The collection of serial publications held at the Swiss National Library (NL) has a strongly national focus. It includes newspapers, magazines and bulletins from all of Switzerland’s language regions, in both printed and electronic form (e-journals). The NL also digitises selected newspapers and magazines and makes them available online.
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Content and scope
- Almost 900,000 volumes of periodicals
- Newspapers, magazines, bulletins, yearbooks, calendars and scientific publications
- Rapidly growing collection of e-journals
- From groups, corporations and associations of all kinds and companies
- 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 an electronic medium
- Digital or microfilm copies
Research and access
- Documents listed in Helveticat
- Part of the collection is only described in a card index that can be consulted in the NL’s information room.
- Digitised newspapers on the portal e-newspaperarchives.ch
- Digitised journals on e-periodica
- Access to some electronic documents restricted to the NL’s public rooms
Last modification 31.08.2022
Contact
Swiss National Library
Periodicals
Hallwylstrasse 15
3003
Bern
Switzerland
Phone
+41 58 462 89 23
Fax
+41 58 462 84 08