Until the end of November 2025, registered readers of the National Library of the Czech Republic have the opportunity to try out the LitBase database - a specialized resource for researching world literature.

Content Includes

  • over 425,000 primary source
  • over 100,000 secondary and reference sources
  • 667 active full-text journals and magazines
  • 29,700 literary criticism records
  • 13,000 author interviews
  • 11,900 biographies

International Content

LitBase offers full text of historic and contemporary writing from diverse parts of the world, including Africa, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe, Ireland, Latin America, New Zealand, Scandinavia, Slavic countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Poetry from places with the deepest literary lineage is covered extensively, including influential contributions from Middle Eastern poets and poetry from China, Japan, Vietnam, India, and Southeast Asia.

Database producer: EBSCO

Trial access will be available until November 30, 2025.

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