American Jewish Historical Society:
A membership organization founded in 1892; maintains a museum,
archives and research library with collections dating from the
sixteenth century to the present. Located at Brandeis University in
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Open to the public without charge
throughout the year. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.ajhs.org/
American Philosophical Society Library:
Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A collection which dates from
the Society's founding in 1743. Includes first editions of Sir Isaac
Newton's 'Principia' and Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species.' Areas
of particular strength: 18th and 19th century natural history, the
history of genetics and eugenics in America, quantum mechanics, and
the development of cultural anthropology in America. Research grants
and fellowships are available. Research affiliation: Research
Library Group.
http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/
Alabama Archives:
Located in Montgomery, Alabama. Strengths: Alabama history including
an extensive collection of primary and secondary sources on the
African-American experience from Reconstruction through the 1970s;
genealogy; military records; and teacher resources. Research
affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.archives.state.al.us/referenc/ref1.html
American Antiquarian Society:
Worcester, Massachusetts - An independent research library focusing
on American history, literature, and culture from the colonial
period through 1876. Established in 1812, its collections include
books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, manuscripts,
music, children's literature, graphic arts, genealogy and local
history. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/library.htm
Arizona State University Libraries:
Principal facilities located in Tempe, Arizona. The ASU Libraries
contain over 3.1 million volumes. Areas of specialization include
urban planning, environmental design and architecture; government
documents (local, state, federal and United Nations); East Asia; and
Chicano collections. The engineering library houses a map collection
that dates from 1619. Some of the material is available on line and
through inter-library loan. Research affiliations: Association of
Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library
Group.
http://www.asu.edu/lib/
Art Institute of Chicago - Ryerson and Burnham Libraries:
Located in Chicago, Illinois. The Ryerson Library (built 1901) and
the Burnham Library of Architecture (1912) form a significant
research collection consisting of more than 220,000 volumes and
1,500+ current serial publications. Special emphasis is placed on
18th-20th century architecture and 19th century painting, prints and
drawings. There is also a special collection of 430,000 slides used
by the staff and faculty of the Art Institute and selectively
available to researchers. The Institute hosts many public events and
programs. Memberships are available. Research affiliation: Research
Library Group.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/index.html
The Brandeis University Libraries:
Located in Waltham, Massachusetts. Over sixty specialized
collections are grouped into four broad categories (Judaica,
history, literature, and creative arts) and include significant
holdings on Louis D. Brandeis, and Benjamin Disraeli, and Leonardo
da Vinci, as well as collections of Albert Einstein's papers, and
Yiddish Sheet Music, among others. Research affiliations:
Association of American Universities, Center for Research Libraries,
Research Library Group.
http://www.library.brandeis.edu/
Auburn University Libraries:
The combined collections of the Auburn Libraries contain more than
2.2 million volumes, 1.4 million government documents, 2.9 million
microforms and 134,000 maps. Subcriptions are maintained to 19,000
current serials and 150 current newspapers. Access to the World Wide
Web and on-line databases is available through out the Library
Specialized collections include veterinary medicine (30,000 volumes
and 500 current serial subscriptions); and architecture, design and
construction (35,000 volumes, 85 serials and over 70,000 slides).
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/
Autry Museum of Western Heritage:
Devoted to preserving and interpreting the history and traditions of
the diverse cultures of the American West. Memberships and study
programs available. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.autry-museum.org/
Bard Graduate Center for Studies of the Decorative Arts:
Located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Established in 1993,
the Center promotes scholarship in the decorative arts through
sponsorship of symposia, lectures, exhibition tours and public
programs. The Graduate Center Library consists of approximately
25,000 volumes of monographs and bound periodicals and 170 serial
subscriptions. Online access is available to the New York Reference
and Research Library Agency. Open to the general public by
appointment. Research affiliation: Research Library Group
http://www.bgc.bard.edu/
Boston Public Library:
Principal facilities located in Boston, Massachusetts. Besides
acting as a circulating library for the Boston area (25 branches),
BPL hosts a huge collection of rare books, manuscripts, maps,
musical scores and prints, including several first edition folios by
William Shakespeare. Research collections include Americana,
anarchism, architecture, biography, Boston and Massachusetts
history, children's literature, music, the performing arts,
politics, religion and social action. Research affiliations:
Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.bpl.org/
Canadian Centre for Architecture:
An international research collection related to the history of
architecture, its theory, practice and published records from the
fifteenth century to the present, all of which can be accessed
electronically. Particular emphasis has been placed on resources
from Canada, Great Britain, France, Italy, and the United States,
but material from other areas of the world are also included.
