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A2A - Access to Archives
Contains catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s to the present day. more info
American Book Prices Current
Contains annual records of books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, and broadsides sold at auction in North America, the United Kingdom, Germany, Holland, Australia, and other locations, for the auction years starting with 1975. more info
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Archival Materials Access Tool (AMAT)
Contains over 3000 entries for significant archival collections of the New York Public Library. Each entry includes the collection's name and holding division, and often includes links to catalog records and online finding aids when available. more info
Archival Resources (RLG)
see ArchiveGrid (formerly RLG Archival Resources)
ArchiveGrid (formerly RLG Archival Resources)
Provides researchers with comprehensive access to information about collections of manuscripts and archives. more info
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Archives Hub (UK)
A national gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges.
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Books in Print
A new interface from Books in Print, designed specifically for patrons.
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Branch Libraries;
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Brooklyn Public Library Catalog
The catalog for the Brooklyn Public Library. more info
Dance on Disc
Published by G. K. Hall / Thomson-Gale, this CD-ROM contains approximately 245,000 bibliographic records representing holdings of the Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Publisher's last update: 2004. more info
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Digital Scriptorium
Images of dated and datable medieval and renaissance manuscripts. more info
English Short Title Catalogue
Descriptions of English printing from 1473 to 1800. more info
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Eureka - RLG Union Catalog
see RLG Union Catalog
European Library, The
Combined searching of the resources of European national libraries. more info
FamilySearch Genealogy Service
Produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), this site searches genealogical records worldwide including Ancestral Files, International Genealogical Index, and census and other vital statistics sources. more info
Film/TV Documentation Collections
A section of the International Film Archive database produced by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF), which contains information about the holdings of more than 145 of the world's foremost film archives, libraries, and educational institutions. Contact information, descriptions of the collections, types of material collected, and access guidelines are provided. Updated biannually. more info
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
FirstSearch (OCLC)
see OCLC FirstSearch
George Eastman House Catalog
Photographers, collections, and exhibition catalogs can be searched in this extensive index. more info
Illustrated Incunable Short-title Catalogue (Illustrated ISTC), 2nd Ed.
Illustrated descriptions for every recorded edition published from movable type from 1450 to 1500. more info
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General Research Division (Room 315 at Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)
Library of Congress Music Catalog
A cumulative bibliography of works currently cataloged by the Library of Congress and several other North American libraries, including music scores, sheet music, libretti, books about music and musicians, and sound recordings of all types. (Adapted from the print version, which it continues). more info
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The catalog of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. more info
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Watsonline
Search the online catalogue of the Watson Library. more info
National Archives (formerly Historical Manuscripts Commission)
The United Kingdom's central advisory body on archives and manuscripts relating to British history. more info
NUCMC
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections more info
NYPL Catalog
The online catalog for the The New York Public Library. more info
OCLC FirstSearch
Provides access to a wide variety of articles in a number of databases as well as a union catalog of books in libraries all over the world more info
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OCLC WorldCat
see WorldCat -- OCLC
Queens Library Catalog
The catalog for the Queens Public Library. more info
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600
Documents the world's musical sources of manuscripts or printed music, works on music theory and libretti stored in libraries, archives, monasteries, schools and private collections. The RISM databases represent a worldwide effort to identify and describe sources of music and writings about music from the earliest times through ca. 1850. more info
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
RLG Union Catalog
An online catalog of materials from approximately fifty research libraries. more info
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Science, Industry and Business Library;
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Romantic Circles: Byron, the Shelleys, Keats, and their Contemporaries
A Web site that provides scholarly resources for the study of Romantic-period literature and culture. more info
SIRIS: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
Provides access to Smithsonian's library catalogs, archival resources, bibliographies and more. more info
SRDS
Comprehensive database of media and marketing information. Offers coverage of traditional media--such as magazines, newspapers, television and radio--as well as today's alternative marketing opportunities such as online, out-of-home and direct marketing. Catalogs more than 60,000 media properties in all. more info
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Science, Industry and Business Library
United States Government Printing Office
Provides free electronic access to a catalog of products published by the Federal Government. more info
United States National Archives and Records Administration
An independent Federal agency that preserves U.S. historical documents and oversees the management of all Federal records.
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WATCH: Writers, Artists, and Their Copyright Holders
Contains the names and addresses of copyright holders, or contact persons for authors and artists whose archives are housed in North America and the United Kingdom. more info
WorldCat -- OCLC
Search for materials held in libraries around the world. more info
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WorldCat.org
Free access to the OCLC WorldCat catalog, which searches many libraries at once. Look for books, music, videos and more and then locate it in a library nearby. more info