Print

Allard Pierson, the collections of the University of Amsterdam, has a large collection of works printed before 1850. Most of them can be found in UvA CataloguePlus. The titles that are not in the online catalogue can be found either in the card catalogue in the main Allard Pierson Research Room or in the one at the Artis Library.

Online - Netherlands

Old books not in the UvA collections can be found in the following freely accessible databases:

• Delpher: books from 1700-1870 at the UvA, University Library Leiden and the National Library. Delpher also includes newspaper articles.
• Search Portal Allard Pierson: database books and manuscripts of the UvA [Dutch interface], Click Toon alle titels for an alphabetical listing. Coornherts Wercken: the works of Dirck Folckertszoon Coornhert (1522 - 1590) [Dutch interface]. Book illustrations image database [Dutch interface]. Digital highlights of the National Library [Dutch interface]. Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren (DBNL): the digital library of Dutch literature. And Dutch Pamphlets Online.

Online - international

The following databases are accessible to students and staff of the UvA:

• Early English Books Online

• Eighteenth Century Collections Online

These text archives are freely accessible:

• Zentrales Verzeichnis digitalisierter Drucke
• European Library, Reading Europe
• Europeana

• Google Books