Library catalogues
Transnational
Find-eR - the catalogue of the European Commission libraries 
Europe
Find-eR is the European Commission union catalogue referencing library collections of a network of libraries. In addition to the Central Library, some 15 smaller specialised libraries and documentation centres participate in this co-operation network. Find-eR covers the EU's official publications and documents of most intergovernmental [...]
OCLC WorldCat 
With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, the WorldCat database is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind. More than 82 million bibliographic records and 1 billion individual holdings, ensuring high hit rates for catalogers and resource-sharing staff.
Europeana 
Europe
The European Library is now in Europeana. Europeana works with thousands of European archives, libraries and museums to share cultural heritage for enjoyment, education and research. Europeana provides access to millions of books, music, artworks and more – with sophisticated search and filter tools to help you find what you’re [...]
UNESDOC Digital Library (Unesco) 
international
"The UNESCO Digital Library is the repository of UNESCO’s institutional memory and a source of high-quality information on UNESCO activities (in education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and communication and information), with more than 350,000 documents dating back to 1945. It includes the collections [...]
France
Catalogue SUDOC - Französischer Verbundkatalog 
Der Katalog des Système Universitaire de Documentation (Sudoc) verzeichnet mehr als neun Millionen Nachweise von Monographien, Dissertationen, Periodica und anderer Dokumenttypen mit Besitznachweisen.
Italy
Italian OPACs 
Overview of Italian library catalogues with additional information about OPACs.
National Library Service 
Italienischer Verbundkatalog: unter den mehr als 1000 teilnehmenden Bibliotheken befinden sich neben den nationalen Zentralbibliothken in Rom und Florenz sehr viele Universitäts- und Forschungsbibliotheken Italiens.
United Kingdom
COPAC: Academic & National Library Catalogue 
Copac is formed by merging the online library catalogues of members of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL), plus a few other specialist databases and collections. There are 27 CURL libraries currently contributing their catalogue to Copac, including the British Library and National Library of Scotland, and the National Library of Wales / Llyfrgell [...]
Russia
Biblionet 
Internetportal zu über 1500 Bibliotheken Russlands, gegliedert nach Bibliothekstyp und Region - in russischer Sprache.
Canada
United States
OASIS: Online Archival Search Information System 
OASIS provides centralized access to a growing percentage of finding aids for archival and manuscript collections at Harvard. These finding aids are detailed descriptions of collections that contain a wide variety of materials, including letters, diaries, photographs, drawings, printed material, and objects.
Japan
A glance from Germany
Webis - Sammelschwerpunkte an deutschen Bibliotheken 
webis bietet eine Übersicht über die verschiedenen Fachinformationsdienste für die Wissenschaft (FID) und deren Vorgänger, die Sondersammelgebiete (SSG). Sie finden Informationen über die regionalen und fachlichen FID, deren Erwerbungsprofile und Serviceangebote sowie Kontaktdaten der Bibliotheken. Des Weiteren können Sie sich über die Entwicklung und die Geschichte der [...]
Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK) 
Der KVK ist ein an der UB Karlsruhe entwickeltes Meta-Suchinterface für WWW-Bibliotheks- und Buchhandelskataloge weltweit. Er weist ca. 500 Millionen Bücher aus Bibliotheks- und Buchhandelskatalogen nach. Neben dem klassischen KVK gibt es auf KVK Technik basierende Regional- und Spezialkataloge.
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