Search in Other Catalogues

In our main catalogue swisscovery RZS you will find all the collections of various university libraries as well as from a number of special libraries.

We offer three different views of our catalogue, each of which is optimised for the needs of a specific user group:

• swisscovery RZS – Uni/PH for members of the University of Lucerne and for the libraries of the Universities of Teacher Education (UTE) from Lucerne, Schwyz and Zug
• swisscovery RZS – HSLU for members of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
• swisscovery RZS for a all of our users and those of the special libraries

If you would like to include other university libraries from all over Switzerland in your search, we recommend a search on the national swisscovery platform, which brings together the collections of over 500 libraries from all over Switzerland in one search interface.

Other library catalogues extend swisscovery through additional institutions and special collections. Some of them do not offer an English interface.

• swisscollections: Catalogue for historical and modern collections in Swiss libraries and archives - including the ZHB
• Helveticat: Catalogue of the Swiss National Library, the library for Helvetica
• RERO+: Catalogue of university and public libraries in the cantons of Valais, Neuchâtel and Jura
• Library Association Lucerne Region: Search for titles from the Lucerne City Library (public library)
• Digital catalogue Capuchins: Catalogue of the Provincial Archives of the Swiss Capuchins
• Digital catalogue of the Beromünster Abbey Library: Catalogue of the library of the Canons' Abbey of St. Michael in Beromünster

Do you need direct access to digitised (historical) collections from Switzerland? We recommend the following platforms. Some of them do not offer an English interface.

• ZentralGut: The cultural heritage portal operated by our library offers access to Central Swiss collections such as newspapers, magazines, photographs and graphics, as well as historical manuscripts.
• Memobase: National research portal for the audiovisual cultural heritage of Switzerland
• e-manuscripta: Digital platform for manuscript material from Swiss libraries and archives
• e-rara: Platform for digitized rare books from Swiss institutions from the 15th to 20th centuries
• e-codices: Virtual manuscript library of Switzerland
• e-periodica: Platform for digitised journals from Switzerland from the 18th century to the present day
• e-newspaperarchives: Platform for digitised newspapers from Switzerland
• e-helvetica: Catalogue of the digital collections of the Swiss National Library and the Web Archive Switzerland

If you would like to extend your research beyond Switzerland, we recommend that you take a look at the following catalogues.

• Karlsruhe Virtual Catalogue (KVK): This catalogue offers you simultaneous research in various library catalogues from Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as in selected catalogues from all over the world. You can also include book trade catalogues and platforms with digital media.
• Worldcat: The world's largest library catalogue allows you to search through around one billion titles from more than 10,000 libraries.
• LibWeb: LibWeb lists the websites of over 8000 libraries in 146 countries as a starting point for your further research.
• Periodicals Database (ZDB): The ZDB points the way to journals, newspapers and databases in German and Austrian libraries. It is created in co-operation with over 4,000 libraries.