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Swiss Bibliographies, Databases and Standard works

(classified by science field)

General

Biographic catalogue of articles in serial publications
Articles published since 1913 about Swiss people and their work. classified alphabetically by family names.
Contains references from the Swiss bibliography of History (since 1913) and from the Bibliography scientiae naturalis Helvetica (1925-2005).

Access / location at NL: card catalogue in the Information room (level 1).

Biographic catalogue of newspaper articles
Indexes newspaper articles about Swiss personalities, classified alphabetically by family names. Systematic collection since 1931. There are articles cited as from 1900 already.

Access / location at the NL: card catalogue in the Information room (level 1)

Geographical catalogue of articles in serial publications
Articles published since 1913 about villages, towns, regions, districts, cantons, lakes and rivers, geological formations, caves etc, classified alphabetically by geographical names. Contains references from the Swiss bibliography of History (since 1913) and from the Bibliography scientiae naturalis Helvetica (1925-2005).

Access / location at the NL: card catalogue in the Information room (level 1).

Law, Statistics, Economics

Schweizerische Rechtsbibliographie SRB (externer Link, neues Fenster)
This annually published bibliography references all publications on Swiss law as well as bibliographical entries on law publications published in Switzerland since 1851. Since 1990 online accessible for subscribers.
Since 1987 integrated in RERO.
Changing of titles:
1851-1858: Uebersicht über die Rechtsliteratur der Schweiz
1859-1963: Uebersicht über die Rechtsliteratur der Schweiz
1874-1901: Uebersicht der Literatur über schweizerisches Recht
1902-1965: Uebersicht der Literatur über schweizerisches Recht
1966-1999: Bibliographie für schweizerisches Recht
1999 -> : Schweizerische Rechtsbibliographie

Access / location at the NL: online consultation,
printed version JA 016.34 BIB (1851- ): Information room (level 1).
In stack: 1851-1887: Q 2999/3000 ; 1888-1999: Q 3001/3002 ; 1999- : P 39123.
From 1946-1999 as offprint (BP 279)

Navigator.ch Rechtsinformationen (externer Link, neues Fenster)
This database gives access to Swiss law publications: Bundesgerichtsentscheide since 1928; Systematische Rechtssammlung des Bundes; Gesetzessammlungen und Kommentare der Kantone ZH, BL, SZ, GR, NW

Access / location at NL: 10 CD/DVD-ROM in the Information room (level 1)

Schweizerische Bibliographie für Statistik und Volkswirtschaft (externer Link, neues Fenster)
This biannual bibliography was published by the Federal Office of Statistics between 1937 and 1986.

Access / location at NL: printed version : JA 016.3 STA (1937 – 1986) in the Information room (level 1). In stack: BP 98

Bibliographie zur schweizerischen Sozialversicherung (externer Link, neues Fenster)
This bibliography indexes monographs and articles regarding juridical, medical, economic and practical aspects of Swiss social insurances.

GEMME Bibliography on Mediation (externer Link, neues Fenster)
GEMME is a specialized bibliography on the topic of mediation. It's available online on the Website of the European Grouping of the Magistrates for the Mediation (Gemme) Swiss Section.

Data and Research Information Service DARIS (externer Link, neues Fenster)
DARIS is a resource centre for research and teaching in the social sciences. It maintains a comprehensive and up-to-date inventory of social science research projects in Switzerland. In addition, our data service makes available a wide range of datasets for secondary analysis.

Education, Remedial Education

Schweizer Zentrum für Heil-und Sonderpädagogik. Literaturdatenbank (externer Link, neues Fenster)
Die SZH-Literaturdatenbank ist Teil der Informationsplattform des Schweizer Zentrums für Heil- und Sonderpädagogik. Die Datenbank enthält bibliografische Hinweise auf Bücher und Medien, Artikel aus Zeitschriften, Beiträge in Sammelwerken sowie auf nicht in einem Verlag erschienene Dokumente. Die Sprachen der erfassten Dokumente sind vorwiegend Deutsch und Französisch.

