Western European Library Catalogs on the Internet

National Libraries The European Library formerly Gabriel, Gateway to Europe's National Libraries. The European Library offers free access to the combined resources of the national libraries of Europe. You can search cross-library or make a specific selection. There is a wealth of information about each collection and its services at this site. The site provides a list of links to the online services of each library, the information pages of the national libraries, exhibitions and many other options. General LIBCAT: Libraries outside the United States Select a country from the pulldown menu. Good listings for individual libraries but generally ignores the various union catalogs. Repositories of Primary Sources List of archives.

Union Catalogs and Groupings Austria Österreichischer Bibliothekenverbund: Gesamtkatalog Union catalog for most larger Austrian libraries Austrian libraries See also the Library Catalogs page of the WESS German Studies Web Belgium BOLD: Belgian Online Libraries Directory See also the WESS French Studies Web and the WESS Dutch Studies Web. Denmark DanBib Search - Union catalog for Danish libraries Nordic Libraries - list of home pages See also the Library and Information Services page of the WESS Scandinavian Studies Web. France Bibliothèque nationale de France See also the Universities, Libraries and Archives page of the WESS French Studies Web. Germany Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog. A superb resource. Germany has several regional union catalogs. The KVK allows a simultaneous search of any combination of them, as well as of several other important library catalogs. Deutsche Bibliotheken Online German library catalogs on the Internet (by city). See also the Library Catalogs page of the WESS German Studies Web Iceland Nordic Libraries - list of home pages See also the Library and Information Services page of the WESS Scandinavian Studies Web. Ireland Research library catalogs in Ireland (IRIS) "In addition to searching library catalogues individually on the web, researchers can now use the IRIS OPAC to execute a search across multiple catalogues." Library Catalogs in Britain and Ireland Italy Indice SBN - Italian union catalog Italian Periodicals Catalogue (ACNP) AIB. Italian Library Catalogs See also the WESS Italian Studies Web Luxemburg Online catalog of the Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg Netherlands Dutch libraries - NL-menu See also the WESS Dutch Studies Web. Norway BIBSYS - Union catalog See also the Library and Information Services page of the WESS Scandinavian Studies Web. Portugal PORBASE, the national union catalog See also the WESS Iberian Studies Web Scandinavia Nordic Libraries - list of home pages See also the Library and Information Services page of the WESS Scandinavian Studies Web. Spain Union catalogs for various groupings of Spanish universities University and other scholarly libraries - from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas See also the WESS Iberian Studies Web Sweden Libris - Union catalog WWW pages for Swedish libraries Nordic Libraries - list of home pages See also the Library and Information Services page of the WESS Scandinavian Studies Web. Switzerland Libraries list from SWITCH Lists union catalogs for various areas and also individual libraries. University libraries See also the Library Catalogs page of the WESS German Studies Web United Kingdom COPAC - Union catalog of university and other research libraries Library Catalogs in Britain and Ireland

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