British and Irish Library Directories and Major Libraries
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Union Catalogs of British and Irish Libraries
See also
- Library Hub Discover - One-stop searching of major research libraries' catalogues in the U.K. and Ireland (formerly COPAC)
- Serials Union Catalogue (SUNCAT) - Union catalog of serials in major U.K. libraries
- 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)
- Other Union Catalogues - Mostly European (SUNCAT)
A union catalog allows you to search multiple libraries' holdings at the same time
Web Directory of Union Catalogs:
United Kingdom Libraries
National Libraries:
- British Library home page
- British Library Integrated Catalogue
- British Library Treasures
- Digitised Manuscripts
- Medieval England and France, 700-1200 - Illuminated manucscripts from the national libraries of the UK and France
- Collect Britain - Online exhibits on many themes
- Learning at the British Library - Online exhibits on themes like Language & Literature and Art & Images
- Turning the Pages - Turn the (virtual) pages of some of the library's treasures
British Library:
- National Archives
- Discovery - "More than 32 million descriptions of records held by The National Archives and more than 2,500 archives across the country. Over 9 million records are available for download."
- National Library of Scotland
- National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
- Manx National Heritage: Library and Archives
- National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London - "A major public reference library of fine and decorative arts of many countries and periods"
- University of Birmingham - Includes Shakespeare Institute Library, Stratford
- Cambridge University Library
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Leeds
- University of London
- John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester - Fine collection of rare books and manuscripts
- Oxford University Libraries
- Bodleian libraries
- Bodleian Old Library
- Digital Bodleian
- Polonsky Foundation Digitization Project - A project of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and Bodleian Library to digitize early manuscripts
- Research Libraries UK members (RLUK)
- UK Higher Education Libraries (LibraryTechnology.org)
- M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries - London area
- Birmingham Libraries
- Glasgow Libraries - Including Mitchell Library
- Liverpool Libraries and Information Service
- Public Libraries in the United Kingdom (LibraryTechnology.org)
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Library and Archives
- Gladstone's Library at St. Deiniol's - Based on the collections and interests of the 19th century prime minister William Gladstone, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales
- Ricardo A. Caminos Memorial Library, Egypt Exploration Society, London
- Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide, London
- Working Class Movement Library, Salford, England
- Guildhall Library, London
- Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, London
- Chetham's Library, Manchester - Public library dating to 1653, strong in local history and 16th and 17th century materials
- Poetry Library, London
- The Dr. Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies - The library of works on dissenting Protestant churches dates from the early 18th century
- Bishopsgate Institute Special Collections and Archives, London - "Experiences of everyday people, and the extraordinary individuals and organisations who have strived for social, political, and cultural change"
- British Library of Political & Economic Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Glasgow Women's Library
- The Women's Library, London School of Economics
- The Leeds Library
- Linen Hall Library, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- London Library - "A private subscription library specialising in the humanities" counting Carlyle, Thackeray, Gladstone, and Dickens among its founders
- Association of Independent Libraries - Includes a list of the independently funded subscription libraries who are its members
- London Libraries - Consortium of academic, public, and specialist libraries, including the British Library
- InforM25 - Search multiple catalogs of London-area academic libraries simultaneously
- What's in London Libraries - Catalog of London public libraries
Major University Libraries:
Web Directories of U.K. Academic Libraries
Major Public Libraries:
Web Directory of U.K. Public Libraries:
Special Libraries:
Africa and Asia
Botany
Classics, Theology, etc.
Egypt
Genocide
Labor
Londoniana
Medicine
Northern England
Poetry
Religion
Social Movements
Social Sciences
Women
Membership Libraries:
Web Directory of U.K. Membership Libraries
London Region:
Directory
London Union Catalogs
Ireland Libraries
- National Library of Ireland / Leabharlann Náisiúnta na hEireann
- Trinity College Dublin
- Marsh's Library, Dublin - Three centuries old library