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ARGENTINA

Union Catalogs

  • Base de Datos Unificada (BDU) Union catalog of 58 academic libraries (some are individual libraries within the same university) and research institutes. Can search all or any combination simultaneously.
search language options: Español.

Catalog search: Búsqueda de Publicaciones Periódicas

search language options: Español.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Catalog search: Busqueda Bibliografica; can also select to search the following holdings separately: books, periodicals, maps, pre-1800 imprints, dissertations.

search language options: Español.
  • Biblioteca Virtual Universal A virtual library with links to fulltext articles, books and dissertations. As of this writing, close to 13,000 texts.
search language options: Español; eventually also english, francais, italiano


AUSTRALIA

Union Catalog

Libraries Australia
Includes the combined catalogues of Australian national, state, public, university, TAFE and government libraries. “The database lists more than 40 million items including books, maps, pictures, journals, films and videos, CDs, DVDs, government reports, newspapers, talking books, musical scores and much more.”

Subscription required for enhanced search features.

search language options: English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Searchable directory of Australian libraries with links to their catalogs. Varied selection.


AUSTRIA / ÖSTERREICH

Union Catalog

Gesamtkatalog des Österreichischen Bibliothekenverbundes Austrian Union Catalogue
Access the records of printed items, microforms and AV materials held by Austrian academic libraries. However, many libraries' old catalogues have not yet been integrated into the Union Catalogue.

search language options: Deutsch.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Holds approximately 7.4 million items among its numerous collections.

language options: Deutsch, English.

Kataloge Description and links to the catalogs of the National Library.

search language options: Deutsch.

Includes records of all serial publications listed in the Austrian Union Catalogue.

search language options: Deutsch.



BELARUS / БЕЛАРУСЬ

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

language options: Беларуская, Pусский, English

Catalog search: Online catalog. The scope of the catalog and search options are found here.

search language options: Беларуская, Pусский, English
  • Directory Provides a listing of academic institutions, with links to libraries, where available, and email contacts.
language options: Беларуская.



BELGIUM / BELGIË / BELGIQUE / BELGIEN

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België National Library of Belgium. Catalog search: Catalogi Select from current, retrospective, or manuscript catalogs.

search language options: Nederlands, Français. Select language here: Koninklijke Bibliotheek.

LIBIS Catalogue Search simultaneously all or any combination of 21 catalogs from a wide range of academic, museum, goevernmental, and research libraries.

search language options: Nederlands, Français, English

Guide des bibliothèques universitaires en Communauté française de Belgique Links to 9 major university libraries in the French speaking portion of Belgium.

zoeken.bibliotheek.be Search the major public libraries of Flanders, the Dutch speaking portion of Belgium. Try a subject or title search in this unique catalog!

search language options: Nederlands

Catalogi Presents a list of links to other collective and individual catalogs.

BELIZE

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

(link to national library does not open [1] 11/9/06 ); see also: [2]
( Univ. of Belize library does not have online catalog for its books; has fulltext journal collections, etc.)


BOLIVIA

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia Archives and National Library of Bolivia.
Search the catalog of the National Library This page also links to a description of contents of the National Archives, and provides a link to:
la Biblioteca Digital Iberoamericana y Caribeña, a digital library with hundreds of fulltext materials in various formats, along with links to other primarily Latin American digital libraries.

search language options: Español.


BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA / БОСНА И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА

Union Catalog

COBISS/OPAC Union bibliographic/catalogue database representing 16 major libraries, including the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

language options Bosanski, English. (for language selection go to COBISS BH main page)

Catalog search: The COBIB.BH union bibliographic/catalogue database Searches the entire database; can limit by type of material,e.g. mongraphs, articles, CD's, etc.
To limit to an individual l ibrary, click on any institution in the list on the main page COBISS/OPAC

Search language options Bosanski, English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

BRAZIL / BRASIL

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Fundação Biblioteca Nacional National Library of Brazil.
Access to the catalogs is from the website menu.

search language options: Portuguese.



BULGARIA / БЪЛГАРИЯ / BŬLGARIYA

Union Catalog

National Union Catalog of libraries at high schools and scientific organizations in Bulgaria.
The "high" schools are actually the 4 major universities of Bulgaria. Search both book and serials titles.

search language options: Bulgarian, English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Народната библиотека “Св. Св. Кирил и Методий” St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library. The largest and oldest library of Bulgaria.

language options: Bulgarian, English.

Catalog search available for several collections; primarily:
книги book search.
Статии Bulgarian periodicals search.

language options: Bulgarian.


CANADA

Union Catalog

AMICUS Canadian National Catalogue.
Includes 30 million records from 1,300 Canadian libraries including Library and Archives Canada.
Catalog search

search language options: English, French.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Catalog search or use AMICUS above.

search language options: English, French.


Links to special collections such as Federal documents, dissertations, children's collections, etc.



CHILE

Union Catalog

Catálogo Bibliográfico Unificado
Search singly or simultaneously the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Bibliotecas Públicas (see also below), Archivo Nacional, and 5 major museums of Chile. See below for other searching options.

search language options: Español.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Search the National Library bibliographic resources. Choice of searching all or specific collections, e.g. maps, manuscripts, etc.

The website provides access to several other catalogs via: Direccion de Bibliotecas,Archivos, y Museos: DIBAM

    • Catálogo Bibliográfico Unificado (see Primary Catalog above);

Search singly or simultaneously the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional, as well as several University libraries in Chile.

Search simultaneously nearly 400 public libraries of Chile. Records indicate which library holds the item on record.

search language options for all catalogs above: Español.
  • BiblioRedes Another route to searching the Biblioteca Nacional or the public libraries system.
search language options: Español.