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://cca.qc.ca/
Bowling Green State University Libraries:
Federal selective depository library since 1933 and Ohio state
depository since 1953. Federal materials include all census reports
since 1790, U.S. treaties, and many areas of current interest. Rare
book archives include the Ockuly Franklin D. Roosevelt collection
(1914-1980). Other holdings include: the Historical Collections of
the Great Lakes, the Music Library and Sound Recordings Archives,
the Popular Culture Library, and the collections of Ogg Science
Library. Research affiliations: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/
Florida International University Libraries:
Principal facilities are located in Miami, Florida. Principal areas
of research include religious studies, Latin American history and
Everglades restoration. Research affiliation: Center for Research
Libraries.
http://www.fiu.edu/~library/
Yale University Library:
New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Specialized collections and libraries
in areas including the arts, anthropology, Babylonian culture,
divinity, drama, regional studies, engineering, law, music,
medicine, ornithology, and statistics. Research affiliations:
Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries,
Research Library Group.
http://www.library.yale.edu/
Boston University:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://web.bu.edu/library/
Boston University Law Library:
Research affiliation: Boston University Law School; Research Library
Group.
http://www.bu.edu/lawlibrary/
Brigham Young University:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.byu.edu/
Brooklyn Museum of Art:
Maintains one of the finest collections of Egyptian art in the
world, as well as extensive collections of classical and middle
eastern art, art of Africa, the Americas and the Pacific, decorative
arts and textiles. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.brooklynart.org/
Brown University:
Particular emphasis placed on research in history and area studies,
the humanities, science and medicine, and the social sciences.
Research affiliations: Association of American Universities,
Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/
California State Archives:
A division of the Office of the Secretary of State, provides a
repository for the state's permanent governmental records as well as
other materials documenting California history.
http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm
Carleton University:
Located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In addition to contemporary
materials, several special collections are maintained, including
scholarly facsimiles of major medieval manuscripts in religion,
paleography and art history; 17th and 18th century British history;
17th and 18th century Russian travel and description; French
Revolutionary history; 19th century Canadian history; early Canadian
literature; the Batchinsky Collection of over half a million items
dealing with 19th and 20th century Ukrainian history and politics;
and the Novosti Collection of materials dealing with Soviet society
from 1917-1991. Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.library.carleton.ca/
Carnegie-Mellon University:
Specialized collections in biology, chemistry, engineering and
technology, the arts, business, and social sciences. Research
affiliations: Association of American Universities, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.library.cmu.edu/
Carter, Amon Museum:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.cartermuseum.org/
Case Western Reserve University:
Maintains links to digital databases in the arts and humanities,
business, government resources, health sciences, law, science and
technology, and the social sciences. Research affiliations:
Association of American Universities, Association of Research
Libraries, Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.cwru.edu/uclibraries.html
Colorado State University:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://manta.library.colostate.edu/
Duke University:
Research affiliations: Association of American Universities,
Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries,
Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/
Cornell University:
Research collections include Africana, industrial and labor
relations, society and economics, engineering, entomology, the fine
arts, law, management sciences, mathematics, medicine, music, and
the physical sciences. Special collections include rare books and
manuscripts, veterinary science. Research affiliations: Association
of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center
for Research Libraries.
http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/
Dartmouth College:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries, Research
Library Group.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~library/
Florida State University Library:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.fsu.edu/~library/
Florida Atlantic University:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.fau.edu/library/homehome.htm
California Institute of Technology:
Academic home of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Research
affiliation: Association of American Universities.
http://www.caltech.edu/
Binghamton University Libraries:
Located in Binghamton, New York. The combined collections of the
Bartle and the Science libraries include 1,669,000 volumes,
1,698,000 microform documents, and more than 600,000 other
documents, sound recordings and maps. Of particular note are the
Link Collections (aviation business and underwater archaeology,
approximately 25,000 items ), the Max Reinhardt Archives and Library
(theater, over 240,000 documents) and the Haggerty Collection of
French Colonial History (some 20,000 items, most from the mid 1800's
through the mid 1950's). Research affiliation: Research Library
Group.
http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/
Iowa State University:
Research affiliations: Association of American Universities,
Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/
British Library:
Official depository of the United Kingdom and one the largest
research institutions in the world. Maintains extensive collections
of primary and secondary resource materials dealing with most areas
of intellectual inquiry. Research affiliation: Research Library
Group.
http://www.bl.uk/
Linda Hall Library:
Suppoerts research in science, engineering, and technology. Research
affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.lindahall.org/
Huntington Library:
(Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens) -
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.huntington.org/
Kimbell Art Museum:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.kimbellart.org/
Jewish Institute of Religion:
(Hebrew Union College) - Research affiliation: Research Library
Group.
