Zurich Bibliography
The Zurich Bibliography lists publications on the history, politics, economy and culture of the city and canton of Zurich.
The best of Zurich
The Zurich Bibliography lists papers, newspaper articles, books and other media on topics related to Zurich, making it a treasure trove for anyone with an interest in Zurich’s regional and cultural history.
All holdings from 2005 onwards can be searched online using various search options that lead you to the swisscovery library catalogue. Since 2021, the Zurich Bibliography has also been included in the meta-catalogue of historical and modern collections in Swiss libraries, swisscollections.
Geographic search
Use the interactive map to find titles on the communes and city districts of Zürich and Winterthur. Titles relating to the canton as a whole can be found here.
Search by topic
Look here for titles on a specific topic. A title can be assigned to several topics.
- Everyday life, social affairs, gender
- Associations and organisations
- Folkore and customs
- Religion
- Economy, industry, technology
- Agriculture
- Politics in and around Zurich
- Language and literature
- Visual arts
- Music
- Theatre, film, dance
- Museums, collections, exhibitions
- Archaeology
- Architecture, spatial planning
- Heraldry
- Natural sciences, environment
- Medicine
- Transport and travel
- Sport
- Media
- Education and research
- Libraries, archives, documentation centres
Older editions of the Zurich Bibliography
Are you looking for publications from before 2005 and haven’t been able to find them online? The Zurich Bibliography was published in printed form from 1878 to 2004 as part of the Zürcher Taschenbuch paperback, then as an independent publication until 2011.
On the Zurich Open Platform (ZOP), you will find all printed volumes of the Zurich Bibliography from 1878 to 2011 in digital form as PDFs.
Workshops on the Zurich Bibliography
What information can you find in the Zurich Bibliography? Which search strategies are most likely to help you find what you seek? And how do you access the digital newspaper article or the newspaper volume from our magazine? Find out all about the Zurich Bibliography in our workshop ‘The best of Zurich’.
History of the Zurich Bibliography up to 2011
From 1878 to 2004, the Zurich Bibliography was published as part of the pocket book of Zurich. After that and until 2011 it was issued as a separate annual publication (ISSN 1661-8637). Since 2012 the Zurich Bibliography has been an online publication, listing titles from 2005. There is a bibliography of people and places covering the years 1990 to 2004. Since 2021, the Zurich Bibliography is also included in the metacatlog on historical and modern collections in Swiss libraries and archives swisscollections.
Swiss Cantonal and Regional Bibliographies
For an overview of historical Swiss cantonal, regional and specialist bibliographies, see the Swiss portal for Historical Studies infoclio.ch. This site lists all bibliographies registered.