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Libraries and their Catalogues

Often, the easiest way to identify a book is to search a library catalogue. The first of these sites does not cover every library in the world, and libraries vary in their cataloguing standards, but this is often a good place to start:
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1   Link   WorldCat
449
2   Link   The British Library
461
3   Link   The British Library and their superb bindings database
442
4   Link   COPAC
A merged online catalogue of many major University, Specialist, and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland 		34
5   Link   The National Archives
480
6   Link   The V&A’s National Art Library
499
7   Link   The Bibliothèque Nationale de France
485
8   Link   The Karlsruhe Catalogue
A selective but powerful site based on (but not limited to) German-speaking and Eastern European countries 		497

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