http://www.huc.edu/
Jewish Theological Seminary:
(Hebrew Union College) - Research affiliation: Research Library
Group.
http://www.jtsa.edu/
Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
Research affiliation: Association of American Universities,
Association of Research Libraries.
http://libraries.mit.edu/
Kenyon College:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.kenyon.edu/
McGill University Libraries:
Research collections include the 'Blackader-Lauterman Collection of
Architecture and Art', several sections of Canadiana, several groups
of works dealing with Napoleon, Black history the 'History of Ideas'
and 'History of the Book' collections which include works by David
Hume, Gregor Malantschuk Sأ¸ren Kierkegaard, Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
and many others. In addition, are extensive holdings in Canadian,
English, French, German, and Yiddish literature, historic
manuscripts, rare maps, prints, and works of social and political
history. Research affiliations: Association of American
Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research
Libraries.
http://www.library.mcgill.ca/
Kent State University Libraries:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.library.kent.edu/
Library of Virginia:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/
King's College London:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/
Library of Congress:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Research
Library Group.
http://www.loc.gov/
Lake Forest College:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.lfc.edu/template.cgi?/academics/lit/
Lakeland Community College:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.lakeland.cc.oh.us/index.htm
Library Company of Philadelphia:
An independent research library with collections documenting the
history and background of American culture from the colonial period
to the end of the nineteenth century. Holdings include approximately
500,000 volumes in a wide variety of formats, 75,000 graphics,
160,000 manuscripts, and a small collection of early American art
and artifacts. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.librarycompany.org/
British Library of Political and Economic Science:
Located in London, England. Founded in 1896, it is now part of the
London School of Economics and Political Science. Collections
consist of approximately one million bound volumes and 28,000
journals dealing with all areas of the social sciences. Areas of
particular of emphasis include economics; international, political,
economic and social history; international law; social policy and
public administration; sociology; and economic, political and social
statistics. The library also collects official documentation from
governments and international agencies worldwide. Research
affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.lse.ac.uk/
Louisiana State University:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/
University of Texas at El Paso Library:
Maintains significant special collections include the Chicano
Collection, the Judaica Collection, the S. L. A. Marshall Military
History Collection, and the Southwest and Border Studies
Collections.
http://libraryweb.utep.edu/
Michigan State University:
Research collections include Africana, fine arts, government
documents and international studies, labor and industrial relations,
agricultural economics, business, chemistry, engineering, geology,
biological studies, mathematics, physics and astronomy, planning and
design, and veterinary medicine. Research affiliations: Association
of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center
for Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/
California Historical Society:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
New York University:
Research collections include law, medical and dental studies,
environmental medicine, real estate, mathematics, the fine arts,
conservation, and near-Eastern studies. Research affiliations:
Association of American Universities, Association of Research
Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.nyu.edu/library/
Medical College of Ohio:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.mco.edu/
Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Features information on upcoming museum events, fine art exhibits,
special exhibitions, the Met collection and art galleries online.
http://www.metmuseum.org/
Miami University of Ohio:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/
Purdue University Libraries:
Site offers research tutorials and access to extensive electronic
databases and resources. Research affiliations: Association of
American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/
New York Public Library:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.nypl.org/
Yeshiva University:
Specialized collections support research in business, law, medicine
and Hebraica/Judaica. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.yu.edu/
Washington University:
Research affiliations: Center for Research Libraries.
http://library.wustl.edu/
Catholic University of America Library:
The center for Catholic higher education in the United States.
Maintains extensive collections chemistry, physics, engineering,
architecture and mathematics, library studies and information
science, music, as well as nursing and biology. Research
affiliation: Association of American Universities.
http://libraries.cua.edu/
New York State Library:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries, Research
Library Group.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/
Ohio State University Libraries:
Searchable catalogs and journal indexes, with special collections on
a wide range of topics.
http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/
OhioLINK:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.ohiolink.edu/
Pennsylvania State University Libraries:
Research affiliations: Association of American Universities,
Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries,
Research Library Group.
