The collection of serial publications held at the Swiss National Library (NL) has a strongly national focus. It includes newspapers and journals from all of Switzerland’s language regions, in both printed and digital form (e-journals). The NL also digitises selected newspapers and journals and makes them available online.
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Content and scope
- Almost 1 million volumes of periodicals
- Newspapers, journals, magazines, bulletins, yearbooks, calendars
- Rapidly growing collection of e-journals
- Publications from various organisations, associations, parties, religious communities, societies, companies and national, cantonal and local authorities
- From all of Switzerland’s language regions
- In many foreign languages, reflecting the cultural diversity of foreign residents in Switzerland and Swiss citizens living abroad
Collection principles
- On paper or digital
- Digital copies
Research and access
- Documents listed in Helveticat
- Part of the collection of older periodicals is only recorded in a card index that can be consulted in the NL’s information room. These titles are also gradually being added to Helveticat.
- Digitised newspapers on the portal e-newspaperarchives.ch
- Digitised journals on e-periodica
- Access to some digital documents restricted to the NL’s public rooms
Last modification 02.10.2025
Contact
Swiss National Library
Periodicals
Hallwylstrasse 15
3003
Bern
Switzerland
Phone
+41 58 462 89 23
Fax
+41 58 462 84 08