National & Research Libraries

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United States and Canada

AMICUS: Canadian National Catalog

"Contains records of over 1,300 Canadian libraries including Libraries and Archives Canada."

Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Members List

This has links to research libraries throughout North America.

Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Catalog

"The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is a consortium of North American universities, colleges and independent research libraries."

Library of Congress Online Catalog

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world.

These Library of Congress printed catalogs are located in the UWF John C. Pace Library Book Stacks:

National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints. 754 vols. (Z 881 A1 U52)

Union catalog of works published before 1956 held by LC plus over 800 other libraries in the US and Canada.

Library of Congress and National Union Catalog author lists, 1942-1962. 152 vols. (Z 881 AU53)

A precursor of the pre-1956 cumulation, includes works published during 1942-1962.

Library of Congress Catalog. Author Lists. (Z 881 A1 U54)

UWF has cumulations for 1963-67, 1968-72, and 1973-77.

Library of Congress Catalog. Books, Subjects. (Z 881 A1 U55)

UWF has cumulations for 1950-54, 1955-59, 1960-64, 1965-69, 1970-74, and 1981.

Library of Congress Catalog. Motion pictures, Filmstrips, and Audiovisual Materials. (Z 881 A1 U57, U572, and U573)

UWF has cumulations for 1958-62, 1963-67, 1968-72, and 1973-1989.

LibCat: A Guide to Library Resources in the United States

This site categorizes links to public, academic, and special libraries by state and U.S. territory.

 

Europe

The British Library

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Catalogue des Imprimés en Libre-Accès (BN-OPALE PLUS)

UWF also has these older British and French printed catalogs (located in the UWF John C. Pace Libray Book Stacks):

British Museum, General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955. Compact edition, 27 vols. (Z 921 B87 1967)

British Museum,General Catalogue of Printed Books. Ten-Year Supplement, 1956-1965. 50 vols. (Oversize shelves, Z 921 B871 1968)

But note: the British Museum Subject Index, 1881-1945 (in multiyear cumulations), is in Reference. (Ref Z 1035 B86 and B8613)

Bibliothèque Nationale (France), Catalogue Général des Livres Imprimès. Vols. 2-230. (Z 927 P2)

Bibliothèque Nationale (France), Catalogue Général des Livres Imprimès. 1960-1964 supplement, vols 2-12. (Z 927 P1957)

COPAC (CURL, UK and Ireland)

A union catalog of the 16 member libraries of CURL (Consortium of University Research Libraries, i.e., the major academic research libraries in the UK and Ireland). Members include the libraries of Cambridge University, Oxford University, University of Manchester, School of Advanced Study and each of its constituent libraries, University of London, Trinity College (Dublin), and other institutions. Each member library home page may also be accessed individually.

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek / German National Library

This site links to catalogs from various German national libraries, museums, and special collections.

The European Library

A catalog that searches the content of European national libraries.

ECLAS (European Commission Libraries Catalog)

Navigation in English or French. ECLAS is "the European Commission union catalogue referencing holdings of a network of libraries, called Réseaubib. In addition to the Central Library, more than 25 smaller specialised libraries and documentation centres participate in this co-operation network".

 

World and Multinational

Eureka (RLG)

Eureka contains the combined holdings of the major research libraries around the world who are members of RLG (the Research Libraries Group consortium). RLG currently has 161 member libraries worldwide.

The list of RLG member libraries, with access to their individual web servers, is at the RLG web site.

Library of Congress WWW Gateway to Other Catalogs

Alphabetical list of links to library catalogs in the US and other countries, from the Library of Congress web site. Included are other national and research libraries, US state libraries, large public libraries, academic research libraries, and various consortia (including lists of the member libraries).

National Library of Australia

National Library of China

National Library Catalogues Worldwide

Useful site maintained by the University of Queensland Library in Australia. Arranged alphabetically by country. Entries include web or telnet links as required by the host library site, and usually also provide any necessary instructions and passwords for getting into the catalog once the site is reached.

Web Accessible National and Major Libraries (IFLANET)

IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) "is an organization of world-wide scope representing more than 1600 members in almost 150 countries all over the world." Links to national library catalogs around the world, by country. Also links to a large variety of other library-related information, including library addresses, organizations and resources, library policies, etc.

WorldCAT (FirstSearch)

A primary resource for locating information about books and any other publication format. WorldCat provides access to the entire database of OCLC (Online Computer Library Center).