Find the meaning, origin and explanation of more than 4,600 literary terms. From ab ovo to zwanenzang (swan song) and from alwetende verteller (omniscient narrator) to zelfspot (self-deprecation). An indispensable tool for anyone who works with Dutch language and literature.

Digital dictionary of contemporary Dutch in the Netherlands and Flanders, Suriname and the Caribbean. The descriptions are supplemented with images, videos and sounds. The language period runs from 1970 to the present day. For the interested layperson to the professional linguist.

Online portal about fashion and clothing from all over the world. Includes an encyclopedia, reference works, articles, e-books, case studies, biographies, lesson plans, textbooks and tens of thousands of images of fashion shows and designs. For researchers in the fields of fashion, museums, cultural studies, anthropology and more.

German-English glossary with approximately 90,000 professional terms and abbreviations from book studies, library and information science. You can search in English and German. Also includes a list of dictionaries used for the composition. A tool for librarians and other users.

Online catalogue with descriptions of all newspapers in the KB collection. Find information about articles in national and international newspapers, news magazines and daily local newspapers published from 1640 to the present day. From the Algemeen Dagblad to the Zwolse Courant. For researchers.

Online catalogue with approximately 585,000 descriptions of individual letters and parts of correspondence written in the early-modern and modern period (ca. 1500 - present). Contains information about more than 2 million letters. The letters come from the collections of Dutch heritage institutions, including the KB. For researchers.

Online catalogue with descriptions of books, magazines and microfiches about music and sheet music from classical antiquity to the present day. Part of the collection can be checked out on loan. Contains codes to search for different instrumentations, for example for “string quartets”. For researchers and Dutch music enthusiasts.

Online catalogue of 17 Dutch and Flemish institutions (including the KB) with more than 300,000 descriptions of mainly Dutch-language children's books, magazines and catchpenny prints from the 16th century to the present day. Also contains approximately 70,000 descriptions of articles and books that reflect on children’s literature. For the researcher of children's books.

Electronic version of French dictionaries from the 17th to the 20th century. Research the development of French lexicography. The database is part of an extensive website on French literature. For researchers of the French language.

Database of digitized German classical works spanning 11 centuries. Collection contains historical, philosophical, theological, political and art history texts. Also includes collections of essays, speeches and other non-literary material. Resource for historians, literary scholars and for those interested in German literature.