Catalogues - Web Links

Aberdeen University Library catalogue
The catalogue lists virtually all the holdings from the various site libraries with records dating back to the early 16th century. Many manuscripts are also included though a detailed descriptive listing of our manuscript holdings is available separately.

Catalogues from around the world
links to library home pages and web-based online catalogs. If a computerised academic level library catalogue (OPAC) exists anywhere in the world, then it should be accessible from here. Do remember however that not all of a library's holdings will be listed on a computerised catalogue. Many large and well established libraries may still rely on old paper catalogues too.

British Library
The British Library online catalogue launched in January 2001.

Library of Congress
Given that it is the largest library in the world, this catalogue speaks for itself, providing you can get a connection.

COPAC
COPAC provides unified access to the online catalogues of the largest university
research libraries in the UK and Ireland. Author/title, journal and subject searching are
possible. Major UK and Irish university libraries including Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Cambridge, Oxford, Dublin and London are searchable.

National Library of Scotland
It should not be assumed from the title that everything pertains to Scotland as it has various catalogues which have a wider remit e.g. the Union catalogue of art books in libraries in Scotland (UCABLIS). Both manuscript and published material is listed.

SALSER - Scottish Academic Libraries Serials
Lists all peridocials and other serials held by Scottish universities, the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh Public Library, the Mitchell Library in Glasgow and some other research libraries in Scotland. Searches can be done of all the libraries or individual library or group within a city. It is also possible to connect to each of the libraries' catalogues directly.

Archives Hub
The Archives Hub provides a single point of access to descriptions of archives held in UK universities and colleges. At present these are primarily at collection-level, although where possible they are linked to complete catalogue descriptions. The actual manuscript holdings may not be on the Web (but it's coming), but repositories often provide good indexes and descriptive lists of their rich collections.