COLOMBIA

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia National Library of Colombia. cannot access catalog 11/06/06.

search language options: Español.

Bibliotecas universitarias Colombianas links to 85 college and university libraries in Colombia.

SENDEROS - Portal de bibliotecas publicas de Colombia. This portal provides access to Colombian public library directories, networks and online catalogs. no access 11/06/06.

search language options: Español.


COSTA RICA

Union Catalog

MetaBase Bibliografía en red Metabase. Provides access to the records of 79 databases from Central America and Mexico, with the countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua best represented, and Mexico and Panamá having only one database each. The databases represent primarily the holdings of research institutes in the natural and applied sciences, social sciences, economics and business; and a handful of universities.

Catalog search: MetaBase Costa Rica Search all or any one or more of 34 individual library catalogs, including those of the Biblioteca Nacional (in part), Museo Nacional, Universities, and other research institutions.

search language options: Español.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

  • Biblioteca Nacional Miguel Obregón Lizano National Library of Costa Rica. The Library is placing its holdings online; at present, recent indexed articles from serial holdings, "revistas" and "hemeroteca" are represented in part via the Metabase described above.

Search: Metabase por Biblioteca. Select either or both: (BN-CR-R) Biblioteca Nacional Miguel Obregón Lizano - Revistas; (BN-CR-P) Biblioteca Nacional Miguel Obregón Lizano - Hemeroteca.

search language options: Spanish.
  • SciELO An electronic virtual library covering a selected collection of Costarrican scientific journals. This page presents search and browse options to access the fulltext articles, as well as more information about SciELO's extensive Latin American program.
search language options: Spanish, English, Portuguese.



CROATIA / HRVATSKA

Union Catalog

CROLIST Croatian Library Network. This home page offers links to descriptive information and to the national and union catalogs. From the side by side language menus, select a union catalog search option in either Croatian or English. Or directly:
Union Catalog or Skupni Katalog
Member libraries are listed, with links to their online catalogs where available here: CROLIBS Library Network, a list of 44 major libraries, primarily university and public.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

language options: Hrvatski.

Catalog search: Online katalog NSK Generally reflects more recent holdings. Digitalizirani katalozi Presents a menu of digitized catalogs for various collections, e.g. music collection, the card catalogs of older materials, etc.

search language options: Hrvatski.


CZECH REPUBLIC / ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA

Union Catalog

Uniform Information Gateway or Jednotná informační brána Search any of 3 union catalogs: book, periodical, or article. Within each catalog, one can limit to a single library or database, which will bring you directly to that site. The book catalog accesses the holdings of 6 academic libraries and the National library; the periodicals catalog accesses the most comprehensive Czech journal collections; similarly,the articles catalog accesses the most comprehensive articles collections. A "MetaSearch" category is also available to access 2 major digital collections.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

This website is a well developed tool for accessing national bibliographic information. Search the National Library catalog directly from this page; or use the directories to link to specific digital collections or to locate a wide variety of other catalogs.

Search language options: Česky, English.
  • LINCA Czech or LINCA English The Union Catalogue of The Czech Academy of Sciences, providing access to 45 Institute libraries.

The Academy is a public non-university scientific institution encompassing a complex of over 50 research institutes engaged primarily in basic research across a broad spectrum of scholarly disciplines. For further information about the Academy, and links to the institutes: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.


DENMARK / DANMARK

Union Catalog

bibliotek.dk Union Catalogue of Danish Libraries.
Items that have been published in Denmark and all items found in Danish public & research libraries. As of September 2005, the database contains approximately 10.1 million items. Among other things, bibliotek.dk contains records of: books, periodicals, newspapers, music, sheet music, video tapes, CD-ROMs, talking books etc.,major articles published in newspapers and periodicals since 1945, and reviews published in newspapers and periodicals since 1990. Some categories of materials may be searched singly or simultaneously.

search language options: Danish, English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Det Kongelige Bibliotek The Royal (or National) Library and Copenhagen University Library.
Search the catalog: REX the Royal Library's Online Catalogue. One can search the Royal Catalog, the Copenhagen University Catalog, and a large group of specialized catalogs simultaneously, or by specific library or collection.

search language options: Danish, English.


DOMINICAN REPUBLIC / REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Catalog search: OPAC Select from 4 catalogs, among them:

    • BINADO Bibliografía Nacional Dominicana.
    • FONDO Bibliografía Nacional 1500 a 1899.
Search language options: Español.
Search language options: Español.

ECUADOR

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Biblioteca Nacional del Ecuador "Eugenio Espejo" de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana National Library of Ecuador. Of the 100,000 items owned, about 25% listed online thus far. The catalog search bar is included in the lower portion of the page. Detailed search instructions included.

search language options: Español.

Universidades e Intitutos Universidad San Francisco de Quito's directory of universities, colleges, and research institutes; search by country (pais) for Ecuador's links.


EL SALVADOR

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

  • MetaBase Bibliografía en red Metabase. Provides access to the records of 79 databases from Central America and Mexico, with the countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua best represented, and Mexico and Panamá having only one database each. The databases represent primarily the holdings of research institutes in the natural and applied sciences, social sciences, economics and business, and a handful of universities.

Catalog search: MetaBase El Salvador Search all or any one or more of 9 individual library catalogs, including 2 from universities, and other research institutions.

search language options: Español.
search language options: Español.


ENGLAND

(Please see also UNITED KINGDOM)

Union Catalogs

  • Copac Copac provides free access to the merged online catalogues of 24 major university research libraries in the UK and Ireland plus the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Wales/Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. In addition to these Consortium of Research Libraries (CURL) holdings, there are also special collections from a small number of non-CURL libraries.