Schweizerische pädagogische Bibliographie (externer Link, neues Fenster)
This bibliography was published by the „Schweizerische Dokumentationsstelle für Schul- und Bildungsfragen (CESDOC)“ between 1968 and 1992.

Natural Sciences

Bibliographia scientiae naturalis Helvetica BSNH (externer Link, neues Fenster)
Diese Bibliografie wurde von 1925 bis 2005 jährlich von der Schweizerischen Nationalbibliothek herausgegeben. Sie beinhaltet bibliografische Nachweise von Zeitschriftenliteratur, Monografien und Karten aus den Bereichen Natur, Geografie und Wald der Schweiz.

Art, Music, Theatre

Bibliographie zur Schweizer Kunst / Bibliographie zur Denkmalpflege (externer Link, neues Fenster)
Diese Bibliografie wurde jährlich von 1979 bis 2005 vom Institut für Denkmalpflege ETHZ herausgegeben. Sie enthält Nachweise über Monografien und Artikel über Schweizer Kunst und Denkmalpflege. Von 1979 bis 1985 erschien die Bibliografie unter dem Titel "Bibliographie zur schweizerischen Kunst und Denkmalpflege".

SIKART Dictionary and database (externer Link, neues Fenster)
SIKART is an online dictionary and database of ancient and modern art in Switzerland and in the Principality of Liechtenstein. It is edited by the Swiss Institute for Art Research (SIK-ISEA) in Zurich and Lausanne and it addresses art professionals and art lovers.
SIKART is the online version of the „biografisches Lexikon der Schweizer Kunst” that was published in 1998 by the SIK-ISEA.
Researches by artist provide biographic records containing information on work and exhibitions.
paper version: JK A 709.22494 BLSK (level 3)

Schweizer Musikbibliographie (externer Link, neues Fenster)
This bibliography indexes publications of Swiss authors – or authors living in Switzerland – as well as publications on music in Switzerland.
It had been published annually in the “Schweizer Jahrbuch für Musikwissenschaft” by the “Schweizerische Musikforschende Gesellschaft (SMG)” between 1980 and 2003.
Since 2004 it is included in the “RILM abstracts”: Bpq 21 (in stack).

Access / location at NL: in stack: P 31459 (1981-2003)

Musica practica (externer Link, neues Fenster)
This bibliography indexes scores of Swiss music or music in context with Switzerland.
It corresponds to the 16th fascicle of the swiss national bibliography (Swiss Book).
Since 2001 it is accessible online via Swiss Book.
The scores are recorded in the online catalogue Helveticat as well.

Access / location at NL: JK P 780.16 MUSI (level 3) and JA 016.015 BNS (fascicle 16) in the information room (level 1)

Répertoire International des Sources Musicales RISM Switzerland. Database (externer Link, neues Fenster)
The RISM database contains over 34'900 musical manuscripts and 21'700 printed scores from 55 Swiss musical institutions, both private and public, including archives, libraries, convents and private collections.

Bibliographie zum Schweizer Theater = Bibliographie du Théâtre Suisse (externer Link, neues Fenster)
Seit 1980 jährlich erscheinende Bibliografie, die Publikationen zum Theaterschaffen in der Schweiz nachweist. Sie wird von der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Theaterkultur herausgegeben. Erscheint in: „Szene Schweiz = Scène Suisse = Scena Svizzera = Scena Svizra“, [seit Ausgabe Nr. 8 (1980/1981)]; ISSN 1423-0887. Letzter Band: 2006/2007; Reihe eingestellt.

Literature

This bibliography, published by the Swiss National Library from 1979 until 1995 (volume 1-15), indexes monographs and articles about Swiss French literature.

Access / location at the NL: JA 016.84 BIB (1979 – 1995) in the Information room (level 1),
In stack: BP 846
This bibliography, published by the Swiss National Library from 1976 until 2001 (volume 1-26), indexes monographs and articles about Swiss German literature. From volume 23, 1998, it is available as pdf-file.

