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British Library
Links to the full range of British Library services.
http://www.bl.uk/
British Library Catalogue
British Library Catalogue.
http://catalogue.bl.uk
British Library Direct
5 years' worth of journal articles from the 20,000 most heavily requested titles at the British Library, covering most subjects, languages and places of publication. Approximately 9 million records in all.
http://direct.bl.uk
British Library Learning
This site is divided into six themed sections allowing you to explore over 1000 texts, images, audio recordings and multimedia.
http://www.bl.uk/ learning/ index.html
British Library Newspaper Catalogue
Entries for over 52,000 newspaper and periodical titles held from all over the world, dating from the 17th to the 21st century.
http://www.bl.uk/ catalogues/ newspapers.html
COPAC
COPAC enables you to search the online catalogues of a number of major academic libraries in a single search. The libraries are members of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL), and include, for example, those of the universities of London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Oxford and Cambridge.
http://www.copac.ac.uk/ copac/
Cornucopia
An online database of information about more than 6,000 collections in the UK's museums, galleries, archives and libraries. You can search the database or browse it using the categories time, people, place, subject or culture
http://www.cornucopia.org.uk/
Europeana
View and study millions of books, artworks, manuscripts, maps, films, audio and video content from national libraries and galleries in Europe
http://www.europeana.eu/ portal/
Libdex
Libdex is a worldwide directory of library homepages and web-based OPACs, searchable by place.
http://www.libdex.com/
Library of Congress
Access the databases of the Library of Congress.
http://marvel.loc.gov/
Libweb
Lists over 7,500 libraries around the world.
http://lists.webjunction.org/ libweb/
London Library Collections Subject Guide
Easy to use guide to subject collections in London public, academic and specialist libraries.
http://www.londonlibraries.org/ listsubjects.jsp
The European Library
Provides the ability to search 150 million items from 30 national libraries.
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/ portal/ index.html
The Women's Library
This library houses the most extensive collection of women's history in the UK. You can search the online catalogue or look at the archives guides for information.
http://www.thewomenslibrary.ac.uk/
UK Public Libraries on the Web
Index of public libraries with web sites, including a section on those with OPACs (online public access catalogues) and a section on national libraries, some of which have OPACs.
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/ town/ square/ ac940/ ukpublib.html
World Digital Library
View and study many of the world's finest treasures from countries as diverse as Sweden, South Africa and Saudi Arabia. The site is available in several languages
http://www.wdl.org/ en/
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