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lib-web-cats
A Directory of Libraries Throughout the World
Maintained by Marshall Breeding, Vanderbilt University.

Booklist Online
"Booklist Online, a publication of the American Library Association, offers more than 125,000 reviews of books, audiobooks, videos, and internet databases suitable for purchase by public libraries. Reviewed works include fiction and nonfiction, adult and youth materials. While a generous selection of content is available on the public portion of the site, a subscription is required to browse and search the archives. Free trials are available."


WorldCat
"Over 1 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide"
- OCLC Online Computer Library Center

Africana Libraries, Research Centers, Archives, Museums - (dead link)
From the Dorothy Porter Wesley Research Center

Archives Hub
"A major national gateway to archive collections held in UK universities and colleges, forming part of the National Archives Network ... Fully indexed archival descriptions which can be searched in a variety of ways."

Bibliotheca universalis - (dead link)
"The main objective of Bibliotheca Universalis is to make the major works of the world's scientific and cultural heritage accessible to a vast public via multimedia technologies, hence fostering the exchange of knowledge and dialogue over national and international borders. The aim is to exploit existing digitization programmes in order to build up a large distributed virtual collection of knowledge and make it available via the global communication networks, enhancing the services to the end users. In this way, it is hoped to advance international cooperation towards the establishment of a global electronic library system."
Includes the national libraries of France, Japan, United States, Canada, Italy, Germany, UK, Belgium, Czech Republik, Netherlands, Portugal, and Switzerland.

Biblioteche Italiane (Italian Libraries)

Bibliothèque Nationale de France - (dead link)

[Brazil] National Library of Brazil

The British Library

  • British Library Public Catalogue
  • British Library Net - Internet Resources
    Sections include: Subject Guides ; Search Engines ; News & Media ; Online Journals ; Online Newspapers ; General & Consumer Interest ; Library Catalogues ; Library Related Resources ; Museums & Art Galleries ; Official & Government.
  • British Library Newspaper Library - (dead link)
    • Newspaper Library Web Catalogue - (dead link) "...includes entries for over 50,000 newspaper and periodical titles from all over the world, dating from the 17th to the 21st century. The collections of the British Library Newspaper Library include: all UK national daily and Sunday newspapers from 1801 to the present; most UK and Irish provincial newspapers, some from the early 18th century onwards; selected newspapers from around the world in western and Slavonic languages, including extensive holdings from Commonwealth countries; and a wide range of UK and Irish popular periodicals, mainly weekly and fortnightly publications as well as some published less frequently, covering all subjects from fashion, pop music, and cinema, to sports, hobbies, and trades."
    • Current Foreign (Non-British Isles) Newspapers - (dead link)
      "This listing provides details of the foreign newspapers - titles other than those published within the British Isles and received under legal deposit - which are currently being received by The British Library Newspaper Library, the archive collections in the UK of British Isles and overseas newspapers. The Library receives most of its foreign newspapers through purchase, although some are donated or offered to the Library on an exchange basis. The Newspaper Library is currently receiving approximately 250 foreign titles.

  • British Library Online Newspaper Archive
    The Online Facsimile Library
    Archives Newspapers, Magazines, Books, and Documents and can be searched for Ads, Articles, and Pictures.
    "...the world's first online archive of microfilmed historic newspapers.
    Newspaper issues from seven British dailies such as the Daily News, the
    Weekly Dispatch, and the Manchester Guardian have been selected due to
    their historic significance. They report an events like the Crimean War
    ending with the Treaty of Paris, the Boer War, and the armistice ending
    World War I...A digital archive of newspaper issues containing some 500,000 articles..." [description from press release]

  • British Library of Political & Economic Science (LSE)

