CATALOGUES
The main catalogue
The main catalogue contains records for books and journals/magazines in the museum's library holdings. At present, it has records for all the books that were included in the library after 1965. An ongoing retrospective cataloguing project for the entire holdings is currently underway.
Documents are catalogued in Roman characters. Books written in Hebrew letters are also listed by title, author and publication information in the Hebrew alphabet. Older books can also be viewed in the scanned card catalogues.
Card catalogues
Card catalogues are being gradually transferred to the main catalogue.
Articles from magazines/journals
The catalogue contains records of articles from periodicals that are not being analytically catalogued in the electronic catalogue.
The catalogue contains about 1,500 records. The cards are arranged alphabetically by author surnames, together with subject headings in a single alphabetical order. Continuation cards are placed after the main cards.
The Gazette of the Jewish Religious Community in Prague / Roš Chodeš
The original title of this periodical is the Gazette of the Jewish Religious Community in Prague. In 1953 it became the Gazette of the Jewish Religious Communities in Czechoslovakia and in 1991 it was renamed Roš Chodeš. The catalogue contains records of articles from issues of the gazette dating from 1934-2000 (articles from 2001 onwards are in the electronic catalogue).
The catalogue contains about 6,000 records. The cards are arranged alphabetically by author surnames or – in for anonymous works – by the first word of the title. Cards with subject headings are also included if the article deals with a prominent person or a topic that is known under an established term (e.g., Kumrán – scrolls).
Name catalogue of part of the Terezín Collection
This catalogue lists part of the collection of books that were amassed in the Terezín ghetto during the Second World War and were given a call-number starting with the letters 'Jc'. These Hebraica books were sorted by the Talmudkommando, a group of experts whose task was to create a representative collection of Hebraica (books written in Hebrew). After the war, part of this collection was transferred to the Jewish Museum in Prague, where some of the books were incorporated into the ordinary holdings and others were kept separately.
The cards are transcribed from Hebrew into Roman characters and arranged alphabetically.
Card catalogue of the Library of the Jewish Religious Community in Prague
This catalogue lists part of the original Library of the Jewish Religious Community in Prague, which was established in 1858 and ended in 1939. The community library was transferred to the Jewish Museum in Prague in 1946, forming the historical core of its book holdings.
The cards are arranged alphabetically by author surname or title and comprise Judaica (books in the collection that are not in Hebrew).
Card catalogue of the Library of the Jewish Museum in Prague
This catalogue lists books that were included in the library holdings in 1945- 2001. These are items that were not entered in the electronic library system when the catalogue was digitized in 2007 but are being catalogued retrospectively on an ongoing basis.
The cards are arranged alphabetically by author surname, title or topic.
Catalogue of the Terezín Ghetto Hebrew Library
This catalogue lists books that were amassed in the Terezín ghetto during the Second World War and were given a call-number starting with the letters 'Jc'. These Hebraica books were sorted by the Talmudkommando, a group of experts whose task was to create a representative collection of Hebraica (books written in Hebrew). After the war, this collection was transferred to the Jewish Museum in Prague, where some of the books were incorporated into the ordinary holdings and others were kept separately (about 18,000 volumes).
The cards are written in written in romanized Hebrew and arranged by call-number. Multiple scans are assigned to call-numbers that are referenced by several cards.
Bound catalogues of the Library of the Jewish Religious Community in Prague
Bound catalogues are being gradually transferred to the main catalogue.
Rešimat ha-sfarim ha-nimca’im be-vejt ocar ha-sfarim de-k“k Prag I.
Catalog of books in the Hebrew alphabet sorted by title.
Rešimat ha-sfarim ha-nimca’im be-vejt ocar ha-sfarim de-k“k Prag II.
Catalog of books in the Hebrew alphabet sorted by subject.
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Systematic catalogue Judaica - Library of the Jewish Religious Community in Prague I.
Catalog of books in Latin or Schwabach sorted by topic, pp. 1-389.
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Systematic catalogue Judaica - Library of the Jewish Religious Community in Prague II.
Catalog of books in Latin or Schwabach sorted by topic, pp. 390-778.
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Kramerius
The digital library contains rare and endangered documents that were digitized in the Czech Kramerius system (older newspapers and magazines/journals and other rare documents printed on acid paper). Access to this digital library is restricted by access rights. Access to metadata (bibliographical and other descriptions of documents) and to non-copyright image data is unlimited. Access to copyrighted image data is only available on computers that are located in the Library of the Jewish Museum in Prague.
Databases
Jewish Encyclopedia
Electronic version of the original 12-volume English-language encyclopedia of the Jewish people and Judaism.
University theses/dissertations
The library also collects academic works with a similar thematic focus. Please contact us if you are preparing a university thesis or dissertation whose subject matter may be of interest to our library members and if you are willing to provide it for people to study in our reading room. The university theses/dissertations that we provide access to are only available for reference in our reading room – they may not be taken home, printed or copied electronically.
List of university theses/dissertations available in the Jewish Museum's library or in the libraries of the relevant university departments.
Book acquisition suggestions
You are welcome to suggest items that you feel should be added to our catalogue, provided they are appropriate to the library holdings.
Before completing the relevant form, please make sure that the item is not already in the catalogue. Please provide your email address so we can contact you if necessary. Anonymous suggestions will not be considered.