The Goethe Institute presents at its site books that people talking about new publications at the German book market. The selection of fiction and non-fiction literature reflects current trends and recommendations.

The research library of the Herder Institute collects literature of humanities and social science from and over East and Central Europe in East and West European languages. The collecting field encloses the political cultural history, economic history and social history of the contemporary states Poland, Czech, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania as well as the historical German East areas and the German settlement areas in East and Central Europe.

Featuring the largest specialised European library on Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the Caribbean, the library of the Ibero-American Institute collects and preserves books, magazines, electronic documents, maps, audio media, photographs, videos, DVDs, papers and diverse additional materials. The library systematically acquires materials in all languages and from all corners of the globe. Subject areas include the belles-lettres, humanities, social sciences, economics, jurisprudence and government publications as well as the geological, agricultural and environmental sciences.

The university library of the Freie Universität Berlin offers a database with bibliographical and other information about circa 1,500 German-speaking authors in alphabetical order.

The data base Literature and Translation of UNESCO aims to offer helpful information to translators, publishers, researchers, archivists and teachers, which works at the discovery and promotion of even more unknown literature.

The eleven Literature Houses in Germany, Austria and Switzerland develop and arrange with different partners international projects and events.

In the worldwide net of the Goethe Institutes there are events organised not only important for Germany but also take place in Germany. An overview provides the calender of events of the Goethe Institute.

The House of World Cultures is a place for international contemporary arts and a forum for current developments and discourse. Visual arts, music, literature, performing arts, film, academic discussions and digital media are all linked in an interdisciplinary programme that is unique in Europe. In cooperation with artists and experts, it offers visitors opportunities to grapple with the conflicts, challenges and questions of our time.

The Kulturportal Deutschland informs about German and European cultural projects and offers a database with the topical events can be called up.