Catalog search: Searching Copac Search all or any single library listed in the dropdown menu.

  • InforM25 The M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries, consisting of more than 40 academic and research libraries in England, includes a union catalog of book and journal holdings among its services.

Catalog search: Searching catalogues Offers access to all or any combination of the member library holdings.

Also of interest: Other resources which offers links to other valuable research guides and union catalogs; e.g.: AIM25 Archives in London and the M25 area; What's in London's Libraries, a union catalog of 33 London borough public libraries; and other resources.


Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

  • British Library the national library of the United Kingdom. The collection includes 150 million items. The British Library also operates the world's largest document delivery service.

Catalog search: Integrated Catalogue The Integrated Catalogue provides access to the records of 12 million items in the British Library. For access to other collections and for user information: Catalogue information.

search language options: English

ESTONIA / EESTI

Union Catalog

ESTER E Kataloog ESTER.
The online catalog of the National Library, the Repository Library, and the major public, university, and research libraries of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia.

search language options: Eesti, English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Eesti Rahvusraamatukogu National Library of Estonia.

search language options: Eesti, English.

FINLAND / SUOMI

Union Catalogs

  • $$/0 Linnea Union Catalogues:

Nearly all Finnish universities, all polytechnic libraries and all public libraries have a license to search the Linnea Union Catalogues, described below, in their local area networks. Some universities also allow remote access. Several special libraries have acquired a search license also. Access is based on IP-addresses. Therefore, searching the Linnea Catalogues in Finland is generally free of charge. If your connection is covered by a user license, it is also possible to access the Linnea Union Catalogues by sending a text message with a mobile phone. For further information about these services and obtaining a license, see Support & Access Rights

    • LINDA Yliopistokirjastojen yhteistietokanta /Union Catalogue of Finnish University Libraries

Also includes the records of the National Repository Library, the Library of Parliament, the Library of Statistics and Lahti Science Library. LINDA contains references on monographs, serials, cartographic materials, audiovisual materials, electronic resources, multimedia and archives. The serials references also include summary information on the holdings of all polytechnic libraries, all Finnish regional public libraries and 65 special libraries.

    • MANDA Yleisten kirjastojen yhteistietokanta / Union Catalogue of Finnish Public Libraries

MANDA database was frozen in the beginning of year 2003. Includes the records of 20 regional public libraries, covering books, music, visual materials, cartographic materials etc.

    • ARTO Kotimainen artikkeliviitetietokanta / Reference Database of Finnish Articles

An index of articles from approx. 700 Finnish journals, 1990-.

Search language options: Finnish, English, Swedish.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

In August, 2006, The Helsinki University Library, was renamed The National Library of Finland.

Catalog search:HELKA. A joint database of the Helsinki University libraries and the National Library of Finland. HELKA contains records for acquired books, serials and periodicals, with holdings.

Catalog of monographs, serials, maps, non-book material and computer records published or in other way produced in Finland. It also includes publications published outside Finland but with a Finnish author or related to Finland.

Links to individual university and special library catalogs.



FRANCE

Union Catalog

Catalogue collectif de France; CCFR.

search language options: French.

Includes records from the following collections:

  • The printed and digitized collections of the National Library of France, la Bibliothèque nationale de France: BN-OPALE Plus.
  • The collections of over 100 academic and other major libraries, including holdings of monographs, theses, and other documentary materials in print, nonprint and electronic formats; serial holdings of over 2400 collections in France: SUDOC (système universitaire de documentation).
  • The collections of major municipal and specialized libraries, with a particular emphasis on historical and unique documents, totaling more than 2 million records: : BMR.


Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

These catalogs described above are also searchable separately:

Catalog search: Bnf Catalogues et bibliothèque numérique

BN-OPALE Plus is the BNF's primary online catalog; other catalogs can also be selected from this page.

search language options: French
documentation languages:
English: http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/version_anglaise.htm?ancre=english.htm
Spanish: http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/version_espagnole.htm?ancre=espagnol.htm


Catalog search: Select either:

Catalogue du Sudoc for global search
Portail Sudoc for global search or by type of publication, e.g.: thesis,scientific, etc.
search language options: French, English



GERMANY / DEUTSCHLAND

Union Catalog

  • Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog KVK This well known mega union catalog that allows simultaneous searching of many of the world's national library and collective catalogs, as well as several bookseller's sites, also serves as Germany's own union catalog. The German component presents approximately 8 regional catalogs, a national union serials catalog, the catalog of the National Library, the Berlin State Library, the Technische Informationsbibliothek Universitätsbibliothek Hannover, and a national bibliography of 17th c. titles. Search each individual catalog or any combination.
search language options: Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano.

(Please see also International Catalogs)

  • Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB). The German Serials database, "the world’s largest specialized database for serial titles" contains more than 1 million records of serials held in 4000 German (and some foreign) libraries, with holdings information.
search language options: Deutsch, English.


Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Frankfurt / Leipzig) German National Library. Known as the Deutsche Bibliothek until 2006, the German National Library is comprised of the combined collections of the Deutsche Bücherei Leipzig founded in 1912, and the Deutsche Bibliothek Frankfurt founded in 1947, to which the Deutsches Musikarchiv in Berlin has belonged since 1970. The German National Library currently holds some 13.2 million books in Leipzig, approx. 7.8 million in Frankfurt am Main and roughly 1.2 million in the Deutsches Musikarchiv.
Catalog search: Gesamtkatalog. Also searchable through the KVK described in Primary Union Catalogs above.
For links to other catalogs and collections, see Kataloge und Sammlungen.

search language options: Deutsch. Descriptive material in both Deutsch, English.