  • Bibliographic Products and Services
    • Bibliographic Standards
      Sections include: Cataloguing Standards ; International Standard Serial Number ; Subject Access ; Exchange Formats ; USEMARCON ; Name Authority Control.
      • UKMARC Manual - (dead link)
        "Welcome to the online version of the complete UKMARC Manual, reflecting the cataloguing practice of the British Library in its interpretation of AACR2 and other related standards."
  • Living Words - (dead link)
    "the website for schools from the British Library"
    " On this site you will find information about the Libraryís services for schools and useful background information about the British Library itself...Donít miss our Curriculum Projects which provide online and downloadable sources and activities for both teachers and students in a range of curriculum subjects...This website carries information designed for teachers and students in school (Years 1-13); for more general information about the British Libraryís collections and other services, including exhibitions open to all, or to search the Libraryís catalogue..."
  • Manuscripts Catalogue
    "This On-line Catalogue is designed to offer a single means of access to the mainstream catalogues of the Department of Manuscripts covering accessions from 1753 to the present day."
  • National Sound Archive Catalogue
    "...includes entries for almost two-and-a-half million recordings held in the British Library National Sound Archive (NSA) and is updated daily. It is one of the largest catalogues of its kind anywhere in the world, covering both published and unpublished recordings in all genres from pop, jazz, classical and world music, to oral history, drama and literature, dialect, language and wildlife sounds."

California Digital Library
A Co-Library of the campuses of the University of California

  • MelvylÆ Catalog
     "...records for materials (books, archives, audio-visuals, computer files, videorecordings, dissertations, government documents, maps, music scores, and recordings) in the libraries of the nine UC campuses, California State Library, California Academy of Sciences, California Historical Society, Center for Research Libraries, and the Graduate Theological Union. There are currently over 10 million unique titles representing over 15 million holdings."
  • The California Periodicals Database
     "...built in partnership with the California State Library, represents the journal holdings not only in the University of California system, but also in over 500 libraries statewide."

Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet
"The purpose of this site is to provide a comprehensive list of links to Canadian archives and associated resources on the Internet. These include links to individual repositories, multi-repository databases, archival listservs, archival associations, educational opportunities, and other related sites. Links are generally limited to archival repositories, but museums and library special collections departments have been included when they contain reference to non-published materials."
Maintained by Cheryl Avery, University of Saskatchewan Archives and Steve Billinton, Archives of Ontario

Canadian Library Gateway
"The Canadian Library Gateway provides a centralized window to Canadian libraries of all types and sizes. Through this site you can find information on and link to...Canadian library catalogues and Websites...directory of Canadian interlibrary loan and charging policies...directory of Z39.50 targets...directory of special collections held in Canadian libraries."
- National Library of Canada

COPAC Home Page
University Research Library Catalogue
"...provides FREE access to the merged online catalogues of 21 of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland.."

deff.dk
"deff.dk is a joint service of Danish research libraries. It gives a coherent access to important information resources, chosen because of their research relevance and quality. By searching and browsing deff.dk you can find links to subject-specific portals, databases, link collections etc. There is also access to the catalogues and home pages of the participating libraries."

Directorio de Consultores, Recursos, y Sitios de Internet Relacionados con Bibliotecas Mexicanas = Directory of Consultants, Resources and Internet Sites Relating to Mexican Libraries [.pdf]
"A large [250+ pages] ongoing bilingual directory to Mexican libraries and librarianship"
By William Abrams, Prof. (Emeritus), Millar Library, Portland State University

The European Library - (dead link)
"The European Library is for searching the content of European national libraries."

[Japan] National Diet Library (Japanese or English)

Keiso Katsura's HomePage for Cybrary Users
"This site may be most comprehensive in listing the Web OPACs in Japan and it also has a list of Web OPACs in Japan with English interface."
By Keiso Katsura, Surugadai University, Associate Professor of Library & Information Science

Koninklijke Bibliotheek
National Library of The Netherlands

  • Book History Online (BHO) - (dead link)
    International Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries
    "BHO is a database in English on the history of the printed book and libraries. It contains titles of books and articles on the history of the printed book worldwide. It is based on ABHB, the Annual Bibliography of the History of the printed Book and Libraries."

