Global Books in Print Plus (Online) contains bibliographic information on publications from Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America. Subjects covered include Books in Print, Subject Guide to Books in Print and Children's Books in Print. Document supply available.
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Hosted on the EBSCO platform, Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective Index (1905-1983) covers full text content from 69 years of the Wilson Library Bulletin, indexing from Library Work (1905-1911), as well as citations to book reviews, books, and library school theses. Document supply available.
The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau (PMB | Pambu) copies archives, manuscripts and rare printed material relating to the Pacific Islands and the material provides the most extensive collection of non-government primary documentation on the Pacific Islands available to researchers on microfilm held by member libraries. The aim of the Bureau is to help with long-term preservation of the documentary heritage of the Pacific Islands and to make it accessible. The full version of this catalogue – including access to digitised materials – is available for Member libraries such as the State Library of New South Wales. NSW residents can access Pambu’s full catalogue by clicking on Log in with a Library card below.
Includes four collections from the Smithsonian: Air & Space and Smithsonian Magazine Archive, Evolution of Flight 1784-1991, Trade Literature and the Merchandizing of Industry, and World’s Fairs and Expositions: Visions of Tomorrow.
Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga is the official guardian of New Zealands public archives. We gather, store and protect an extremely wide range of material. Our holdings include the originals of the Treaty of Waitangi, government documents, maps, paintings, photographs and film.
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The Digital Public Library of America brings together the riches of Americas libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
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This catalogue combines the Eighteenth Century Short Title Catalogue with content from Pollard and Redgrave's A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1473-1640 and Wing's A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America and of English Books Printed in Other Countries 1641-1700, as well as newspapers and other serials which began publication before 1801. Its scope extends from the earliest printing in England (ca. 1473) through to the end of December, 1800. The ESTC can be used to find references to the Eighteenth Century and Early English Books online collections.
Search, view and order items from the British Library main catalogue of nearly 57 million records, or search the contents of the Library's website.
Whilst Explore the British Library gives access to the majority of the Library's collection, it does not yet include records from all the Library's catalogues.
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The Trust is a partnership of major American research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible. A number of books and journals are available online in the digital library.
The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue is the international database of 15th-century European printing created by the British Library. The database records nearly every item printed from movable type before 1501, but not material printed entirely from woodblocks or engraved plates.
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Library Hub Discover brings together the catalogues of 204 major UK and Irish libraries. 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. This service replaces Copac and SUNCAT.
The catalogue of the collections of the US Library of Congress. This searchable database contains records of approximately 12 million items including books, maps, manuscripts and sound recordings. The catalogue includes searching aids such as cross-references.
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The Library of Congress Classification system is used in many university libraries throughout the world. This page at the Library of Congress site provides an outline of the system.
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NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 300,000 images digitised from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.
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Search millions of book records, and search across the full text of 1 million scanned books. Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive, and is funded in part by a grant from the California State Library.
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