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Catalogs from other libraries
Many items identified in these catalogs may be
available to borrow through Interlibrary
Loan. You may also be able to do research in person at a library
by obtaining a
letter
of introduction from a Reference librarian.
Major U.S. Databases:
Two databases bring together materials listed in the online catalogs
of nearly every U.S. library and many foreign libraries:
Worldcat (The OCLC Database)
The largest bibliographic database in the world, with over 41,000,000
items from approximately 8,500 libraries, primarily from with the
U.S., but with significant representation from the United Kingdom
and elsewhere.
RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network)
This database contains listings from over 200 large research libraries.
Generally strongest for archival materials and for books in the
visual arts. To access the English Short Title Catalogue, click
on “Change Files.”
Guides to National Libraries:
The European Library
Gateway to Europe’s national libraries, formerly called
Gabriel. Allows the cross-searching of a number of European national
libraries. Also includes links to the electronic resources and
digital collections made available by each national library, along
with information about each library’s collections and services.
Cybrary: National Library Catalogues Worldwide
A listing of the online catalogs of the various national libraries
of the world, maintained at the University of Queensland.
Web Accessible National and Major Libraries A simple listing of home pages for the various national libraries
of the world, maintained by the International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions (IFLA).
Guide to Catalogs Worldwide:
LibWeb: Library Servers via WWW
Maintained by Berkeley Digital Library. An extensive system of
links to libraries all over the world, though at times the link
is to the home page of the institution rather than of the library
of that institution.
Libdex: The Library Index
Another extensive listing of library web-based catalogs and home
pages.
A Few Major Foreign Catalogs:
British Library Integrated Catalogue
This web catalog, which premiered in 1997, allows users to search
the “Reference Collections” (the main collection of
the British Library in London), or the Document Supply Center in
Boston Spa, which is rich in technical reports, journals, and proceedings.
CURL (Consortium of University Research Catalogues): COPAC
Catalog entries for a number of universities in the United Kingdom
and Ireland, including Cambridge, Oxford, University of London,
and Trinity College, Dublin. Can be searched by author, title,
and subject (the last is actually a keyword search)
Bibliothèque
Nationale (France): Catalogues en ligne
Offers access to books acquired by the Bibliothèque Nationale
since 1970 and periodicals since 1960. Choose OPALE-PLUS for books.
The BN’s impressive fulltext collection (including many nineteenth-century
periodicals) can be accessed through the website Gallica.
Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog
Major site allows the cross searching of most online catalogs
from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well many national libary
catalogs from Europe and North America.
Die Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Web
Site
This site make available not only the catalog of this German national
library, but a series of links to other major German catalogs and
regional catalogs under “Kataloge und Sammlungen” (or “Catalogues
and Collections” in the English version).
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Repertorio degli OPAC italiani
Italian libraries are highly decentralized; this is a good guide
to Italian library catalogs.
MAI - MetaOPAC Azalai Italiano
Allows cross-searching of multiple Italian library online catalogs.
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