Jewish National and University Library, Hebrew University

  • The Library Catalogue - (dead link)

Law Library Catalogs - (dead link)
U.S. law schools only
From WashLaw WEB - Washburn University School of Law Library

LibDex - The Library Index
Worldwide index to 17,000 library catalogues, web sites and Friends of Libraries pages.
By Peter Scott

Library of Congress (LC)
U.S. National Library
For online LC cataloging material see our Cataloging Resources page.

  • The LOC.GOV Wise Guide
    "This Wise Guide portal was designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation's library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government."
  • Library of Congress Online Catalog
  • Library of Congress Library Services
    The gateway to LC's main library pages and departments including, Acquisitions, Cataloging, Preservation, Research and Reference, Special Programs and Services, Standards, and Catalogs
  • Library of Congress - Alcove 9: An Annotated List of Reference Websites
    "The Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress has eight alcoves. This ninth "virtual alcove" is a collection of websites selected and annotated by Humanities and Social Sciences Division subject specialists. All of these websites have components that are free and available to the public; some might require user registration, or may have links to fee-based services."
    - Humanities and Social Sciences Division
  • The Center for the Book
  • Digital Interlibrary Loan
    "This is a pilot project to explore the practicality of scanning, storing, and delivering materials that have actually been requested by patrons. For the purposes of the pilot, the titles selected are in the public domain, are non-circulating because of physical condition, can be captured in a relatively small file, and have a cataloging record in the Library of Congress catalog in which to place a link."
  • Library of Congress - Global Gateway
    World Cultures & Resources
    Sections include: World Libraries & Collections: Collaborative Digital Libraries, Individual Digital Collections ; Links, Databases, & Resources: Centers for International Research, Portals to the World, Research Guides and Databases, Featured Presentations, International Exhibitions, International Cybercasts.
  • Library of Congress Standards
     "Several of the following are key standards used in the information community that are maintained by the Library of Congress. Their Web pages supply information on their maintenance and use. Other links below connect to information on the Library's collection of standards and key standards-settings organizations."
  • Library of Congress Research Tools
    Sections include: Online Catalogs and Thesauri ; Full-text Resources ; Specialized Bibliographies and Indexes ; Legislative Information and Thesauri ; Explore the Internet ; Browse or Search the Library's Web Site.
  • MINERVA
    Mapping the INternet Electronic Resources Virtual Archive
    "An ever-increasing amount of the worldís cultural and intellectual output is presently created in digital formats and does not exist in any physical form. Such materials are colloquially described as "born digital." This born digital realm includes open access materials on the World Wide Web...The MINERVA Web Preservation Project was established to initiate a broad program to collect and preserve these primary source materials."

  • National Film Preservation Board

  • Services for Researchers
    • Ask a librarian...

      Library of Congress Help Desk

      "The links listed below go to "Ask a Librarian" forms for the Library's reading rooms and research centers. Currently, there are five reading rooms offering this service. More will be added in the near future."

    • Business Reference Services
      Includes: Overview ; Business Collections ; Bibliographies & Guides ; Internet Resources.
    • Collaborative Digital Reference Service
       "will provide professional reference service to researchers any time anywhere, through an international, digital network of libraries and related institutions."
    • International Resources from the Library of Congress
      Sections include: Gateways to the World ; Special International Guides ; Fellowship in International Studies ; Portals to the World.
  • United States Copyright Office
    • Copyright Search
       "For first-time and occasional users"
      Three databases: Registered Works ; Serials ; Documents.
    • LOCIS (Library of Congress Information System)
      "For advanced, faster searches"
  • Virtual Programs & Services
    Library of Congress Digital Reference Team

Libweb - Library Servers via WWW
"Libweb currently lists over 6100 pages from libraries in over 100 countries."
Maintained by Thomas Dowling

MALMAD - Israel Center for Digital Information Services - (dead link) "Its purpose is to serve as a joint framework (consortium) for the acquisition, licensing and operation of information services to all the Israeli universities."

