu item to login, then enter the name of the institution and use the service with your IIG ID.
The World Who's Who online database published by Taylor and Francis is available as part of a thirty-day trial. Trial access lasts until November 30, 2022.
Link tot he database: World Who's Who
Content of the database: World Who’s Who curates and validates biographical information on over 70,000 of the 21st century’s most prominent individuals across all occupations and activities.
The University Library and Archives has requested trial access to the database Das Diensttagebuch von Wolfram Sievers und das SS-Ahnenerbe (1941–45) (SAEO) published by De Gruyter. The database is a primary source for researching Nazi Germany, and can be subscribed to it from November 2022. Trial access runs until December 6, 2022.
Content of the database:
The database contains Wolfram Sievers’ complete service diaries (1941–1945) and offers a unique source to study the Nazi research network “Ahnenerbe”. This network was founded by Heinrich Himmler. It served from the very beginning to underpin Nazi ideology. At the end of the war, it included dozens of research facilities all over the German Reich. The “Ahnenerbe” became well known for its criminal medical experiments such as the “Strasbourg skull collection”, the resettlement of ethnic Germans (“Volksdeutsche”) and the theft of cultural property. The managing director, Wolfram Sievers, expanded the “Ahnenerbe” network from 1935–1945 and documented all activities in great detail in his service diary. In the 1930s, the focus of the network shifted from Humanities to Natural and Military Sciences. Sievers corresponded with officials of the Nazi regime and with German and international scientists, some of whom only made careers in the Federal Republic and the GDR. He was sentenced to death in the Nuremberg trial for his involvement in Nazi atrocities.
Über diese Datenbank
Das Diensttagebuch von Wolfram Sievers, Geschäftsführer der SS-Wissenschaftseinrichtung „Ahnenerbe“ ist eine einzigartige Quelle und akribische Dokumentation von NS-Verbrechen. Das von Heinrich Himmler gegründete Netzwerk diente von Beginn an dem Ziel, nationalsozialistische Ideologien zu untermauern. Am Ende des Krieges umfasste es Dutzende Forschungseinrichtungen. Bekannt geworden ist das Ahnenerbe u.a. durch verbrecherische Medizinversuche und Kulturgutraub. Wolfram Sievers prägte das Ahnenerbe von 1935–1945 und dokumentierte in seinem Diensttagebuch detailgenau alle Aktivitäten. Er korrespondierte mit vielen Funktionsträgern des NS-Regimes und Wissenschaftlern im In- und Ausland, von denen einige erst in der Bundesrepublik und der DDR Karriere machten. Die Datenbank bietet damit ein einzigartiges „Who is Who“ deutscher Wissenschaftsgeschichte unter NS-Vorzeichen, die nicht 1945 endete.