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Bookmark Your Library
‘Bookmark Your Library’ is designed to encourage you to engage with libraries, either through joining your local branch library, or making wider use of the facilities available. It is jam packed with information to introduce you to what is available at libraries both locally and nationally, and to help you find everything you need. This site helps you discover books, explore local libraries, and even lets you get your questions answered by a librarian at any time of the day or night.
http://www.bookmarkyourlibrary.org.uk/
British Library
Links to the full range of British Library services, including the British Library catalogues, and ways to discover more about the library's collections.
http://www.bl.uk/
COPAC
Copac exposes rare and unique research material by bringing together the catalogues of around ninety major UK and Irish libraries (and growing). In a single search you can discover the holdings of the UK’s national libraries (including the British Library), many University libraries, and specialist research libraries. Searching Copac means you are searching a wide and varied range of library catalogues, from the collections of the Oxford and Cambridge universities to the libraries at the National Trust and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
http://copac.ac.uk/
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
Explore millions of items from a range of Europe's leading galleries, libraries, archives and museums. Books and manuscripts, photos and paintings, television and film, sculpture and crafts, diaries and maps, sheet music and recordings.
http://www.europeana.eu/ portal/
Libdex
Libdex is a worldwide directory of library homepages and web-based catalogues, searchable by place.
http://www.libdex.com/
Libweb
Provides links to academic, public, school and special libraries in 146 countries
http://www.lib-web.org/
National Art Library
The National Art Library is a major public reference library of fine and decorative arts of many countries and periods, based in the Victoria and Albert Museum. It is open to the public as a reference library. Before you can use the Library you must register as a Reader.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/ page/ n/ national-art-library/
Science Museum Library
The Science Museum Library is one of the world’s great research libraries for the history of science and technology. Anyone can come and use the collections for free and our expert and friendly staff are available to help find what you need.
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ library/
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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