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Editor: Bishop, Kenneth ~ 1997

Last update to this file January 23, 2004
Last update to individual library page's February 10, 2004

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Welcome to the Kenneth Bishop Libraries Home Page.

| Library Catalogues worldwide | Digital Libraries | Bibliographies and Indexes |
| Research |

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List of URLs to worldwide libraries, mostly with descriptions of the specific websites.

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Library Catalogues worldwide

• Libweb - links to library home pages and online catalogs - Over 6000 links to library home pages, and library online catalogs (web-based or telnet-based), in over 100 countries; arranged by type for US libraries and by region; links to US state libraries, consortia, organizations, public and school libraries and library related companies; searchable; mirrored from http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb/
• AcqWeb's Directory of Associations and Organizations - Links to associations and organizations of interest to Collection Development and Acquisitions Librarians. Related sites on the side bar include: Associations and Organizations Related to Information Studies, Idealist, NIRA's World Directory of Think Tanks, Professional Organizations in the Information Sciences. No longer updated regularly.
• ALiNUS: Academic Library Newsletters in the United States - More than 600 online academic library newsletters.
• Directory of Special Collections of Research Value in Canadian Libraries
• Federal Depository Library Directory - The official GPO directory information (names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc.) of all Federal depository libraries
• Gabriel: Gateway to Europe's National Libraries
• Library of Congress - Highlights include American Memory, access to its online catalogs
• Links to CIC Libraries - CIC (Committee on Institutional Cooperation) -- Home pages for member libraries, Including Indiana University, and for the CIC
• NARA's Regional Records Services Facilities - NARA - National Archives and Records Administration
• Presidential Libraries - Addresses, contact information, and web links
• Public Libraries of Europe - A country by country listing
• Unesco Libraries Portal - Library websites, associations, preservation, education and training and online resources for librarians
• Web Accessible National and Major Libraries of the World - Maintained by IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations
• World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries - Based on the World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries (6th edition, Bonn 1995) and the World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries of Federated States and Autonomous Territories (1st edition, Bonn 1992/93)
• WWW Library Directory - Worldwide coverage, arranged by country, and by state for US libraries
• Academic Libraries in the United States, from SunSite.
• Archives and Manuscripts Collections, from Columbia University.
• Canadian Library Index, An index of Canadian Library Home Pages and connections to telnet / web based OPACs.
• Directory of Archives in Australia
• Finding Aids for Archival Collections, including inventories, registers, indexes or guides to collections held by archives and manuscript repositories, libraries, and museums. Provide detailed descriptions of collections, their intellectual organization and, at varying levels of analysis, of individual items in the collections.
• Gabriel, gateway to Europe's National Libraries.
• Historical Archives of the European Communities
• Kentucky Libraries
• Kentucky Public Libraries, arranged by county.
• LibDex, the Library Index. Worldwide index of library catalogues, web sites and Friends of Libraries pages.
• Libraries and their Catalogs, a guide from Washington & Lee University.
• Library Catalogs Arranged by Vendor, worldwide guide from Hytelnet.
• Library Catalogs Arranged Geographically, worldwide guide from Hytelnet.
• Library Catalogs with Web Interfaces
• Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web, from the Smithsonian Institution. This is an A-to-Z list of online exhibitions created by libraries, archives, historical societies, and museums.
• Library & Information Science Resources
• LibrarySpot, guide to libraries online.
• LibWeb Library Web Sites from around the world. From SunSite.
• Major U.S. & Canadian Research Library Catalogs, from Washington & Lee University.
• Manuscripts and Archives Repositories, from Johns Hopkins University.
• National Library Catalogues Worldwide, offers pointers and login instructions to national library catalogs in 38 countries. Note that coverage is limited primarily to European and North American countries at this time.
• Web Accessible National and Major Libraries, maintained by the International Federation of Library Associations.
• National Sound Archive Catalogue, searchable online catalog of almost 2.5 million sound recordings held by the British Library National Sound Archive. No sound files are currently available.
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC), from the Library of Congress.
• Online Catalogs with Web Interfaces
• Presidential Libraries, from NARA.
• Public Libraries with Internet Services
• Repositories of Primary Sources, from the University of Idaho.
• Research Library Group Members List
• School Libraries on the Web, an international directory of Web sites maintained by K-12 school libraries. Although the collection of links to sites in the United States is the largest, visitors here may be most interested in the school libraries in such places as New Zealand, Japan, and Sweden.
• Schools, Colleges, and Libraries, from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES): Database of public schools, private schools, colleges, universities, and public libraries in the United States and its territories. Searchable by name of institution, city, or zip code. Clicking on an institution's name in the search results brings up statistical and other information about the institution.
• State Libraries of the USA
• State Library Web Listing
• UNESCO Libraries Portal, includes links to Libraries.
• U. S. Depository Libraries WWW Pages (GPO and PTO)
• USA Public Libraries, from SunSite.
• WWW Library Directory, guide to library websites worldwide.
• WWW-to-Z39.50 Gateways and Products.
• Yahoo's Guide to Libraries

