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Libraries

National and specialist libraries in the United Kingdom.

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http://www.independentlibraries.co.uk/ Association of Independent Libraries Open in a new browser window

Directory and guide to the history and collections of independent subscription
libraries.

http://www.independentlibraries.co.uk/


http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ Bodleian Library Open in a new browser window

One of the world's oldest and most famous libraries at Oxford University.

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/


http://www.bfi.org.uk/nationallibrary/ British Film Institute National Library Open in a new browser window

The bfi National Library provides access to a large collection of documentation
and information on film and television.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/nationallibrary/


http://www.britishjigsawpuzzlelibrary.co.uk/ British Jigsaw Puzzle Library Open in a new browser window

Lending library of hand made wooden jigsaw puzzles. 3,500 puzzles in current
circulation. The club has been in existence since 1933.

http://www.britishjigsawpuzzlelibrary.co.uk/


http://catalogue.bl.uk/ British Library Public Catalogue Open in a new browser window

A free service to allow you to find out what material is held in the major
Reference and Document Supply collections of the British Library.

http://catalogue.bl.uk/


http://www.lse.ac.uk/blpes/ British Library of Political and Economic Science Open in a new browser window

As well as being the working library of the London School of Economics (LSE),
the library serves as a national collection of material for research on Social
Sciences.

http://www.lse.ac.uk/blpes/


http://www.bl.uk/online/inside/ British Library, Inside Open in a new browser window

Access to 10.5 million articles from 20,000 premier journals, 2.5 million
conference papers, 10,000 new articles daily. Search and order directly over the
Web and receive articles within two hours.

http://www.bl.uk/online/inside/


http://minos.bl.uk/ British Library, Portico Open in a new browser window

The British Library's Online Information Server. Includes: Blaise -
bibliographic records provided by the major departments of the British Library,
including Humanities and Social Sciences, the Science Reference and Information
Service, Oriental and India

http://minos.bl.uk/


http://copac.ac.uk/ COPAC Open in a new browser window

Unified access to the catalogues of some of the largest university research
libraries in the UK and Ireland.

http://copac.ac.uk/


http://www.chawton.org/ Chawton House Library & Study Centre Open in a new browser window

Centre for the Study of Early English Women's Writing, 1600-1830, in Jane
Austen's former home. Online texts, history and access.

http://www.chawton.org/


http://www.chethams.org.uk/ Chetham's Library Open in a new browser window

Founded in 1653 in Manchester, England and open free of charge. History, list of
manuscripts and online catalogue.

http://www.chethams.org.uk/


http://www.familia.org.uk/ Familia Open in a new browser window

Index of family history resources held by public libraries in Britain and
Ireland

http://www.familia.org.uk/


http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/ Inner Temple Library Open in a new browser window

A law library for Inner Temple members and for barrister members of the other
Inns of Court. Includes a history of the Inner Temple.

http://www.innertemplelibrary.org.uk/


http://www.lowtherhills.fsnet.co.uk/ Leadhills Reading Society Open in a new browser window

Official site of the oldest subscription library in Britain, founded in 1741.
History of the library and the village, photographs and information for
visitors.

http://www.lowtherhills.fsnet.co.uk/


http://www.r-alston.co.uk/contents.htm Library History Database: The British Isles to 1850 Open in a new browser window

Directory with summary information arranged geographically and by type of
library.

http://www.r-alston.co.uk/contents.htm


http://www.llgc.org.uk/ Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, National Library of Wales Open in a new browser window

Details of available documents, search the catalogues of the photographic,
picture and prints collections.

http://www.llgc.org.uk/


http://www.marxlibrary.net/ Marx Memorial Library Open in a new browser window

Subscription lending library in London dedicated to Marxism and labour
movements. Overview of collections, lecture programme and membership rates.

http://www.marxlibrary.net/


http://www.mla.gov.uk/ Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) Open in a new browser window

The national (UK) development agency working for and on behalf of museums,
libraries and archives and advising government on policy and priorities for the
sector.

