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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
AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors
Provides links to websites of publishers throughout the world, searchable by alphabetical, geographical, and topical lists. more info
AHDS (Arts & Humanities Data Service)/Performing Arts
Searchable collection of online digital resources in the performing arts, mostly from Britain. 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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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
Science, Industry and Business Library;
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Archives and Manuscript Collections
A selective guide to archives and manuscript collections. Includes national libraries, state archives and libraries, college and university collections, and society archives. more info
Archives Portal
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, provides a list of links to archives around the world with a Web presence. more info
Archives USA
Provides information and detailed indexing to manuscript collections from over 5,000 U.S. repositories. more info
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
Science, Industry and Business Library;
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Bibliografia Nacional Espanola desde 1976
Contains records of the national bibliography of Spain. more info
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General Research Division (Room 315 at Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)
Bibliography of the Hebrew Book
Complete bibliography of Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino printed books, 1469-1960. more info
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Branch Libraries;
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
Science, Industry and Business Library;
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Bookfinder
Searches several online bookstores at once. more info
Books in Print
A new interface from Books in Print, designed specifically for patrons.
more info
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Branch Libraries;
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
Science, Industry and Business Library;
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Books in Print -- Professional
Contains records of over three million English-language book titles currently in print and records for forthcoming and out-of-print books. more info
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
Science, Industry and Business Library;
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
British National Bibliography
Contains bibliographic records for books and first issues of serials published in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Also includes cataloging-in-publication data about forthcoming books and serials. more info
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General Research Division (Room 315 at Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)
Brooklyn Public Library Catalog
The catalog for the Brooklyn Public Library. more info
Deutsche Nationalbibliographie -- Only available in HSSL Room 315
Contains all the records of the German National Bibliography from the following series: book trade publications, non-book trade publications, maps, and dissertations. more info
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General Research Division (Room 315 at Stephen A. Schwarzman Building)
Digital Gallery, NYPL
see NYPL Digital Gallery
Digital Library Collections, NYPL
see NYPL Digital Library Collections
Directory of Special Libraries and Information Centers
A directory of special libraries and information centers, covering all disciplines and specialties. more info
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800)
Provides full text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides and periodicals published in America from 1639-1800. more info
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Branch Libraries;
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
Science, Industry and Business Library;
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Early American Imprints, Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819)
Provides full-text, digital images of books, pamphlets, broadsides, state papers and government publications published in America from 1801-1819. more info
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Branch Libraries;
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
Science, Industry and Business Library;
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
English Short Title Catalogue
Descriptions of English printing from 1473 to 1800. more info
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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Eureka - RLG Union Catalog
see RLG Union Catalog
European Library, The
Combined searching of the resources of European national libraries. more info
Fiction Connection
Use this readers advisory tool to discover titles similar to books you already enjoy. more info
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Branch Libraries;
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
Science, Industry and Business Library;
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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
Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media
Includes television stations, radio stations, and cable television companies in the United States and Canada. more info
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
Science, Industry and Business Library;
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
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Google Book Search
Google Books enables you to search the full-text of scanned books (contributed by The New York Public Library, other libraries and publishers) via the Web, and to read selections of the full-text of these digitized texts. 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)
International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions
The SIBMAS International Directory of Performing Arts Collections and Institutions lists over 7000 international institutions with material relating to the performing arts (theatre, opera, music, ballet, film, circus, radio, television, cabaret, pantomime). Not only basic information about the institution is provided, but also information about collections found within the institutions. more info
Library Literature
Indexes periodicals and books, reports, pamphlets, and library school theses on all aspects of library and information science. more info
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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
Libweb: Library Servers via WWW
Links to libraries around the world. more info
Literature Resource Center
Features information on literary figures from all time periods in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism. more info
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Watsonline
Search the online catalogue of the Watson Library. 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
NYPL Digital Library Collections
Gateway to The New York Public Library’s rare and unique collections in digitized form. 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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Branch Libraries;
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
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OCLC WorldCat
see WorldCat -- OCLC
Publishers Directory
A directory of United States and Canadian publishers. more info
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Queens Library Catalog
The catalog for the Queens Public Library. more info
Rarebooks.info
Bibliography of rare books available for consultation on the internet. more info
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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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Science, Industry and Business Library;
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
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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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building;
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SIRIS: Smithsonian Institution Research Information System
Provides access to Smithsonian's library catalogs, archival resources, bibliographies and more. more info
Times Literary Supplement
Search the complete facsimile edition and exhaustive index for articles, biographical information on contributors, and new information on previously anonymous contributors. more info
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Branch Libraries;
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture;
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Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Directory of international magazines, journals, annuals, irregular publications, and newspapers. more info
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United States Copyright Office
Links to general information and publications about copyright and the copyrighting process. more info
United States Government Printing Office
Provides free electronic access to a catalog of products published by the Federal Government. more info
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
