Catalogues
- contains records of all types of items (books, periodicals, newspapers, CDs, CD-ROMs, DVDs, VHSs, MCs, LPs) except for Czech technical norms and patent documents issued after 1990. Older items are being processed in stages. At present this catalogue includes more than half the library stock.
- The “basis for search” contains separately listed catalogues of serial publications, open access books, e-series, foreign libraries, general study room and the music cabinet
- The “Database” is an independently accessible database of articles in regional periodicals and of personalities from the region
- online access
- scanned papers listed by name (general catalogue – GK) and museum catalogue (MK)
- sheets are arranged in individual drawers in alphabetical order according to authors’ surnames or, if no author is given, then according to the title. Further information is available in individual catalogues.
- for use in the event that you cannot find your item in the electronic catalogue
- online access
- unified access to the services of Czech and Moravian libraries – to anyone, from anywhere and at any time
- allows you to search the catalogs of all participating libraries from a single search bar
- linking identities from participating libraries where the reader is already registered
- tools for managing favorite titles, saving frequently used search queries
- citations in various formats
- following book trends, inspiration for readers, user comments…
- constantly extending opportunities to access non-library resources
- the central index of “International Resources”, which is a path to quality scientific journals, industry databases and other electronic resources from around the world
- online access
- the catalogue provides information about the stock of more than 380 Czech libraries. At present it contains more than six million entries of Czech and foreign books, periodicals and newspapers, together with information about the libraries from which it is possible to borrow the required item
- further information
- online access
- the catalogue provides information about the stock of public libraries in the Association of LANius Library System Users
- contains lists primarily of professional literature, almost no belles-lettres, poetry or drama, with information on the library from which it is possible to borrow the item
- further information
- online access
Digital Library
- access to digitized regional documents from the library collection
- we provide remote access to documents for which copyright protection has expired in the sense of Act No. 121/2000 Coll. (Copyright)
- we provide access to copyrighted documents only in the reading mode from the premises of the special study room, general study room and reading room
- we do not allow electronic copies or remote access to copyrighted documents for licensing reasons
- we provide paper copies of digitized documents only in accordance with copyright law; we offer paper copies in A3 format, if the digital facsimile is in color, we also provide color printed copies in A3 format (prices according to the valid SVK PK price list)
- access to digitized historical book collections not only of Czech libraries
- Český jednohlasý rorátník [manuscript]. – [Bohemia, end of 16th C.]. – 126 l. ; 19.3 cm
- Nový zákon lnářský. Bible. N.T. in Czech. Second redaction [manuscript]. – [Bohemia, first half of 15th C.]. – 164 l. ; 6° (11.5 cm)
- Sermones de tempore et de sanctis [manuscript]. – [Bohemia, 15. st.]. – 194 l. ; 21.5 cm
- free access to regional digitized periodicals from the collections of other libraries
- Böhmische Westbahn (Plzeň, 1862–1867)
- Český lev (Plzeň, 1870–1872)
- Der Pilsner Bote (Plzeň, 1854, 1865–1868)
- ECHO aus Pilsen und Westböhmen (Plzeň,1899–1902)
- Pilsener Zeitung (Plzeň, 1868–1876)
- Pilsner Abendpost (Plzeň, 1877–1879)
- Pilsner allgemeines Amts- und Anzeigeblatt (Plzeň, 1835–1836)
- Pilsner Böse Zungen (Plzeň, 1876)
- Pilsner Fremdenblatt (Plzeň,1874–1876)
- Pilsner Reform (Plzeň, 1870–1872)
- Pilsner Tagblatt (Plzeň, 1900–1918, 1923–1938)
- Plzeňské noviny (Plzeň, 1864–1870), (Plzeň, 1872–1876)
- Unterhaltungs-Blatt zum Alzeyer Anzeigeblatt (Plzeň, 1874)
- Westböhmische Tageszeitung (Plzeň, 1900–1918, 1923–1938)
Databases
- full texts from domestic printed national and regional dailies, magazines (more than 600 titles) with archive since 1996 and daily updates
- it is not allowed to make an electronic copy, including e-mailing and posting on the web
- further information
- remote access
- full text of Czech laws from the 19th century, full versions of professional articles on legal topics, ministry regulations, local government regulations – for regions, findings of the Constitutional Court
- further information
- access from the library – special study room
- remote access from home not permitted for reasons of licensing
- bibliographical entries of articles and monographs on health topics and related areas
- records from 1976, updated quarterly
- further information
- access from the library – special study room
- remote access from home – freely available database
- Bibliographical record of articles, monographs and special documents of Czech origin
- issuing of DVDs discontinued from 1.1.2009, resource now accessible only online via the following links
- access from the library – special study room
- remote access from home not permitted for reasons of licensing
- all valid Czech technical norms (ČSN) and outdated ČSN since 1996 in PDF format
- further information
- access from the library – general study room, special study room
- printing not possible
- remote access from home not permitted for reasons of licensing
- Central and Eastern European Academic Source
- social sciences, humanities, economics, finance, management, STM science (scietific, technical and medical)
- books are also accessible from the library catalog
- instructions
- online access
- list of fulltext journals
- online access
- database of scientific articles from almost 2 500 titles
- social sciences and humanities, economics, management
- instructions
- online access via the library network
- online access to more than 54 000 newspapers and periodicals from 100 countries in 60 languages from the last three months
- possibility of printing, listening and translation online
- instructions
- online access via the library network
- social sciences and humanities, business, economics, management, natural sciences (agronomy, biology, environment etc), technology, medicine
- instructions
- online access
- e-books published by Karolinum Press, especially in the Czech language, books are also accessible from the library catalog
- Academic Complete Ebook Subscription – polythematic collection of more than 224 000 professional monographs
- downloaded e-book can be copy from your computer up to 5 other devices
- you can print max. 60 pages of one book
- instructions in the interface settings language
- online access
- information about the former territory of the West Bohemian region, unlimited by time, from culture, science, health, politics etc.
- bibliographical records of articles from the regional press. Entries from 1992 to the present (older records from selected volumes) are accessible via the articles database in the online catalogue
- the ANL database links to the regional map library accessible in the special study room, containing articles from the period 1978–1991
- general subjects, regular updates, unlimited timeframe
- access to database of articles in the online catalogue
- access to the special study room
- Factual database containing basic biographical information, branch and place of work, citation of sources and further information about important people from West Bohemia who were born in the region, died or worked here
- general fields, regularly updated, unlimited by time
- access to the database of regional personalities in the online catalogue
- access in the special study room
West Bohemian Personalities Calendar
Every year the database generates a Personalities Calendar. To see a review of entries for individual months you can use the “Specify” button and enter a more detailed query.