Medical / Health Science Libraries on the Web
From Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources (Hardin MD), Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa

MERLN - Military Education and Research Library Network
"...is the web presence of the military education libraries in the United States, and worldwide. MERLN provides access to the combined resources of the largest and most comprehensive collections of military information in the world including library holdings, electronic information resources and digitized primary source research materials of the 13 participating libraries ... The contents of MERLN have changed in the past few months to now include a number of digitized collections of primary source research materials in military history."

Nasjonalbiblioteket - National Library of Norway - (dead link)

National Library of Canada

  • Union Catalogue
     "...contains bibliographic descriptions, location and holdings information for serials and monographs, in all subject areas, held in more than 500 Canadian libraries."
  • virtual Canadian union catalogue (vCuc)
     "...users can search the catalogues of selected academic, public, government and special libraries either individually or simultaneously. New databases will be added as they become available."
  • National Library of Canada Electronic Collection
    "...consists of Canadian books and periodicals published online. It includes more than 3,835 titles published by both the commercial publishing sector and the government publishing sector."

National Library of China - (dead link) (Chinese or English)

National Library of Jamaica

National Library of Lithuania - Lietuvos Martyno Mazvydo nacionaline biblioteka

National Library of New Zealand - (dead link)

National Library of Turkey - (dead link) (Turkish or English)

National Library of Wales

  • Geoweb (Printed Materials) - (dead link)
    "The online catalogue of printed materials, GeoWeb, includes records for upwards of 1,500,000 titles. The vast majority are publications processed after 1974, but a growing number of earlier records are added regularly, as part of our retrospective conversion programm."
  • CAIRS-web (Non-print Materials)
    "CairsWeb offers similar search facilities to GeoWeb, and the views available on the database enable the user to search three categories of material. The Framed Works of Art database covers the Library's substantial holdings of art works, mainly of Welsh interest, with fine examples of landscape, portraiture and genre pictures. Digitised examples of over 4000 works are provided on these pages. The Map database now includes the complete records of all maps accessioned since 1984, all antiquarian maps and atlases, all architectural plans and drawings, and most of the Library's railway plans and drawings."
  • Maldwyn (The Index to Welsh Poetry in Manuscript)
    "The Maldwyn database is an index to Welsh poetry found in manuscript sources and dated before 1830. Among the search options available are first line, last line, poet, metre, type and subject."
  • Ymgyrchyu!
    A Century of Political and Social Campaigning in Wales
    "This site presents social and political campaigning in Wales during the twentieth century through the use of digitised images of original documents, photographs and sound and video files. The campaigns voice the rights of various groups, for example the right of women to vote, or the right of miners and quarrymen to fair wages and decent working conditions."

Public Libraries of Europe - (dead link)
Compiled by Sheila and Robert Harden

Search for Schools, Colleges, and Libraries
From the U.S. Dept. of Education - National Center for Education Statistics

Slovenian National Library (Slovensko or English)

[Sweden] LIBRIS WebSearch
The Union Catalogue Swedish Libraries
"...is the collective name for several bibliographic services offered by the LIBRIS Department at the Royal Library (Sweden). Access to the service is free. The most important service is the LIBRIS Database with more than four million titles representing the holdings of about 300 Swedish libraries, mainly research libraries."

Swiss National Library

United Nations Dag Hammarskjˆd Library

  • UNBISnet Search
     UN Bibliographic Information System
    "Catalogue of UN publications and documentation indexed by the United Nations Dag Hammarskjˆd Library and the Library of the UN Office at Geneva. Also included are non-UN publications held in the collection of the Dag Hammarskjˆld Library."

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

  • UNESCO Archives Portal
    An International Gateway to Information for Archivists and Archive Users
    "gives access to websites of archival institutions around the world. It is also a gateway to resources related to records and archives management and to international co-operation in this area."

World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries (English or German)
"...is based on the World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries (6th edition, Bonn 1995) and the World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries of Federated States and Autonomous Territories (1st edition, Bonn 1992/93)."
From the German Parliament

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