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On 4–5 March 2025, the Institute of Czech Literature of the CAS hosted an interdisciplinary meeting of researchers from various humanities disciplines involved in research on disciplinary metadata. read more
Workshop Metadata-based Research in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
On March 4-5, 2025, the Institute of Czech Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic will host an interdisciplinary meeting of researchers from various humanities disciplines engaged in the metadata-driven research. The event is organized by the Bibliographical Data Working Group of DARIAH-ERIC and the Czech Literary Bibliography. The aim of the workshop, titled Metadata-based Research in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, is to present current research projects and share… read more
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Current Bibliography (since 1945)
The database contains records of articles and books on Czech literature, and selectively (1945–1960 and since 2015) also records of fiction.
Retrospective Bibliography of Czech Literature 1770–1945
The retrospective bibliography covers the period 1770–1945 and contains more than 1.6 million records of articles on Czech and world literature.
Czech Literary Biographical Database
The database collects biographical data on the people involved in Czech literary life (from a period spanning the entire history of Czech literature from its earliest works to the present day).
European Literary Bibliography
The database collects literary data from several European bibliographies and makes them available in one shared user interface.
Czech Literature in Translation
The database contains records of book translations of Czech literature into all languages and is based on existing freely available bibliographic catalogues.
Czech Literary Studies Consortium Database
The database contains information about publications of the staff of allied institutions that are part of the Czech Literary Studies Consortium.
Czech Literary Web Bibliography
The bibliography covers Czech fiction and articles about Czech literature published in online journals and on literary, cultural or news servers.
Czech Literary Samizdat Bibliography
The bibliography contains records of Czech and world fiction and articles on literature from samizdat periodicals.
Czech Literary Exile Bibliography (1948–1989)
The bibliography maps the reflection of Czech literature and literary events in periodicals and book production published in exile between 1948–1989.
Almanacs, Calendars, and Yearbooks in the Czech Lands 1801–1945
The database contains entries from selected serials (calendars, almanacs, yearbooks) published in the Czech lands in the years 1801–1945.
Database of Recorded Periodicals
The database contains information on journals and periodicals excerpted by the Czech Literary Bibliography.
Book Series Database
A regularly updated bibliographic database of book series focused on Czech literature and literary science.
Digital Journal Archive
The digital archive contains scans of more than 50 titles of literary and cultural periodicals.
Literary Awards Database
The database includes information (history, characteristics, laureates, jury composition, etc.) on literary prizes awarded in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.
CLB user outputs
The Czech Literary Bibliography Research Infrastructure is fully supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under the large research infrastructures programme (projects LM2015059, LM2018136 and LM2023043).