Libraries and Archives

University of Virginia Library

PO Box 400113

Charlottesville VA 22904-4113

434.924.3021

fax: 434.924.1431

U.S. and Int'l Library Portals

Libweb: Library WWW Servers
Homepages for libraries in 146 countries, including U.S. academic, public, state, and others. See also lib-web-cats, another locator for libraries, archives and historical societies

IFLA Directories
From the International Federation of Library Associations: National Libraries, Libraries for the Blind, Union catalogues and more.

Repositories of Primary Sources
A listing of over 4100 websites from all over the world describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar. From the University of Idaho.

COPAC: University Research Library Catalog
Search simultaneously the online holdings of 16 major UK and Irish Universities including Oxford, Cambridge, and University of London.

Le Catalogue Collectif de France (CCFr)
A mega-online catalog for the libraries of France.

U.S. and Virginia

U.S. Federal Agency Libraries and the Library of Congress

U.S. state libraries, including the Library of Virginia and the Virginia Public Library Directory.

Council of State Archivists
The Council of State Archivists (CoSA) is a national organization comprising the individuals who serve as directors of the principal archival agencies in each state and territorial government.

Archive and Manuscript Database
Search for manuscript collections in hundreds of libraries, archives, historical societies, museums in the United States. This database, taken from the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC), covers approximately 200,000 collections catalogued from 1986-1993.

Classification Systems

Library of Congress Classification System
A detailed guide from the Library of Congress. See also the Dewey Decimal Classification System