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Digital Libraries

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• American Memory from the Library of Congress - With the participation of other libraries and archives, the program provides a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and cultural developments of the United States.
• D-Lib Program - Research in Digital Libraries - Highlights: D-Lib Magazine, a monthly compilation of contributed stories, commentary, and briefings; Ready Reference, convenient clearinghouse of pointers to other sites on the web of interest to researchers and users of digital libraries; D-Lib Research Support
• Digital Library Program - The Digital Library Program at Indiana University.
• Image Projects - Clearinghouse of Image Databases, Spatial-Data Scanning Projects, and the IMAGELIB listserv archives; maintained at University of Arizona Libraries

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Bibliographies and Indexes

• EAD Finding Aids at Library of Congress - Detailed searchable and browseable guides to primary source materials in LOC Manuscript Collections, Performing Arts Collections, Prints & Photographs Collections, which provide fuller information than that normally contained within cataloging records.
• ERIC Database - From 1966 to present. The ERIC database contains bibliographic records of research reports, conference papers, teaching guides, books, and journal articles relating to the practice of education.
• Index Translationum - INDEX TRANSLATIONUM data base contains cumulative bibliographical information about books translated and published in about a hundred of UNESCO Member States from 1979, totalizing some 1.300.000 notices in all disciplines: literature, social and human sciences, natural and exact sciences, art, history, etc.
• Interplay: An On-line Index to Plays in Collections, Anthologies, and Periodicals - Indexes over 16,000 plays in collections. Search IUCat for location of the collection. From Portland State University.
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) - A free-of-charge cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress; bibliographic records and associated authority records for collections -- manuscripts, letters, diaries, journals, minutes, archives, oral histories -- in the custody of repositories

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Research

The Amistad Research Center, an independent archives, library, & museum dedicated to preserving African-American & minority history and culture.

Arizona Dept. Of Library, Archives and Records

Asbury Theological Seminary's B. L. Fisher Library, Wilmore, Kentucky.

ASERL, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries.

Association of Research Libraries

Biblioteca Nacional, the Spanish National Library.

Bodleian Library

Brescia University Library, Owensboro, Kentucky.

British Library

George Bush Presidential Library

Cabot Science Library, Harvard.

Campbellsville University's Montgomery Library, Kentucky.

Carnegie Library, Pittsburgh.

Center for Research Libraries, with access to its catalog. Use CRL Quick Search for access to all the major tools used to gather information about CRL's holdings.

Centre College's Library and Computing, Danville, Kentucky.

Chicago Public Library

Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library

Cleveland Public Library

Cologne Public Library, Germany.

Consumer Information Center, U.S. government web site for consumer information and feedback. The heart of this searchable site is the Consumer Information Catalog, with full texts of hundreds of the pamphlets found in the catalog, in ASCII text.

COPAC, Consortium of University Research Libraries in the UK and Ireland. From Manchester, UK. The new Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) providing access to the Consortium of University Research Libraries' database, with over 2.5 million records and growing.

Cornell University-Mann Library

Conservation Online (Stanford)

Cumberland College's Hagan Memorial Library, Williamsburg, Kentucky.

Gates Library Initiative, working to provide public libraries in low-income communities with computers and internet access.

Georgetown College's Anna Ashcraft Ensor Learning Resource Center, Kentucky.

Indiana University

Institute of Museum & Library Services

Internet Public Library, from the University of Michigan.

Iowa State University's NEEDS Z39.50 Server

IUPUI, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis.

James P. Boyce College of the Bible and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's James P. Boyce Centennial Library, Louisville, Kentucky.

