German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) / Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien, Hamburg

Database Internal Relations and Area Studies / World Affairs Online (common database of the ten member institutes of the Fachinformationsverbund Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde - FIV / German Information Network International Relations and Area Studies).
Software: DOMESTIC (KTS Informationssysteme München).
Functions: Realtime data access (bibliographical and factual) and indexing; retrieval and library network management; production of printed and electronic information products.
Bibliographic format and standards: own field definition tables for bibliographical data access analogue to German Library Rules (RAK).
Classification systems : Network own subject and regional classification.
Thesauri: Thesaurus Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde / Thesauri International Relations and Area Studies; German, English and French.

Online since 1985
425,000 bibliographic entries (70% articles, 30% books, grey literature); and 25,000 factual records (institutions, conferences, agreements, events, etc.).
Annual increment: 26,000 bibliographical entries and 3,000 records factual data.