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.

Database of all editions of the British national newspaper the Daily Mail. Includes editions from 1896 to 2016. Editions are fully digitized, complete with ads, news stories and images. Get insight into 20th century British culture and society. For researchers and those interested in British history.

Online database with the original texts of more than 15 million Dutch newspaper pages, 11 million magazine pages and over 900,000 books from the 15th to the 21st century. Search 120 million digitized pages with one search action. For anyone interested in the Dutch past.

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 with etymological (standard) works, dialectical dictionaries and thematic dictionaries for research into the origin of Dutch words. Contains over 300,000 dictionary entries. Useful for researchers and those interested in language.