Access / location at the NL: JA 016.8309 BIB (1976-2001) in the Information room (level 1)
In stack: Pf 9046 (1976-1980) ; BPq 414 (1981- )

History, Geography

This bibliography includes all publications (monographs and journal articles) published in Switzerland and abroad on Swiss history, from prehistoric times to today. The publications are classified according to the date of events and then by classification. The bibliography contains among other things chapters on the auxiliary sciences, about the cantonal, regional and local history, on church history, the history of law, culture and science, as well as on economic and social history.

Access / location at NL: online consultation (from 1975),
printed version: JB A 016.9494 BIB (level 1),
In stack: BP 14: (1913-1998) ; Pq 28381 (1999- )
Geographisches Lexikon der Schweiz (externer Link, neues Fenster)
Reference book about Swiss villages and towns. The encyclopedia was published between 1902 and 1910 in six volumes, with the support of the “Geographische Gesellschaft zu Neuenburg” (under the direction of Charles Knapp).

Access / location at the NL: JA 914.94003 GEO in the Reading room (level 1) / JB 914.94003
(level 3) and in the Information room (level 1) JA 016.91494 GEO

Reference book about Swiss personalities, places and subjects. The online version e-HLS can be consulted free of charge, but it does not include any illustration.
The illustrated printed edition has been published since 2002.

Access / location at the NL: text online.
Printed version JA 949.4003 LHS in the Reading room (level 1), JB 949.4003 LHS (level 3) and in the Information room (level 1) JA 016.9494003 DHS
Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz (externer Link, neues Fenster)
Reference book about Swiss personalities, places and subjects. It was published in seven volumes between 1921 and 1934. This publication was replaced by the Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz.

Access / location at the NL: .in the Reading room JA 949.4003 HLS (level 1) and in the Information room (level 1) JA 016.9494 HBL

Landeskunde (externer Link, neues Fenster)
Common term for the Bibliographie der schweizerischen Landeskunde = Bibliographie nationale suisse
Indexes Swiss and foreign monographs and articles, covering the period between 1768 and 1900, regarding Switzerland and its inhabitants. It is compounded of 89 fascicles and a subject index.
The fascicles are classified by subject. The first fascicle came out in 1892, the last in 1945.

RAS Epoque romaine : résumés d'archéologie suisse (externer Link, neues Fenster)
Cette bibliographie annuelle contient les résumés d’articles ou de monographies parus dès 1981 sur l’archéologie romaine en Suisse. Elle est éditée par l’Institut d'archéologie et d'histoire ancienne de l’Université de Lausanne.

Accès / Localisation à la BN: JA 016.9364 ROM dans la salle d'information (niveau 1), en magasin : P 31934 / Fach 2016 (pour le dernier no)

RAS Paläolithikum-Latènezeit: Résumés zur Archäologie der Schweiz (externer Link, neues Fenster)
This annual bibliography includes summaries of articles and monographs published since 1984 about palaeolithic archaeology in Switzerland. It is edited by the «Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte» in Basle, in cooperation with the «Institut für Archäologie und Alte Geschichte der Universität Lausanne ».

Access / location at the NL: JA 016.9363 PAL in the Information room (level 1). In stack:
P 32935, Fach 3183 (latest issue)

Die Rolle der Schweiz im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Die neuere historische Literatur im Überblick. Auswahlbibliographie (externer Link, neues Fenster)
Inhaltsangaben zu rund 50 Werken, teilweise mit längeren Auszügen, mit weiterführender Literatur und Abbildungen der Umschlagillustrationen. Zusammenstellung und Kommentare von Sandro Guzzi-Heeb, Anne-Marie Schaubacher de Warren, Simon Thönen und Jeannette Voirol, wissenschaftliche MitarbeiterInnen im Bundesamt für Kultur ("Gruppe 98"), 2. Auflage.
Die Rolle der Schweiz im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Auswahlbibliographie (PDF, 2028Kb)
Die Rolle der Schweiz im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Titelblatt (PDF, 123Kb)


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