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/
Ohio University:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/
Pierpont Morgan Library:
Research affiliations: ACLS, Research Library Group.
http://www.morganlibrary.org/
Princeton University:
Research facilities include access to extensive databases, as well
as hard-copy resources dealing with architecture, area studies
(African, African-American, Jewish, Latin American, Near East, New
Jersey, Oriental and East Asian, Russian, and Slavic), art and
archaeology, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, children's
literature, digital map and geospatial data, the geosciences,
economics and finance, engineering, the European Union, the fine
arts, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender studies, history,
industrial relations, rare manuscript, music, numismatics,
philosophy, plasma physics, psychology, public administration,
public and international affairs, population research, public
policy, theatre, the United Nations, United States government
documents, Western Americana, and women's studies. Research
affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of
Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library
Group.
http://libweb.princeton.edu/
Smithsonian Institution Libraries:
Supporting research and exhibitions in a broad range of history and
culture disciplines. In Washington, DC. Research affiliations:
Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.sil.si.edu/
Rockerfeller Archive Center:
Rockerfeller University - Research affiliation: Research Library
Group.
http://www.rockefeller.edu/archive.ctr/
Rutgers University - The State University of New Jersey:
Research affiliations: Association of American Universities,
Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries,
Research Library Group.
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/
Southern Illinois University:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.siu.edu/
State University of New York - Stony Brook:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.sunysb.edu/library/
Universite Laval:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/
Stanford University: Libraries:
Maintains links to extensive electronic databases, and maintains
broad selections of conventional and rare materials in support of
specialized research centers concerned with engineering, the
humanities, medicine, the physical sciences, and the social
sciences. Research affiliations: Association of American
Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Research Libraries
Group.
http://www.stanford.edu/home/libraries/index.html
Syracuse University:
Research affiliations: Association of American Universities,
Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://libwww.syr.edu/
University of California - Berkeley:
Research affiliations: Association of American Universities,
Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries,
Research Library Group.
http://infolib.berkeley.edu/
Brown, John Carter, Library:
An independent research library affiliated with Brown University.
Maintains a closed stack collection consisting of some 45,000
volumes dealing with North and South American history, and European
history as it relates to the Americas, prior to 1825. Research
affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/
Swarthmore College:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.swarthmore.edu/
Swiss National Library:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.snl.ch/f/aktuell/index.htm
University of California - Irvine:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.uci.edu/
University of California - Los Angeles:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.library.ucla.edu/
University of California - Riverside:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://library.ucr.edu/
University of Chicago:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/
University of Cincinnati Libraries:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.libraries.uc.edu/
University of Guelph:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/
University of Delaware:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.udel.edu/
University of Colorado:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.colorado.edu/Academics/Libraries.html
University of Durham:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.dur.ac.uk/
University of Florida:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/
University of Glasgow:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.gla.ac.uk/
University of Houston:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://info.lib.uh.edu/
University of Illinois - Chicago:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/
University of Manitoba:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/
University of Massachusetts:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.library.umass.edu/
University of Minnesota:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.umn.edu/
University of Mississippi:
Research affiliations: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.olemiss.edu/library/
University of Missouri - Columbia:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.missouri.edu/~elliswww/
University of Newcastle:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.newcastle.ac.uk/
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill:
Specialized collections include academic affairs, health sciences,
law, and North Carolina authors, and Southern studies research.
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.unc.edu/
University of New Mexico:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.unm.edu/~libinfo/newlibraries.html
University of Notre Dame:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.nd.edu/~ndlibs/
University of Nottingham:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/
University of Oklahoma:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www-lib.ou.edu/
University of Oregon:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/
University of Oxford:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.ox.ac.uk/
University of Pennsylvania:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Research
Library Group.
http://www.library.upenn.edu/
University of Pittsburgh:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.library.pitt.edu/
University of Rochester:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/
University of Saskatchewan:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://library.usask.ca/
University of South Carolina:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.sc.edu/library/
University of Tennessee - Knoxville:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.utk.edu/
University of Texas - Austin:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/
University of Toronto:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/
University of Utah:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.utah.edu/
University of Virginia:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/
University of Washington:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/
Utah State Archives:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.archives.state.ut.us/
University of Waterloo:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/
University of Wisconsin - Madison:
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/
Utah State University:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.usu.edu/
College of Mount St. Joseph:
Includes links to Internet research guides and citation standards.
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.msj.edu/library/index.html
Frick Art Reference Library:
Founded in 1920 as a memorial to Henry Clay Frick, to encourage and
develop the study of the fine arts, and to advance the general
knowledge of kindred subjects. Maintains a large and diverse
collection of works and reference materials executed between the
fourth and the mid-twentieth century by European and American
artists. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.frick.org/html/libf.htm
Bowdoin College Library Gateway:
Located in Brunswick, Maine, USA. Research collections include the
early history of Bowdoin, Massachusetts, and Maine, the Civil War
and Reconstruction period, 19th century American literary life, and
the Arctic.
