Collection guides

Americas and Oceania philatelic material

Stamps and related philatelic items from a wide area

Artists’ books and fine press

A collection page about our fine press and artists' books holdings.

Australian and New Zealand government publications

An extensive collection of government publications in print and microform

Canadian collections

Our collections span a large part of the nation’s history, from the colonial period to the present day

Canadian colonial copyright photographs

Canadian photographs that were received between the years 1895 and 1923

Canadian federal government publications

Our collections of printed Canadian federal government publications run from the colonial period to 2014

Caribbean collections

The British Library holds the largest collection of Caribbean materials in the UK

How to find and use the British Library's IIIF ena...

This collection guide will enable you to find and use our digitised collection items that are IIIF enabled.

Latin American collections

We have latin American materials from the earliest period of printing to the modern day

Oceania collections

Collections relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

Travel and exploration: archives and manuscripts,...

Archives and manuscript collections relating to travel and exploration, from 1600 to the present day

United States federal government publications

Publications from the 18th century to the present day

USA collections

Our resources will be able to support your research on all aspects of American Studies.