The current Bibliography of History of Poland registers compact prints and articles concerning the history of Poland within its historic frontiers, as well as the history of polish emigration and Polonia. It is one of the oldest national history bibliographies, with its beginning reaching all the way back to 1901. In its modern form, its been published for over fifty years in the Polish Academy of Sciences, at the Contemporary Bibliography Workshop in Krakow.

Every year a tome is published, containing some 8000 bibliographical descriptions, put together in a thematic arrangement or according to the chronological sections. Apart from the pieces concerning particular issues, events or periods from Polish history, the bibliography includes works regarding the organization of historical sciences, methodology, history of historiography, didactics and history popularization, archives, libraries, museums, conferences and historic exhibitions, as well as particular historic support sciences. The works covering more than one period, which the chronological part of the bibliography is divided by, are placed in the section segregated by individual matters and fields (such as: history of science, history of language, history of press, radio and television, history of theatre and film, matters of material culture, matters of military history, biographies, histories of specific regions and cities).

Thanks to the cooperation between the Institute of National Remembrance and the History Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), the electronic version of the „Bibliography of History of Poland” is now available online, under the address: www.bibliografia.ipn.gov.pl

Currently, the database encloses the „Bibliography...” years of 1990 – 2005 and contains some 125000 records. In the coming days the 2006 volume will be added with another 8331 records, as well as years 1988 – 1989 soon thereafter. In the coming year (2009) we plan to gradually digitalize the years 1980 – 1987 and complete the databases with year 2007. Concurrently, in the coming years the database will be expanded over further volumes, which are prepared in the History Institute of PAN.

The Bibliography of History of Poland is created through the process based on experience, by a team of scientists who look through some 1200 periodicals – polish and foreign – monthlies, quarterlies, and yearly. Due to an incredibly fast (for a thematic bibliography) preparation – each volume is published a year after its ended. Thanks to the wide scope of search and inclusion of related fields and areas – the Bibliography of History of Poland constitutes a basic workshop, not merely for historians – researchers of political, economic or military history, but also an invaluable help for the researchers of the widely interpreted area of culture, history of the Church and religion, archeologists, ethnologists and etc.