GREECE / ΕΛΛΑΔΑ / HELLAS

Union Catalogs

ARGO A suite of defined national union catalogues produced by the National Documentation Centre (EKT).

search language options: Greek, English.

Search from the following links:

Search within all or among 4 Serials union catalogs, including electronic collections (which require membership to access fulltext for non open access titles). Most extensive is EKT's Serials Union Catalogue, with nearly 29,000 titles from 246 libraries.

Search together or separately the library catalogues of 23 Hellenic universities and technical institutes.

Search together or separately the library catalogues of 14 Hellenic public libraries.

Search up to 3 of the 19 databases simultaneously, or each separately.

Search together or separately the library catalogues of 5 historical research centres and foreign archaeological schools and institutes based in Greece.


ZEPHYR Portal to the Catalogues of the Greek Academic Libraries. Similar to the ARGO academic database above; includes a few more libraries and a periodical database that can be searched simultaneously or separately.

search language options: Greek, English.


Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος (ΕΒΕ) National Library of Greece.
Catalog search: OPAC or in Greek: Horizon Information Portal



GUATEMALA

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

  • MetaBase Bibliografía en red Metabase. Provides access to the records of 79 databases from Central America and Mexico, with the countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua best represented, and Mexico and Panamá having only one database each. The databases represent primarily the holdings of research institutes in the natural and applied sciences, social sciences, economics and business, and a handful of universities.

Catalog search: MetaBase Guatemala Search all or any one or more of 7 individual library catalogs, including 2 from the Universidad de San Carlos, and other research institutions.

search language options: Español.

For a description of other national collections: Centros de Referencia. No online catalogs.

search language options: Español.


HONDURAS

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

  • MetaBase Bibliografía en red Metabase. Provides access to the records of 79 databases from Central America and Mexico, with the countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua best represented, and Mexico and Panamá having only one database each. The databases represent primarily the holdings of research institutes in the natural and applied sciences, social sciences, economics and business, and a handful of universities.

Catalog search: MetaBase Honduras Search all or any one or more of 11 individual library catalogs, including the Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras, 2 catalogs from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, and other research institutions.

search language options: Spanish.

Locate a catalog determined by subject or format from the list of 8: Seleccione la Base de Datos; not yielding results 11/06/06.
Documentos-e, from the home page, links to a few hundred primarily technical and legal fulltext documents.


HUNGARY / MAGYARORSZÁG

Union Catalogs

MOKKA Magyar Országos Közös Katalógus Egyesület / Hungarian National Shared Catalogue (MOKKA).
Represents the holdings of 17 libraries, including the national library, large university libraries, major research libraries and the largest public library of the country. <
Catalog search

search language options: Hungarian, English

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Országos Széchényi Könyvtár Magyarország National Széchényi Library, the National Library of Hungary.
Describes and provides access to numerous specialized collections, including periodical collections.

language options: Hungarian and some English.

Catalog search.
to search individually or in combination: the National Széchényi Library, Library and Information Science Library, and the Central Library of Hungarian National Museum .

search language options: Hungarian, English


ICELAND / ÍSLAND

Union Catalog

Gegnir catalogue Gegnir is a library system that hosts a union catalogue of about 120 Icelandic libraries on the Internet. It gives information about books, serials, Icelandic journal articles and other holdings of these libraries.

language options: Íslenska, English.

Catalog search: Search. Search the entire catalog holdings.

search language options: Íslenska, English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn National and University Library of Iceland.
Primary catalog search access is via Gegner search, described above. Online catalogs for special collections, as well as for fulltext serial holdings also available.


IRELAND / ÉIRE

Union Catalog

IRIS The Consortium of Irish University and Research Libraries Offers access to the catalogs of 8 major Irish academic and research libraries, as well as to Copac and major portions of the British Library (see UNITED KINGDOM for more information on these databases). Catalog search:Search menu. Select all or any combination of member catalogs to search.

search language options: English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

language options: Gaeilge, English.

Catalog search: Main online catalogue. This catalog has records for the holdings of books and periodicals. Try Catalogues for other online catalog.

search language options: English.
  • www.library.ie List of links to the public libraries of Ireland and to their online catalogs.

ITALY / ITALIA

Internet Culturale, "The Italian Digital Library Portal and Cultural-Tourist Network...an integrated access system to the digital and traditional resources of libraries, archives, and other Italian cultural institutions."

search language options: Italiano, English, Français, Español.

This portal provides access to several resources, among them the Bibliographic Search option, which brings you to a search screen for Italy's primary union catalog, as well as tabs for searching other specialized collections.

Union Catalogs

The collective catalogue of over 2.300 public libraries belonging to the State, local bodies, universities, public and private institutions. Both monograph and serial titles included; links to detailed holdings at library level.

search language options: Italiano, English, Français, Español.

Cumulative search in Italian OPACs for monographs and serials, with detailed holdings. Three search levels: Global search Direct search in all MAI-connected OPACs; Regional search Search in OPACs of an Italian region selected by an active map; Selective search Search in customizable sets of OPACs.

search language options: Italiano, English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources(selected)

About 200 historical digitized catalogues of Italian public libraries, viz. the perusal of over 6 million images. The catalogues digitized are in volume or card form. The collection includes general catalogues as well as catalogues for special materials such as manuscripts, maps, prints and written music) and particular collections.

search language options: Italiano, English.

Union catalog for music holdings.

search language options: Italiano.


LATVIA / LATVIJA

Union Catalogs

  • The ALISES system of union catalogs:
search language options: Latviešu, English, Русский.
    • Bibliotēkas Latvijā Search the online catalogs of public libraries by region or individual towns within regions, by major city, as well as the major national libraries. (garbled search results, 11/16/06)
search language options: Latviešu.

