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Remote access to licensed online resources and digital libraries

The National Library of the Czech Republic offers its users remote access to most licensed resources. The exceptions are the ASPI database and full access to the National Digital Library or Webarchive, which are accessible to users exclusively on terminals in the National Library of the Czech Republic's reading rooms.

Information on logging into the remote access system

To log in, please use your current login names and passwords for the NKC or SLK databases (the same details as when ordering books or using the internet).

  • User ID = NK......
  • Password = barcode 10E..., 10A... or the password you have set as your own

Access to the system will be denied to users who:

  • do not have a valid library card
  • have any messages in the "Blocks" section of their reader’s account in the NKC or SLK database

In case of blocks, please contact us here.

Problems with using remote access

If you have any problems logging in please contact us. We would appreciate more information about the problem (date and time of login, selected database, error messages, etc.).

Terms of Use for Licensed Resources of the National Library of the Czech Republic

Licensed resources made available by the National Library of the Czech Republic to its registered users may only be used by users for their study and research needs, in a standard manner and only using the tools offered by the selected licensed resource. When working with licensed resources, it is not permitted to use various forms of robots or other automatic download programs.

Users who use non-standard tools when searching, viewing, or saving data from licensed resources may have their access to licensed resources revoked. For more information, see Library Rules – Annex No. 8.