http://library.bowdoin.edu/
State Library of Ohio:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://winslo.state.oh.us/
Belmont Technical College:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.belmont.cc.oh.us/
American University in Cairo:
Notable collections include the Creswell Library of Islamic Art and
Architecture, and the collections of Max Debbane, Selim Hassan,
Labib Habachi, Mahmoud Saba, and Hassan Fathy. Research affiliation:
Research Library Group.
http://www.aucegypt.edu/
Howard University Libraries:
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.founders.howard.edu/
Xavier University:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.xavier.edu
National Library of Scotland:
Founded over 300 years ago as the Library of the Faculty of
Advocates, the institution acquired its present name in 1925 and is
today on of Great Britain's premier research libraries. Collections
include Scottish bibliographies, manuscripts, maps, rare books,
science, and government documents depository.
http://www.nls.ac.uk/
Illinois Institute of Technology:
Information Center represents an unique research tool in areas of
law, international relations, business, and social sciences.
http://www.infoctr.edu/
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture:
Holds and provides access to books, serials and microforms
containing information by and about people of African descent
throughout the world, concentrating on the humanities, social
sciences, and the arts. Geographically, the collection emphasizes
the Americas, the Caribbean and, Sub-Saharan Africa. Research
affiliation: New York Public Library.
http://web.nypl.org/research/sc/scr/genref.html
Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library:
Provides information resources to the Los Alamos National Laboratory
research community including maintaining an extensive journal
collection and providing access to other libraries.
http://lib-www.lanl.gov/
Software Engineering Institute:
Research and development center at Carnegie Mellon University,
established in 1984 by the U.S. Department of Defense. Collection
includes primary and secondary materials dealing with issues of
development, management, and analysis in software engineering.
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/
International Rice Research Institute Library:
Maintains a collection of more than 100,000 items dealing with the
production and distribution of rice. Site includes links to other
resources.
http://ricelib.irri.cgiar.org/
Harvard University Research Programs:
A list of web sites for the extensive range of research programs
associated with the University. Research affiliation: Association of
American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for
Research Libraries, Research Libraries Group.
http://www.harvard.edu/academics/research.html
State Library of Florida:
Online catalog and other resources available from the State Library.
Includes special Floridiana collection featuring historic materials,
online maps and state government publications.
http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/stlib/
CERLIM - Centre for Research in Library and Information Management:
Established in 1993 to undertake research with a practical focus to
support operational work in all kinds of library and information
services, the Centre sponsors the Libraries Without Walls
conferences, publishes a number of reports and provides consultancy
to institutions providing specialized research degrees. Research
affliations: European Commission Libraries Programme, and the
British Library and Information Commission.
http://www.mmu.ac.uk/h-ss/cerlim/
French Academy of Agriculture - Library:
An extensive collection dating from the 18th century dealing with
agriculture, agronomy, forestry, Rural economics and sociology,
animal husbandry and veterinary medicine.
http://www.inra.fr/Internet/Hebergement/AAF/bibliotheque/englishindex.htm
University of Warwick:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/
Edison State Community College:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.edison.cc.oh.us/mainweb/library.htm
Boston College Law Library:
Located in Newton Centre (Boston), Massachusetts. The general
collection contains approximately 348,000 volumes. Electronic access
is provided to indices and abstracts of US congressional
publications, Hein's United States Treaty Index, and several other
CD-Rom collections. The microform collection includes UN and US
congressional documents, US Supreme Court briefs and session laws
from all of the United States. Research affiliations: Research
Library Group, New England Library Consortium.
http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/library/
Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information:
Collections in the physical and life sciences, the health sciences,
and engineering technology from published sources around the world.
One of the largest research facilities in North America, its
collections include more than 13,000 current serials, 700,000 books
and manuscripts and over 2 million technical reports on microfiche.
Much of the information is available to the general public and the
Institute has an expanding web presence. Research affiliation:
Association for Research Libraries.
http://www.cisti.nrc.ca/cisti/cisti_e.shtml
College of Wooster:
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.wooster.edu/library/
Columbia University:
Maintains specialized collections related to area studies,
architecture and art, biology, chemistry, business and economics,
history and humanities, geology and geoscience, health sciences,
law, journalism, and other areas. Research affiliations: Association
of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center
for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/
Image Performance Institute:
(Rochester Institute of Technology) - Research affiliation: Research
Library Group.
http://www.rit.edu/~661www1/
Indiana University - Bloomington:
Particular emphasis is placed on medicine, the physical sciences,
the social sciences and humanities. Research affiliation:
Association of American Universities, Association of Research
Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.indiana.edu/~libweb/index.php3
Johns Hopkins University:
Research affiliation: Association of American Universities,
Association of Research Libraries.
http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/libraries/index.cfm
Leo Baeck Institute:
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://users.rcn.com/lbi1/