The ALISES search pages also offer links to another catalog of more specialized databases, as well as to the ALEPH Union catalog described below.

  • Elektroniskais kopkatalogs Union Catalog. Provides access to the holdings of 8 "Latvian libraries of national significance" including the National Library, as well as access to a few other databases.
search language options: Latviešu, English.


Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Latvijas Nacionālā Bibliotēka National Library of Latvia.
Catalog search: Search


LITHUANIA / LIETUVA

Union Catalogs

  • LIBIS Union Catalogue. Represents the holdings of more than 60 (?)Lithuanian research and public libraries. Begin search from this page. Global search of all libraries in system is the default;
search language options: Lietuviškai, English.
  • ALEPH Katalogas Multi-base search. This link will bring you to the standard multi-catalog search screen accessible at each of 20 university and research institutes represented in the network. Search all or any combination of the libraries listed in the menu.
search language options: Lietuviškai, English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka National Library of Lithuania.
For a list with links to the Library's many catalogs: Online Catalogues
Catalog search: Search

search language options: Lietuviškai, English.



MEXICO / MÉXICO

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Primary repository in Mexico, containing 1.25 million books and documents.

Catalog search: Catalogo
Search either or both library; or, search specific collecions within these libraries singly or simultaneously.

search language options: Español.


Catalog search: Several catalogs for the extensive holdings of UNAM are available from this website. Major catalogs include:
LIBRUNAM Monograph catalog
HELA Latin American periodicals catalog
SERIUNAM Catalog of scientific serial publications.

search language options: Español.
  • BiDi Digital library.

Catalog search:

TESIS@UNAM for online theses; LIB@UNAM for general titles.

Directorio del Sistema Bibliotecario de la UNAM Directory of the UNAM library system.


NETHERLANDS / NEDERLAND

Union Catalog

(find out about pass searching the national union catalog - PICARTA) Picarta collections of more than 600 libraries in the Netherlands.


Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

or

Either search screen will take you to the same formatted results. The General Catalogue contains over a million descriptions of books, journals and other publications from the Research Collection and the Deposit Library for Dutch Publications of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek.

search language options: Dutch, English.
search language options: Dutch.



NEW ZEALAND / AOETAROA

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Catalog search: http://nlnzcat.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First


Listing with links to selected local, regional and academic libraries.


  • Library Consortium of New Zealand (LCoNZ)

LCoNZ links

Auckland University of Technology library

University of Waikato library

Victoria University of Wellington library

University of Otago library

From any of these library catalogs, one can select the option to search any or all of the other other catalogs simultaneously.




NICARAGUA

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

  • Biblioteca Nacional Rubén Darío National Library of Nicaragua. No online catalog available at this time. Includes links to other research institutions and university libraries: Enlaces; also a link to ABICEN a multi-topic latin american database, with an emphasis at this time on Panamanian published journal articles.
search language options: Español.


  • MetaBase Bibliografía en red Metabase. Provides access to the records of 79 databases from Central America and Mexico, with the countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua best represented, and Mexico and Panamá having only one database each. The databases represent primarily the holdings of research institutes in the natural and applied sciences, social sciences, economics and business, and a handful of universities.

Catalog search: MetaBase Nicaragua. Search all or any one or more of 10 individual library catalogs, including those of a University and other research institutions.

search language options: Español.


NIGERIA

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

National Virtual Library of Nigeria; About the virtual library
Requires setting up an account, and appears to be intended primarily for the use of Nigerian university students and researchers; as of 10/06, statement reads: "All users of the National Virtual Library are to obtain their username and passwords from their university librarian, users can no longer create passwords or usernames online."



NORTHERN IRELAND / TUAISCEART ÉIREANN

(please see also UNITED KINGDOM)

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

  • British Library the national library of the United Kingdom. The collection includes 150 million items. The British Library also operates the world's largest document delivery service.

Catalog search: Integrated Catalogue The Integrated Catalogue provides access to the records of 12 million items in the British Library. For access to other collections and for user information: Catalogue information.

search language options: English
  • Ni-libraries.net A networked service linking all public libraries within the 5 regional library boards of Northern Ireland, allowing a single catalog search and request system, as well as access to linked electronic resources. Access to the catalogue is free; access to the services and resources requires membership.

Catalog search: Search.

search language options: English


NORWAY / NORGE

Union Catalogs

References to books in all formats, pamphlets, serial monographs, post-graduate theses, and electronic resources in about 350 Norwegian research libraries (among them all BIBSYS libraries), county and public libraries and the libraries of the Norwegian Archaeological Institutes in Athens and Rome. About one half of the included material is printed after 1983.

search language options: Norsk, English

Online catalog of the Norwegian National Library, and of more than 100 college, university and other research libraries. The Library Database includes books, journals, sound recordings, printed music etc. held by the BIBSYS libraries. Can search all or individual library catalogs.

search language options: Norsk, English, Sami.


Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Nasjonalbiblioteket National Library of Norway.
Provides online access to the catalog, as well as links to several extensive digital collections.
To search the catalog, use the search bar located on the upper right of the home page. For a more focused search by collection, select Søk direkte i våre kataloger; the collections are identified in Norwegian only.
Or,select Search Library database (from the Bibsys system described above), and at the Library drop down menu, select "NBO Nasjonalbiblioteket avd. Oslo" to narrow search. This website includes advanced search options.

