Austria
Bibos
http://opac.bibvb.ac.at
Provides search in the union catalogue of books and journals, links to catalogues and
homepages of 52 Austrian libraries
Canada
AMICUS - catalogue developed and maintained by the National Library of Canada
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/amicus/index-e.html
Types of documents: books, journals, reports, thesis
Usage: searching, interlibrary loan and ordering
Switzerland
Nebis
http://www.nebis.ch
Network of libraries and information institutions in Switzerland, providing access to union
catalogue of books and journals.
Germany
UB und TIB Hannover
http://tiborder.tib.uni-Hannover.de
Catalogue providing the possibility of ordering (search without registration, ordering for
registered users only).
Universitätsbibliothek - KARLSRUHE
http://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/hylib/virtueller_katalog.html
Virtual union catalogue of German and selected foreign libraries and bookstores.
SUBITO
http://www.subito-doc.de
Document delivery system. It enables search in a database of books, journals and articles.
Access from homepage (link: Recherchieren und Bestellen, Gastzugang/Search and order, Guest
Access).
Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Medizin Köln
http://www.zbmed.de
German national medical library, access to catalogue.
German libraries on-line
http://www.hbz-nrw.de/
Overview of German libraries on the WWW. Alphabetical list filed by cities, providing also
access to the "Digitale Bibliothek NRW" digital library.
Digitale Bibliothek NRW
http://www2.digibib-nrw.de/Digibib
Provides distributed search in various information sources (library catalogues,
bibliographic databases) via unified interface.
Denmark
DTV - Technical Knowledge Center of Denmark - University Library
http://www.dtv.dk/dtub/index_e.htm
Access to catalogue.
The Netherlands
Library TU Delft
http://www.library.tudelft.nl
Access to catalogue of the largest technical library in the Netherlands.
Norway
Bibsys
http://www.bibsys.no/english.html
Library system of Norwegian university libraries, Norwegian National Library and special
libraries. The database provides information on books and periodicals available in the
collections of these libraries.
Norwegian Union Catalogue
http://www.nb.no/baser/sambok/english.html
Union catalogue maintained by the Norwegian National Library; approx. 350 Norwegian
libraries contribute to the catalogue by sending in bibliographic records.
NOSP Nordic/Baltic Union Catalogue of Serials
http://www.nb.no/baser/nosp/english.html
Union catalogue of serials is the result of cooperation of national libraries of Denmark,
Island, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Norway. The database is maintained by the NOSP
Centre at the Norwegian National Library. Database is updated quarterly. Records are based
on data from the International ISSN Centre while bibliographic and location information is
provided by participating libraries. The catalogue provides quality bibliographic
information.
Directory of nordic library
http://www.nb.no/baser/bibliotek/english.html
LIBRIS - Union catalogue of Swedish libraries
http://www.libris.kb.se/english/libris.html
Union catalogue of books and serials contains records from 200 Swedish libraries, mostly
specialist. The webpage offers also access to the LIBRIS article database.
Royal Institute of Technology Library (KTHB)
http://www.lib.kth.se/kthbeng/locate.html
Access to the KTHB catalogue. Gateway to selected catalogues of Nordic and European
libraries and to sources related to library management.
United Kingdom
British Library
http://www.bl.uk
Provides access to the BLPC catalogue offering the possibility to order copies of articles
for unregistered users as well. Payment for ordered copies can be made using credit/debit
card only. The catalogue contains entries of more than 10 million documents from 1450.
COPAC
http://copac.ac.uk
Virtual union of 20 university special libraries in the UK and Ireland. It contains more
than 8 million records - mostly books, about 4% are journal records, about 3% are records of
conference proceedings.
USA
Library of Congres
http://lcweb.loc.gov
Provides access to the online catalogue of the largest library in the world. The catalogue
contains more than 12 million records of books, serial publications, maps, audio and video
materials; it provides the most comprehensive coverage of literature written in English.
Libweb
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Libweb
List of links to libraries and information institutions from more than 100 countries.
Possibility of searching for libraries by name, library type and geographic information.
Libdex
http://www.libdex.com
Worldwide address book of libraries and information institutions. It contains links to
booksellers and pages dealing with similar themes.
Gabriel
http://www.kb.nl/gabriel/en/services.html
Server devoted to European national libraries, their activities and services.
Ingenta (UnCover)
http://www.ingenta.com
Gateway to professional sources of information. It provides free access to article citations
from over 25,000 publications; 4,500 publications included are available in an electronic
form and are available online for subscribers. Articles from other publications can be
obtained by fax or using the Ariel system. Search options: