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Uittrekselbank
Literature
Database with thousands of summaries of Dutch and translated into Dutch (children’s) literature and hundreds of author biographies. Useful background information about titles and authors for reading clubs, university students, teachers and school students.
Ursicula
Literature
Linguistics
Digital facsimiles of known and unknown texts from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Includes poems, plays and pamphlets, and authors such as Joost van den Vondel, Anna Roemers and Willem van Oranje (William the Silent). The original texts can be viewed online. Source for text and literary
Vanity Fair Magazine Archive
General
Culture / society
Politics
Archive of the American magazine Vanity Fair. Includes all the articles that were published in the magazine between 1913-1936 and 1983-2015. With topics such as politics and culture and the history of photography. You can read the texts online or download them as a PDF. For historians and other interested parties.
Verfasser-Datenbank
Literature
Lexicon of German-language literary authors from the Middle Ages to the present day. Contains more than 20,000 articles that link to each other via keywords. With biographical information and comprehensive biographies, and with links to library collections where possible. For historians and Germanists.
Vogue Archive, The (1892 - ) (ProQuest)
Culture / society
Archive of the American magazine Vogue, from its first issue in 1892 to present day. Search for clothing (pieces), lifestyle, fashion designers, brands and more. Vogue shows how culture and society have changed over time. For anyone who wants to research or is interested in fashion, lifestyle and culture.
Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek (VMNW)
Linguistics
Online dictionary with the surviving 13th century Middle Dutch vocabulary. Also gives access to a large number of official and literary sources. All words of the literary texts, including the names of the characters and places, are provided with meaning and commentary. Resource for linguists, historians, philologists and students of Middle Dutch literature.
Wall Street Journal, The 1889-1996
General
Online archive of the leading American daily The Wall Street Journal from the period 1889-2004. Mainly contains business and financial news. Includes all editions from the aforementioned period. Resource for researchers and scholars who want to study politics, society and events from the various periods.
Watermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries (WILC)
Book & library science
Find images and descriptions of watermarks in 15th century incunables from the Low Countries. Search all facets of a watermark: image subject, source, date, size, location in the document, and more. Source for book scholars and historians.
Web archive KB
General
Archive with a selection of Dutch websites starting from 2007. Contains more than 23,600 websites in the field of Dutch history, language, culture and government websites, and around 102 terabytes of data. Please note that this resource is only accessible within the KB building.
Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900 (ProQuest)
General
English-language index on Victorian magazines from the period 1824-1900. The author of each article, often written anonymously or under a pseudonym, has been identified. Contains biographical information and information about the magazines for which each author wrote. Including links to the articles themselves where possible. Interesting for book scholars and Anglicists.