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 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.

Documents from the reign of the English Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) and King James I/VI (1566-1625). Contains more than 30,000 documents from and about the major figures of that time. Contains correspondence and reports, for example about the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. Includes scans and full text view. Source for historians.

The digitized writings of Leuven professor Pieter Willems about his research into 'Low Franconian' dialects. At the end of the 19th century, he collected data on dialect speakers in Flanders, South-Netherlands and the German Rhineland. For the researcher of language and dialects.

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.

Online encyclopedia with studies in the field of Ancient Greek language and linguistics. Contains information about grammar, dialects, metrics, pronunciation and more. Interesting for researchers and students of Ancient Greek, other Indo-European languages and of Biblical literature.

Database of approximately 20,000 (transcribed) letters written by and sent to 17th century scholars from the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. Search results are also visually displayed in terms of geography, time and correspondent networks. Useful for historians and history enthusiasts.