Czech Historical News Sources

Print

Česká digitální knihovna allows for keyword search across publications, incl. many newspapers present in all Czech digital libraries funded by the government (work-in-progress to be completed by the end of 2022). All digital libraries utilizing the government-sponsored Kramerius platform are listed here [see also Kramerius 3 for materials not yet in the latest Kramerius 5]. Note that noviny a časopisy are grouped together and the English interface shows this grouping as newspapers. Periodicals which are older than 110 years are available remotely.

Registr Digitalizacie allows for a title, title keyword, author, etc. (no full-text) searches across most digital libraries in the Czech Republic.

Additional digital libraries:

• Digitalizovaný archiv časopisů (Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR)
  Several dozens of 19th-20th century Czech newspapers and magazines.

• Digitální knihovna Národního filmového archivu
  Included are film and cinematography periodicals, newspapers, journals, newsletters of film professional unions and associations published on the territory of today’s Czech Republic (1903-2016) in Czech and German.

• Digitální knihovna Akademie věd ČR
  236 (150 are accessible remotely) periodicals, incl. many newspapers.

• Kompletní elektronická verze časopisu Západ (1979-1993)
  The socio-political and cultural review was published by the Collegium Bohemicum in Ottawa, Canada.

• Libri prohibiti (aka Scriptum.cz)
  A collection of Czech and Slovak exile (1948–2008) and samizdat (1960–1989) publications, including newspapers and magazines.

Audio

• Stránky archivu vysílání české redakce Rádia Vatikán (1950-1992)
  Transcripts of the Czech broadcasts of Radio Vatican.

Visual

Online catalogs & bibliographies

• TBA