PANAMA

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Biblioteca Nacional Ernesto J. Castillero R. National Library of Panama.
Catalog search: Catálogo en Línea. A basic search bar is also available on the Biblioteca's home page.
In addition, the Biblioteca Nacional's informative website offers access to numerous other online bibliographic resources; for example:
Biblioteca Digital Panameña offers links to several major Panamanian and regional fulltext databases; the "Otros Recursos" menu on the home page presents links to many other fulltext resources in multiple formats, as well as more online databases.
Universidades y Colegios provides links to mostly Panamanian University websites.


PARAGUAY

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Biblioteca Virtual del Paraguay Created and maintained as a scholarly collaborative effort to provide a digital repository of books and other resources created in and about Paraguay.


PERU / PERÚ

Union Catalogs

Sistema Nacional de Bibliotecas Offers 3 union catalogs for searching:

search language options: Español.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Biblioteca Nacional del Perú National Library of Peru.
Catálogo de Libros Search the book catalog.
To search other available catalogs for the BNP's resources: Menu

search language options: Español.


POLAND / POLSKA

Union Catalogs

  • Biblioteką Narodową FIDKAR search Multidatabase search which can encompass all or any combination of 14 bibliographic databases, including the union catalogs described below, Polish newspaper and journal article databases, the national library catalog, national bibliographies, and more. Lacking is a union catalog that includes monographic works published in Poland.
search language options: Polski.
  • Bazy Biblioteki Narodowej: Katalogi centralne This page provides links to 4 union catalogs: 2 devoted to foreign titles held in Polish libraries, 2 for extensive retrospective serials holdings. Very comprehensive within their defined scope.
search language options: Polski.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Catalog search: National Library WebOPAC select Polski or English. Currently, the online catalog represents recent acquisitions and selected special collections; The addition of retrospective holdings is in progress.

search language options: Polski, English.
  • Bazy Biblioteki Narodowej: Bazy adresowe Database of Polish libraries. An information directory of hundreds of libraries and library collections searchable by location, name, or from an alphabetical list. Individual entries provide links to online catalogs, as available.
search language options: Polski.


PORTUGAL

Union Catalog

Two formats are provided for searching:

search language options: Português
search language options: Português, English, French

For further information about the national union catalog and its related resources, search:PORBASE Catálogo Colectivo das Bibliotecas Portuguesas. Represents the holdings of the National Library and 160 other Portuguese libraries, with 1.6 million records.


Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Catalog search: pesquisa

search language options: Português.
  • Pesquisa Bibliográfica for links to other major databases, e.g. Bibliografia Nacional Portuguesa, Catálogo das obras digitais e digitalizadas, etc.


ROMANIA / ROMÂNIA

Union Catalog

Though neither of the meta catalog options provided below is comprehensive, they complement each other in the library catalogs accessible from each.

The National Library provides a portal to the collections of 5 major university libraries, 14 regional libraries, the legislative library, as well as to its own National Library collection. Search each library collection separately or search several simultaneously from the menus provided. (Catalog not working well 11/13/06)

search language options: Română
  • ROLiNeST Romanian Library Network Science & Technology.

Select MetaCăutare™ from the menu to search multiple library catalogs within a choice of 4 categories; the group of 6 university libraries does not overlap with those included in the National Library portal above. The national library category includes one more academic library, with the remainder being other national catalogs outside Romania.

search language options: Română

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Biblioteca Nationala a României National Library of Romania.
Catalog search: Catalog Colectiv & Biblioteca digitală. Select BNR from the first server menu.


RUSSIA / РОССИЯ / ROSSIYA

Union Catalog

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Numerous online catalogs are available:

Some of the most relevant to this general research directory are:

A virtual Russian (Cyrillic) keyboard is available for typing a Russian search term and transferring into the catalog search screen.


КОРПОРАТИВНАЯ СЕТЬ МОСКОВСКИХ БИБЛИОТЕК Union Catalog of Moscow area
Ресурсы Z39.50 библиотек России (explore this)

[3]Russian State Library. [4]


SCOTLAND / ALBA

(please see also UNITED KINGDOM)

Union Catalogs

CAIRNS The Co-operative Information Retrieval Network for Scotland Offers access to the holdings of 46 major academic, research and public libraries and library systems, as well as Copac (see UNITED KINGDOM).
Catalog search: Several options available.

  • Simple search Keyword across all available holdings.
  • Advanced search multiple search options for all or any combination of the 46 catalogues.
  • Miniclumps search offers 10 assorted search groupings, e.g. SCURL, Catalogues of the 15 members of the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries; Public Libraries, which includes 17 libraries and library systems; Robert Burns, etc.
  • SCONE Scottish Collections Network Allows finely tuned search options for the 2,030 listed collections.
  • RCO Research Collections Online Allows searching 14 major research libraries from a list of 3,000 search topics.
Search language options: English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Catalog search: Main catalogue. Catalogs to access the many specialized collections are described and linked from the main library page.

search language options: English
  • British Library the national library of the United Kingdom. The collection includes 150 million items. The British Library also operates the world's largest document delivery service.

Catalog search: Integrated Catalogue The Integrated Catalogue provides access to the records of 12 million items in the British Library. For access to other collections and for user information: Catalogue information.

search language options: English


SERBIA / СРБИЈА / SRBIJA

Union Catalog

COBISS/OPAC The Virtual Library of Serbia. This union bibliographic/catalogue database represents the records of 60 libraries, including the National Library of Serbia, major academic and public libraries as well as several specialized libraries.

language options: Srpski, English.

