Links to Libraries outside the St. Louis area
Biblioteca Nacional de Espana
http://www.bne.es/index_eng.html
Located in Madrid, Spain, the National Library of Spain, is the country's largest public library. In Spanish or English.
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La Biblioteca Nacional de México
http://biblional.bibliog.unam.mx/bib/biblioteca.html
Search or browse the National Library of Mexico. In Spanish only.
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British Library Catalogues on the Web
http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/listings.html
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Library Gateway
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/gatepasse/
Search or browse for Canadian library Web sites and/or catalogues
including the National
Library of Canada and the virtual
Canadian union catalogue. In French or English.
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LibDex
http://www.libdex.com/
Index to 18,000 libraries. Search by library or university
name or browse by catalog system.
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Library of Congress Home
Page
http://www.loc.gov/
The national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress, it is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its collections include more than 29 million catalogued books and other print materials in 470 languages; more than 58 million manuscripts; the largest rare book collection in North America, including a Gutenberg Bible, over 1 million US Government publications, 1 million issues of world newspapers spanning the past three centuries, 33,000 bound newspaper volumes, 500,000 microfilm reels, over 6,000 comic books, the world's largest collection of legal materials, films, 4.8 million maps, sheet music and 2.7 million sound recordings.
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Library of Congress
Z39.50 Gateway
http://www.loc.gov/z3950/
The Library of Congress Page for gateway access to LC's catalog and those at many other institutions.
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lib-web-cats
(library web sites and catalogs)
http://www.librarytechnology.org/libwebcats/
Although most of these libraries are in North America, this
site includes a growing number of library catalogs and library
Web sites from around the world. Search by name of institution,
city, state, or country.
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Libweb
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/
"Currently lists over 7700 pages from libraries
in 146 countries." (text from site 12/16/07).
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Vatican Library
http://bav.vatican.va/en/v_home_bav/home_bav.shtml
Located in Vatican City, the library holds some 75,000 manuscripts
and over 1.1 million printed books, which include some 8,500 incunabula.
The Secret Vatican Archives were separated from the library at the beginning
of the 17th century; they contain another 150,000 items.
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