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Free electronic resources
1. Specialised databases created and developed by the Institute of Philosophy researchers
2. Selected free accessible resources focused on philosophy
Electronic texts and archives
The Internet Classics Archive
Digital archive of 441 mainly Greek and Roman classical works with English translations.
Perseus Digital Library
A digital library of classical philosophical and literary texts.
Aurelii Augustini Opera omnia - editio latina
Corpus Thomisticum
Auteurs grecs
Auteurs latins
Bibliotheca Latina
Bibliotheca Christiana reformata
Bibliotheca Augustana
The Classics Page at Ad Fontes Academy
A collection of classical Latin texts.
Early Modern Letters Online
A union catalogue of correspondence between notable figures from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online
Encyclopaedias, dictionaries
Dictionary of Czech philosophers
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Dictionary of Philosofical Terms and Names
Encyclopedia of Marxism
Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D.
Encyclopedia Mythica
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3. Portals to e-resources
EIR CzechElib
Electronic information resources in the Czech Republic made available through the CzechElib National Centre.
EIR Library of the CAS
Electronic information resources and portals in the Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
PEZ - Charles University’s eResources Portal
All electronic resources available at Charles University.
Knihovny.cz
Portal providing the unified access to services offered by Czech libraries, including searching catalogues and electronic information resources of all participating libraries using a single search bar.
4. Digital libraries
Digital Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Archive of digitized publications (periodicals and monographs) produced by institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
The collection of publications by the Institute of Philosophy can be found here.
Czech Digital Library - National Gateway To Digital Libraries
Single user interface for searching the contents of most digital libraries in the Czech Republic.
Digital Library
Portal of digital libraries in the Czech Republic operated by Moravian Library.
DIKDA - Digital Library and Digital Archive
Digital library of the Slovak National Library (SNL) provides access to more than a million copyright-free and out-of-commerce works (digital copies of books, journals, articles, photographs, and manuscripts). After completing a simple individual registration process, the DIKDA portal can be accessed online from anywhere in the EEA. Access is free of charge. More information about DIKDA is available here.
Projekt Gutenberg
One of the oldest book digitization project, with more than 75,000 titles freely available.
Manuscriptorium
European digital library of manuscripts, early printed books and other types of rare documents.
Europeana
European digital library, museum and archive.
5. Other useful links
CzechELib National Centre
Open science - Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Open Access - CzechElib
Creative Commons Licences