Catalog search: The COBIB.SR union bibliographic/catalogue database. Searches the entire database; can limit by type of material,e.g. mongraphs, articles, CD's, etc. To limit to an individual library, click on any institution group in the list on the main page COBISS/OPAC, then click on the specific library of choice.

search language options: Srpski, English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Narodna biblioteka Srbije National Library of Serbia. Access to the National Library general holdings is through the Union catalogue (described above). Links to the catalogs of other collections can be found on the National Library home page.

language options: Srpski, Српски ћирилица, English.


SLOVAKIA / SLOVENSKO

Union Catalogs

  • Book broadcast search or Article broadcast search
    These are the expanded versions of the search options offered by the National Library of Slovakia (described in Secondary Catalogs below). For either search, the "broadcast" or in Slovak, the "Multidatabázové" option, allows one to add any or all of the following: the Slovak Library system described next, the Comenius University Library, and the State Scientific Library (SSL) Banská Bystrica.
  • Slovenská knižnica Slovak Library System. The Portal to Catalogues and Collections of Slavic Libraries page offers the possibility of searching each of 10 major Slovak libraries one by one, or searching by format. To search all of the library collections, select a format category, and the default is a metasearch of the entire list. To further refine the search, or to select a subset from the approximately 100 collections represented by the 10 libraries, open the sessions filter on the search screen.
search language options: Slovenčina, English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Slovenská národná knižnica National Library of Slovakia. The website provides links to various specialized collections.
Catalog search: Book search or Article search. For either search, the scope can be expanded by clicking the "broadcast" or in Slovak, the "Multidatabázové" option, as described above.

search language options: Slovenčina, English.


SLOVENIA / SLOVENIJA

Union Catalog

COBISS/OPAC The virtual library of Slovenia. This union bibliographic/catalogue database includes more than 3 million records from over 300 libraries in Slovenia, including the National Library, 17 academic libraries, as well as public, school and special libraries.

language options: Slovenščina, English.

Catalog search: COBIB.SI: the union bibliographic/catalogue database. Searches the entire database; can limit by type of material,e.g. mongraphs, articles, CD's, etc. To limit to an individual library, click on Data on Slovenian libraries from the menu on the COBISS/OPAC page (above). Click on the library of choice, which will return you to the catalog search screen with a limit designating your selected library.

search language options: Slovenščina, English.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

language options: Slovenščina, English.

Catalog search: COBIB.SI: the union bibliographic/catalogue database. Access to the NUK general holdings is through the Union catalogue (described above). Links to the catalogs of other collections can be found on the NUK home page.


  • Slovenian Libraries Alphabetic directory of libraries; also option to search for libraries by descriptive keywords.


SPAIN / ESPAÑA

Union Catalog

Catálogo Colectivo REBIUN Collective Catalog of the Network of University Libraries. Allows the user to consult the stock of 61 Spanish research and university libraries. Search the catalogs of all libraries or each individually via links on this page.
Options include: general search; search of periodicals; search of older materials (pre 20th c.).

search language options: Castellano(Spanish), Català, Galego (Galician, Euskera (Basque), English, Français.


Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Catalogues Search concurrently or individually all collections with online catalogs. The collections include a wide range of bibliographic resources, visual image resources, music, and more.

search language options: Español, English.

Offers a selection of catalogs which provide fulltext access to such collections as: Tesis digitales de las universidades españolas, Catálogo de revistas de las universidades, and more.

search language options: Español.
  • Catálogo CSIC Bibliográfico Represents the holdings of approximately 100 research libraries representing the full range of academic disciplines, from the humanities to medicine, e.g. Fundación Ortega y Gasset, Instituto de Carboquímica, Museo Nacional de ciencias Naturales. Search options available on this page.
search language options: Español.


SWEDEN / SVERIGE

Union Catalogs

Contains more than 5 million records representing the holdings of approximately 300 Swedish research and special libraries as well as a number of public libraries. The titles represented are monographs and periodicals, as well as articles, maps, printed music, and electronic resources.

search language options: Svenska, English.

From the Libris Websearch page described above, one can link to several other specialized catalogs, most of which are free; for example,Journal Articles and Book Chapters in LIBRIS, which contains more than 300 000 references to articles in periodicals, book chapters and reviews from the humanities and social science; or LIBRIS uppsök,a national search service for undergraduate theses and diploma work in fulltext from some Swedish universities and colleges.

Enables the user to perform simultaneous searches in both LIBRIS (above) and the BTJ (Bibliotekstjänst) database, which presents holdings mainly belonging to the public library sector.

search language options: Svenska.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Catalog search: KBs Catalogue Regina

search language options: Svenska, English
information language options: also Deutsch, Español, Français, Suomi, Russian.


SWITZERLAND / SCHWEIZ / SUISSE / SVIZZERA / SVIZRA

Union Catalog

Online Union catalogues in Swiss libraries and archives. Metacatalogs. This list offers descriptions and links to several catalogs, the most comprehensive of which are listed here:

language options: Deutsch, Français, Italiano, English.
  • CHVK Schweizer Virtueller Katalog Swiss Virtual Catalogue. Allows searching simultaneously in 17 catalogues of libraries or library systems in Switzerland and in Liechtenstein (without IDS/Informationsverbund Deutschschweiz catalogues), representing over 8 million titles.

Catalog search available directly from this page. Search all or any combination of libraries listed.

search language options: Deutsch, Français, Italiano.
  • IDS Recherche. Allows searching simultaneously in 5 catalogues of libraries or library systems in Deutschschweiz, the German speaking region of Switzerland, representing approximately 10 million titles.

Catalog search available directly from this page. Search all or any combination of library systems listed.

search language options: Deutsch.

Catalog search available directly from this page. Search all or any combination of library systems listed. Additional collective catalogs are also available for access from this page.

search language options: Deutsch, Français, Italiano.
  • RERO catalogue collectif (not included in above list). Allows searching simultaneously in 7 catalogs of libraries or library systems belonging to the Library Network of Western Switzerland.

