Canadian Library Directories and Major Libraries

Canada's union catalog(ue)s and the National Science Library are great resources, even if you don't live in the Great White North

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Web Directories of Canadian Libraries | Union Catalogs | National Library and Other Major Libraries | Major University Libraries | Major Public Libraries

Web Directories of Canadian Libraries

• Search for Canadian Libraries (Library and Archives Canada)
• Special Collections of Research Value (archived page)
• WWW Library Directory: Canada (M. Sauers) (Not updated)

Union Catalogs

A union catalog allows you to search multiple libraries' holdings at the same time

• Voilá: National Union Catalogue - Union catalog of Canadian libraries (Library and Archives Canada)
• English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) - Catalog of books published in Britain and its dependencies from 1473, when printing was introduced in England, to 1800. Includes holdings information for libraries in the British Isles, North America, and elsewhere. This is a fabulous resource for anyone doing historical or literary research! (More about the ESTC)

Directories of Union Catalogs

• Canadian Consortia and Regional Catalogues (Library and Archives Canada) (Archived page)

National Library and Other Major Libraries

• Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada - New combination of the National Library of Canada/Bibliothèque Nationale du Canada and the National Archives of Canada/Archives Nationales du Canada
• Federal Science Library - Portal for government science libraries
• National Science Library (formerly CISTI)
• Library of Parliament
• BAnQ: Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales Quebec

Major University Libraries

• University of Alberta
• University of British Columbia
• McGill University
• Université de Montréal
• University of Toronto
• Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Web Directories of Canadian University Libraries:

• Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Member Libraries
• Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL/ABRC) - Member list
• Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) - British Columbia to Manitoba

Major Public Libraries

• Calgary Public Library
• Bibliothèques Publiques de Montréal
• Ottawa Public Library
• Toronto Public Library
• Vancouver Public Library