Social Science electronic resources: Library Catalogues

Except where stated, titles listed here are only available within the Library - access from outside the Library is not available for licensing reasons.

If you do not find the resource you are looking for, see the Library's complete listing of electronic resources in the British Library London Reading Rooms.

Library Catalogues | Gateways to Library Catalogues

Library Catalogues Direct links to the catalogues of major research libraries, or of those specialising in the social sciences:
Title	Brief description	Format
British Library for Development Studies	Europe's largest and most comprehensive research collection on development. This site is freely available on the Internet.
British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics	This site is freely available on the Internet.
COPAC	Unified access to the catalogues of some of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland. This site is freely available on the Internet.
European Commission Library Catalogue	Catalogue contains over 172,000 references to books, journal articles, conference proceedings and Internet resources. Searches can be conducted in English or French. This site is freely available on the Internet.
European Library	The European Library webservice is a portal which offers access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals.... - both digital and non-digital) of the 43 national libraries of Europe. It offers free searching and delivers digital objects - some free, some priced. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Explore the British Library	The British Library's main catalogue. This site is freely available on the Internet.
Institute of Education, University of London Webcat	This site is freely available on the Internet.
Libraries Australia	Search the combined catalogues of Australian libraries This site is freely available on the Internet.
Library of Congress Online Catalog	This site is freely available on the Internet.
The National Archives	This site is freely available on the Internet.
National Sound Archive, British Library	This site is freely available on the Internet.
School of Advanced Study, University of London	Includes the catalogues of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies. This site is freely available on the Internet.
SUNCAT	Enables researchers and librarians to locate serials held in libraries throughout the UK. SUNCAT contains information on both print and electronic serials, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, magazines, annual reports and other publications of a continuing nature. This site is freely available on the Internet.

Gateways to Library Catalogues You can access more library catalogues through:
Title	Brief description	Format
WEBCATS: Library OPACs on the World Wide Web	Provides links to all libraries with Web-based online public access catalogues. WebCat is arranged geographically, by type of Library and by library catalogue vendor. This site is freely available on the Internet.
List of National Library Catalogues (Wikipedia)	Catalogues of National Libraries listed alphabetically by country. This site is freely available on the Internet.