Zeno.org
Zeno.org(German pronunciation:[ˈtsenodɔtˈɔʀɡ]) is adigital librarywith German texts and other content such as pictures, facsimile, etc., which has been started by theZenodot VerlagsgesellschaftmbH, a Germanpublishing houseand sister enterprise ofDirectmedia PublishingGmbH. The content is based on the digital libraries from the CDs and DVDs published by Directmedia, The Yorck Projekt and Zenodot. It uses a stable mirror of theGerman Wikipedia,purchasable as German language Wikipedia DVD-ROM. Since its official start in September 2007, it is the largest fulltext online digital library in the German language.
Since 2008, Zeno.org does not belong anymore to Zenodot; it is meanwhile owned byContumax.[1]The content of Zenodot and its sister company DirectMedia Publishing remains nonetheless available.
The text content of Zeno.org is given partly with facsimiles. All the literature and encyclopedias are citable since text sources, page numbers and permanent links to the single pages are quoted.
See also
[edit]- Similar or comparable projects:
- Google Book Search
- Open Library
- Project Gutenberg
- Projekt Gutenberg-DE
- Wikisource
Sources
[edit]- Agon S. Buchholz:„Die Digitale Bibliothek macht Ernst mit Open Access “.In:kefk.org,12 July 2007 (German).
External links
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- Official website
- „Volltextbibliothek Zeno.org startet mit kostenlosem Lesematerial “.In:heise online,30 September 2007 (German).