Catalog search available directly from this page.

search language options: Deutsch, Français, English.

Catalog search available directly from this page.

language options: Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano.

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

Swiss National Library Links to the various services and catalogs offered by the National library.

language options: Deutsch, Français, Italiano, English.

Catalog search: Helveticat Searches most of the SNL holdings. Links to other catalogs available.

search language options: Deutsch, Français, Italiano, English.

UKRAINE / УКРАЇНА / UKRAYINA

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

The largest library in the country, established in 1918 as a center for information, research, culture and publishing. The collection contains more than 15 million items.

general information in Ukrainian, English, and Russian.

Catalog search: Search

search language options: Ukrainian.


The collection contains approximately 4 million items.
Catalog search:Search inactive link 11/28/06.

search language options: Ukrainian.


Catalog search: Search for books and government related information.

search language options: Ukrainian.


language options: Ukrainian.
language options: Ukrainian.
language options: Ukrainian.
    • Наші партнери Directory of all state (regional) and other official libraries in Ukraine, including several research institute and academic libraries, with brief descriptions as well as links and contact information.
language options: Ukrainian.


UNITED KINGDOM

Union Catalogs

  • Copac Copac provides free access to the merged online catalogues of 24 major university research libraries in the UK and Ireland plus the British Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Wales/Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru. In addition to these Consortium of Research Libraries (CURL) holdings, there are also special collections from a small number of non-CURL libraries.

Catalog search: Searching Copac Search all or any single library listed in the dropdown menu.

search language options: English
  • SUNCAT The Serials Union Catalogue for the UK research community is a free tool to help locate both print and electronic serials held in the UK, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, magazines, proceedings, annual reports and other publications of a continuing nature. Currently SUNCAT includes serials' information from more than 60 libraries, including the British Library, the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales, and some of the major academic and research institutions in the UK. No registration necessary. Simply click Login to enter the catalogue. or:

Catalog search: Basic search. Search all or limit by region or individual institution.

search language options: English

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

(see also England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales)

  • British Library the national library of the United Kingdom. The collection includes 150 million items. The British Library also operates the world's largest document delivery service.

Catalog search: Integrated Catalogue The Integrated Catalogue provides access to the records of 12 million items in the British Library. For access to other collections and for user information: Catalogue information.

search language options: English

Catalog search: Main catalogue. Catalogs to access the many specialized collections are described and linked from the main library page.

search language options: English
language options: English, Cymraeg

Catalog search: Catalogues

search language options: English, Cymraeg
  • UK Public Libraries on the Web An alphabetic listing with links to online catalogs. "Gold stars are awarded to library web sites which we think shine out from the dull generality."


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Union Catalog

WorldCat.org : about
Provides access to 76 million records, representing the holdings of more than 40,000 academic, public, and specialized libraries, mostly in the U.S. but also including hundreds of libraries worldwide.
Once a record is located in the database, the user can identify holding libraries according to proximity to the address provided by the user. For example, a person searching from France will see French locations for their title displayed before those in England or the U.S.

Catalog search: Worldcat.org

search language options: Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Nederlands, Chinese. Language options appear at the bottom of any search results screen.

An optional but much more limited access to the WorldCat database is the Open WorldCat product which links to WorldCat library holdings through partner sites, such as Yahoo or Google. A search in one of these sites may yield a result which is identified by the phrase "Find in a Library", with a link to the WorldCat record.
(This WorldCat entry is also located in International Catalogs)

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

  • Library of Congress The national library of the United States, the Library of Congress is "the largest library in the world, with more than 130 million items."

Catalog search search options. Provides a menu for selecting basic or guided searching; also a Z39.50 interface for searching and links to the prints and photographs catalog and the audio recordings catalog.

  • lib-web-cats Find links to library websites and catalogs by searching locations or names of libraries. Option to search by U.S. state or Canadian province; also by country worldwide. In addition to links, helpful basic information about each library is available by clicking on "details." (Please also see Some additional resources).
  • Libweb: Library Servers via WWW Find links to various types of libraries in the U.S. by name or location keyword; or for the categories of academic or public: by US region, then state, then alphabetically by name of library. Other categories of libraries and related organizations are listed as well. Libweb also offers links to libraries, by continent, then country, for the rest of the world. (Please also see Some additional resources).

URUGUAY

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

The Universidad de la República, the National University, has 2 online catalogs for its collections:

search language options: Español.

VENEZUELA

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

website: Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela National Library of Venezuela.
search:In order to consult the online catalog, the user must have a program installed on his computer to decompress archives with the .zip extension,(such as http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm. transl: "Emulator 3270 If you do not have a program to decompress archives with extension .zip; it must install one in his computer. It can lower winzip of the following direction: http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm. Only thus it will be able to consult our catalogue in line. In order to consult the catalogue in line it is necessary to form its computer..."


WALES / CYMRU

(Please see also United Kingdom)

Secondary Catalogs and Related Resources

language options: English, Cymraeg

Catalog search: Catalogues

search language options: English, Cymraeg
  • British Library the National Library of the United Kingdom. The collection includes 150 million items. The British Library also operates the world's largest document delivery service.

Catalog search: Integrated Catalogue The Integrated Catalogue provides access to the records of 12 million items in the British Library. For access to other collections and for user information: Catalogue information.

search language options: English
  • Access to Other Libraries The University of Wales, Lampeter, provides links to other online academic library catalogs in Wales. Note that 2 special collections from the Lampeter library are included in the Copac Union Catalog described in the United Kingdom article.
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