Library Catalogue

Some users may find the following links to national and international library catalogues useful:

UK Public Library Catalogues

UK Public Libraries on the Web
Robert and Sheila Harden have listed all UK online public library catalogues.

British Library Catalogue
The integrated catalogue of Britain's national repository library. Lists over twelve million items. Also contains links to associated library catalogues for manuscripts, rarities, etc.

Academic Library Catalogues

COPAC
Is the union catalogue of 24 university libraries, including Manchester, as well as national collections in England, Scotland and Wales, and of Trinity College, Dublin. Before making a personal visit to one of the listed libraries please enquire about access policy from the institution concerned as many do not allow general public access.

Periodicals

SUNCAT
A free tool to help researchers locate serials held in the UK. This union catalogue contains information on both print and electronic serials, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, magazines, proceedings, annual reports and other publications of a continuing nature.

International Library Catalogues

Worldcat
WorldCat is a union catalog which allows the user to search the collections of more than 10,000 member libraries in more than ninety countries.

Library of Congress
Full access to the catalogue of the probably the largest library in the world.

University of Karlsruhe
The German university of Karlsruhe provides a multi-lingual facility to cross search across a wide number of international library catalogues.

Commercial, Independent and Second Hand Bookseller Catalogues

Always useful for checking current availability and out of print material. Most now list on the internet.

Social Networking

LibraryThing
A social networking site with the emphasis on books. LibraryThing allows users to create a library-quality catalogue of their personal library or just a simple booklist. This information is shared with other users.

Other Manchester Libraries catalogues

For subject specific catalogues, eg. music catalogues, family history resources, please follow the directions in the relevant area of our site eg. Henry Watson Music Library, Archives and Local Studies,  etc.