The Digital Library MZK contains digitised books, newspapers, periodicals, manuscripts, early printed books, music scores, archival materials, maps, art prints, and audio recordings. These works were digitised as part of projects such as Manuscriptorium, Kramerius, Europeana Travel, EOD, the National Digital Library (NDK), and Národní fonotéka.
The Moravian Library in Brno also provides a directory that allows users to access other digital libraries operating in the Czech Republic that use the Kramerius system. The Moravian Library in Brno is not responsible for other digital libraries and does not manage them in any way; it solely provides access to them through the directory.
Access to the Digital Library MZK is restricted by copyright law. We are only permitted to provide free access to works by authors who have been deceased for at least 70 years and for which the 50-year term of publishers’ rights has also expired. Newspapers and periodicals are made available 110 years after their publication date. Protected/non-public documents may only be viewed on computers in the reading rooms of the Moravian Library. If you come across a book that should be available, or if you’d like to suggest a title for the DNNT, please use the user support of the Digital Library MZK.
The home screen of the Digital Library MZK is primarily designed for searching for documents.
There are several ways to search for documents in the digital library. You can either use the main search bar or the menu on the top right side, which includes the Browse and Collections options.
The main search bar is located at the top of the screen. This is a simple search where you enter search terms one after another. The search includes an autocomplete feature that suggests titles based on their names. If you do not select a specific document from the autocomplete list, the search will be a full-text search of the entire digital library.
To narrow down your search, you can use logical operators and wildcards. Examples of search queries are provided below.
You must always enter your search term in the search box. You can also narrow your search using advanced search options, such as limiting the search to document titles only. This will make your search results even more precise.
After entering the search term in the search bar, you will see the search results. You can refine these results using the filters in the left column.
The following filters are available:
You can see the filters you've applied at the top of the left column, and you can easily remove them by clicking the X icon. You can also sort the documents, for example, alphabetically, by most recently added, by oldest, or by new.
To make searching maps easier, you can use the geographic search feature. Enter the keyword you’re looking for in the search bar (e.g., military topography), press Enter, and then click the "Show results on map" button on the search results page. The button is located at the top right, between the result sorting filter and the classic view toggle (see the image below).
When you select the Browse option, you can browse the contents of the digital library by the following categories: Document Type, Authors, Keywords, Geographic Names, Publishers, Places of Publication, Locations, Genres, Languages, and Licenses. You can also choose the Ordering of the results by frequency of occurrence or alphabetically.
Here you can view the thematic collections available in the Digital Library MZK. You can access them by clicking the Collections button in the upper right corner. The collections are listed in alphabetical order. When you select a specific collection, a list of documents will appear. The name of the collection will be displayed as a filter in the left column of the search results.
Clicking on a document in the list will take you to the document itself.
You can also search through the full text of the document. In the upper-left corner, there is a bar labeled Search in document that includes a search suggestion feature. When you enter a search term, the document is filtered to show only the pages that contain that term. You can cancel this search by clicking the X next to the search term.
If you are viewing a specific document, click the PDF icon in the upper-left corner.
A window will appear where you can select a range of pages. If you want to select a larger range of pages, first click on the first page you want, then hold down the Shift key and click on the last page you want. At the bottom left, you’ll find the Select All option; clicking this button will select all pages. The maximum number of pages per PDF is 120. At the bottom left, you can also see how many pages you’ve selected. Once you’ve selected the desired pages, click Download PDF.
Note: PDF generation is available only for public documents.
If the document is publicly available, first generate a PDF (see the previous step) and send it to the printer.
The Prepare for Printing option can be used for both publicly available documents and non-public documents on the computers of the Moravian Library. To print, follow these steps:
If you have a specific document open, click the Prepare to print icon in the upper-left corner.
You can now set up your print job. For more information on print settings for the printers of the Moravian Library, please refer to this guide. You can print on the printers located on the ground floor, the 2nd, 4th, and 6th floors.
