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Digital library
The Digital Library of the Moravian-Silesian Region contains the digitized documents important for the cultural, social, economic, political and religious history of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It includes mostly periodicals and books published in the 19th century and in the 1st half of the 20th century. The documents are preserved in various institutions (archives, museums and libraries) of the region. The digital library is being updated regularly.
Publications not available on the market
We provide registered users with digital access to up to 70,000 copyrighted monographs and periodicals that are no longer available on the book market. In our online catalogue, you can also find a link directly to the National Digital Library for specific titles.
Access: https://ndk.cz
Detailed instructions can be found here.
Login: eduID (select Moravian-Silesian Research Library in Ostrava from the list + enter username and password for the reader account).
There are more than 138,000 volumes of digitized monographs from Czech publishing production published up to and including 2003 and periodicals published before 2013. The works in the National Digital Library database are divided into 3 groups:
- Public works (with an eye icon) - accessible
- Works not available on the market - after login (with key icon) - accessible
- Non-public works - in the library (with lock icon) - available only in the National Library of the Czech Republic
Restrictions: works are available for online reading only. It is forbidden to make any digital or printed copy. The service is provided by the National Library of the Czech Republic.
Last update: 18.08.2025