http://www.mla.gov.uk/


http://www.nal.vam.ac.uk/ National Art Library Open in a new browser window

Research and reference library based at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

http://www.nal.vam.ac.uk/


http://www.nls.uk/ National Library of Scotland Open in a new browser window

A complete list of Library catalogues and indexes, current exhibitions and a
digital library.

http://www.nls.uk/


http://www.pml.ac.uk/nmbl/ National Marine Biological Library Open in a new browser window

Based in Plymouth, south-west England, the NMBL contains one of the world's
major collections of literature on aquatic sciences and fisheries, and acts as a
marine biological sciences resource for the UK.

http://www.pml.ac.uk/nmbl/


http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/ People's Network Open in a new browser window

Government site detailing the progress of the government's project to connect
all public libraries to the Internet

http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/


http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/ Poetry Library Online Open in a new browser window

World's largest public library devoted exclusively to modern poetry. Site
includes a 'Lost Quotation Noticeboard' for when you can't remember what comes
next.

http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/


http://www.plr.uk.com/ Public Lending Right UK Open in a new browser window

Provides information on the PLR Scheme. It provides advice on eligibility,
registration and payment from government for the free lending of their books by
libraries.

http://www.plr.uk.com/


http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/library/ Science Museum Library Open in a new browser window

Science Museum Library is a research library, open to the general public for
reference. Our collections form a record of scientific, technological and
medical change since the eighteenth century

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/library/


http://fp.armitt.plus.com/ The Ambleside Museum & Armitt Library Open in a new browser window

Free educational institution in the Lake District. Bibliographies and artefacts
on natural history and local people including Beatrix Potter, Ruskin and the
Lake poets.

http://fp.armitt.plus.com/


http://www.bmi.org.uk/library.html The Birmingham & Midland Institute Library Open in a new browser window

Book collection dating from 1799 and music library. Events, membership and
location map.

http://www.bmi.org.uk/library.html


http://www.devonandexeterinstitution.org.uk/ The Devon & Exeter Institution Open in a new browser window

Independent subscription library with collections strong in nineteenth-century
periodicals and material on South West England. Photographs, history and
membership information.

http://www.devonandexeterinstitution.org.uk/


http://www.zen35313.zen.co.uk/ The Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution Open in a new browser window

Private lending library in London including archives relating to Highgate
Village and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Description of collections and lecture
programme.

http://www.zen35313.zen.co.uk/


http://www.litandphil.org.uk/ The Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne Open in a new browser window

History and photographs of this subscription library offering books, magazines
and CDs. Programme of free events and children's page.

http://www.litandphil.org.uk/


http://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/ The London Library Open in a new browser window

Scholarly subscription library in central London collecting principally in the
humanities. History, collections, membership information and online catalogue.

http://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/


http://www.theportico.org.uk/ The Portico Library and Gallery Open in a new browser window

A subscription library in Manchester featuring 19th century literature, local
school exhibits, artist submissions, and gallery.

http://www.theportico.org.uk/


http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac940/ukpublib.html The UK Public Libraries Page Open in a new browser window

An exhaustive list of libraries, compiled by Sheila and Robert Harden with sites
that make 'an effort to use the medium imaginatively' marked.

http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ac940/ukpublib.html


http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/ The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine Open in a new browser window

Research library in London, open to the public free of charge. Catalogues of
books, archives and images.

http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/


http://www.durain.demon.co.uk/landa/ Whitby Literary & Philosophical Society Library & Archive Open in a new browser window

History and description of the local history, maritime and geological
collections of this English learned society.

http://www.durain.demon.co.uk/landa/


http://www.wcml.org.uk/ Working Class Movement Library Open in a new browser window

A collection of materials concerned with the activities, expression and
enquiries of the labor movement, its allies and its enemies, since the late
eighteenth century.

http://www.wcml.org.uk/



  

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National and specialist libraries in the United Kingdom.