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The National Library of Belarus provides test access to the electronic resources of Taylor & Francis Group.


Armed Conflict Database is a project developed under the direction of the International Institute of Strategic Studies with the purpose of providing a user friendly interactive information resource on world armed conflicts. The database contains data on more than 70 armed conflicts including terrorism and refugees issues.  Both official sources comprehending chronological period from the 2000th to present day and interactive information search engines (for example, regularly updated world and regional maps with depicted armed conflict areas and seats of tension), and also report generation service on specific criteria are available.

CRCnetbase is a database comprising more than 6 200 e-books on 38 subject collections such as agriculture, business and economy, chemistry, engineering, environment science, information technologies, life sciences, physics, mathematics, statistics, military science etc.

Europa World and/or the Regional Surveys of the World is an online version of Europa World Year Book and nine tomes of the world series Europa Regional Surveys of the World. The year book has been published since 1926 and is world-known as reference book on policy and economy. The database contains comprehensive information on economy, policy, geography and statistics on more than 250 countries. It includes data on around 1 900 international organizations and external internet links.  

International Who’s Who contains comprehensive information on more than 60 000 most known and influential people the world over: heads of states, ambassadors, politicians, religious figures, prominent businessmen and financiers, scientists and engineers, literati, artists, musicians, fashion figures and sportsmen.  As a rule, articles contain a person’s full name, date of birth and birthplace, titles, nationality, family status, current state, education, career, awards, publications, artistic achievements and contact information.

Routledge Encyclopedia Of Philosophy is an electronic version of the popular encyclopedia on philosophy. It comprises more than 2 000 original articles on ethics, esthetics, religion, psychology, logics, metaphysics, epistemology and social sciences. The composite authors and editorial board are 1 300 prominent scientists and philosophers. The encyclopedia includes articles on Slavic, African, Indian and Tibetan philosophy, and also philosophy of Eastern Asia and Latin America.

World Of Learning comprises contact information of more than 30 000 institutions and more than 200 000 persons in the field of education. The database presents:

  • universities and colleges;
  • research institutions;
  • learned societies;
  • museums and art galleries;
  • libraries and archives;
  • administrative and representative bodies;
  • more than 500 international education and research organizations.

Electronic encyclopedias:

Test access is provided up to January 12, 2011.

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Participate in the #КВІТНЕЙРОДНАЯБЕЛАРУСЬ contest

30 Apr 2024

On the eve of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Republic of Belarus from Nazi invaders and the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War, the department of excursion and methodological work of the National Library of Belarus / @excursion_nlb from May 9 to July 3 invites everyone to take part in the photo contest  #квітнейроднаябеларусь.

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We present the updated virtual project "Stanislaw Moniuszko. Musical romantic from Minsk region": on the 205th anniversary of the composer's birth

3 Apr 2024

On May 5, the 205th anniversary of the birth of Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819–1872), the world-famous composer and conductor, our countryman, who made a significant contribution to the formation of Belarusian musical culture, is celebrated. By this date, the National Library of Belarus has updated the already existing virtual project "Stanislaw Moniuszko. Musical romantic from Minsk region", created five years ago, and now replenished with new unique materials.

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April 29–30 – May 1–5, 1944. 18 weeks before Liberation

30 Apr 2024

A new project of the National Library of Belarus is dedicated to the Great Patriotic War – "Reading newspaper lines with your heart. On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders."
Every week from January to August 2024, the portal of the National Library publishes materials from newspapers of Soviet Belarus in 1944, reflecting the chronicle of news and events of that time.

Reading newspaper lines with your heart. To the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from the Nazi invaders