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National Library Catalogs & Bibliographies

This is a collection of links to international resources and includes national libraries, national bibliographies and union catalogs.

Western Europe

Resources by Country

		National Library	National Bibliography	Union Catalog
	Andorra	La Biblioteca Nacional d’Andorra Note: Available in Catalan only	None Listed	None Listed
	Austria	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek	None Listed	The Austrian Library Network - This search engine provides access to autographs, manuscripts and estates held by the more than 80 libraries in the Austrian Library Network
	Belgium	Royal Library of Belgium	None Listed	UniCat - Union Catalogue of Belgian Libraries - provides access to the Royal Library and university libraries in Belgium; it focuses mainly on academic and scientific collections
	France	National Library of France	Gallica : La Bibliothèque Numérique	None Listed
	Germany	Deutsche National Bibliothek	Deutsche Nationalbibliografie online	INKA: Inkunabelkatalog - Provides search for Incunabula found in German Libraries Note: German only Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund - A regional union catalog for the German states, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thüringen and the Foundation of Prussian Cultural Heritage
	Ireland	National Library of Ireland	Sources : a National Library of Ireland Database for Irish Research	Copac - includes over 70 UK and Irish academic and specialist libraries
	Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein National Library	None Listed	None Listed
	Luxembourg	National Library of Luxembourg	Bibliographies Nationales	None Listed
	Monaco	Monaco's Multimedia Library	None Listed	None Listed
	The Netherlands	National Library of The Netherlands	Brinkman's cumulative catalogue on CD-ROM : Dutch national bibliography	None Listed
	Switzerland	Swiss National Library	The Swiss Book : Swiss National Bibliography	NEBIS - Around 140 libraries of universities and research facilities from all the country’s language regions joined forces to form the Network of Libraries and Information Centres in Switzerland. SWITCH - This is a list of online catalogs available from libraries throughout Switzerland, including individual and union catalogs
	United Kingdom	The British Library National Library of Scotland National Library of Wales The National Archives	British National Bibliography	Copac - includes over 70 UK and Irish academic and specialist libraries SUNCAT - union catalog for serials held in the UK