The Judaica Archival Project

Kansas State Historical Society

Kentucky Virtual Library

Kentucky Community & Technical College System Catalog

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Kentucky Libraries

Kentucky State University, Frankfort.

Kentucky Wesleyan College's Library Learning Center, Owensboro.

Lexington Community College Learning Resource Center, Kentucky.

Lexington Public Library, Kentucky.

Lexington Theological Seminary, Kentucky.

Library of Congress

Libraries FAQ Homepage, a collection of basic information regarding libraries and librarianship and an introductory guide to library resources on the Internet.

The Library of Virginia

Linda Hall Library, in Kansas City, MO. Independent research library of science, engineering and technology. A link to the online catalog, Leonardo, includes document request forms, and has pointers to science, technology and engineering sites.

Louisiana State Library, including a directory of libraries in the state and publications of the state library, including genealogical information, Communique, and the Louisiana Union Catalog updates.

Louisville Free Public

Maryland State Archives

MCI Library LINK, a collaborative effort from MCI and the American Library Association. MCI will help advance the technological capabilities of the nation's public libraries.

Melvyl Homepage, Web interface for the University of California MELVYL System Catalog (which contains nearly 14 million holdings from 100 UC libraries and other California libraries).

Midway College's Little Memorial Library, Kentucky.

Morehead State University, Kentucky: Camden-Carroll Library.

Murray State University (KY) Library

National Agricultural Library

National Archives, United States.

The National Library of Australia

National Library of Canada

National Library of France

National Library of Medicine

National Library of Spain

National Library of New Zealand

National Library Board, of the National Library of Singapore.

National Network of Libraries of Medicine

National Public Broadcasting Archives

National Trust for Historic Preservation Library

New York Public Library, with The Global Library, a New York Public Library Centennial Exhibition.

Newsfilm Library, University of South Carolina.

Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights: W. Frank Steely Library.

OCLC

Ohio Public Library Information Network

Ohio State Library

OhioLINK, Central Catalog Search Page.

OnLine Books from Carnegie-Mellon

Ontario Council of University Libraries Directory

OPAC97--British Library , this web catalog contains just a portion of the massive collections of the Library, it is a major addition to Internet-based bibliographic research.

La Petite Bibliothèque de France

Pikeville College's Library & Media Center, Kentucky.

Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library

Portugal National Library

Princeton University Library

Purdue University

Research Library Group Members List

SAALCK, State-Assisted Academic Library Council of Kentucky.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, from the New York Public Library. National research library devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of people of African descent throughout the world.

Smithsonian Institution Libraries, resources and information to support research at the Smithsonian Institution with online exhibitions and links to other sites.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the James P. Boyce College of the Bible's James P. Boyce Centennial Library, Louisville, Kentucky.

Spain National Library

Spalding University's Library, Louisville, Kentucky.

Special Collections Resources on the Web, from the University of Houston Libraries.

Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information Resources

State Library of Tasmania, Australia.

Sullivan University Library and Learning Resource Center, Louisville, Kentucky.

Television News Archive, from Vanderbilt University.

Transylvania University's J. Douglas Gay Jr. / Frances Carrick Thomas Library, Lexington, Kentucky.

UCLA Film and Television Archive, with over 200,000 films and television programs and 27 million feet of newsreel footage.

Union College's Weeks-Townsend Memorial Library, Barbourville, Kentucky.

Union List of Selected West European Newspapers and News Magazines, in New York Metropolitan Libraries.

University of Houston Libraries

University of Iowa Libraries (Educational), the official site of the University of Iowa Libraries, including the 'Gateway to the Internet,' a collection of scholarly Internet resources.

University of California, Berkeley

University of Cincinnati

University of Kentucky Libraries

University of Louisville Libraries.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

University of Pittsburgh

University of Tennessee, member of the UK/UT Information Alliance.

University of Virginia

University of Waterloo Electronic Library

Vanderbilt University

Vatican Library (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana) Catalog

Library of Virginia

VIVA, the Virtual Library of Virginia. Consortium of academic libraries in Virginia sponsored by the State Council of Higher Education. The purpose of VIVA is to create a network of shared electronic resources within Virginia for students and faculty and to facilitate cooperation among its members.

Washington University Archives

Western Branch: the first African American Public Library. Located in, Kentucky, the library continues to serve thousands of patrons annually. Documentary video available in Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Western Kentucky University

 

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