Guide to English Language & Literature

Library Catalogs

This is a selected list of research library catalogs around the world. Try Libweb to find catalogs not listed here.

• UTK Library Catalog

Use the catalog to find the call numbers for books and periodicals owned by UTK. The online catalog is accessible from workstations located in every library department - and via the web from a home or office computer.

• KUDZU Catalog

Combined catalogs of 17 universities in the Southeastern United States.

• British Library

The British Library is the national library of the UK and one of the world's greatest research collections. It contains the national archive of monographs and serials received by legal deposit.

• COPAC

Union catalogue of the 24 largest university libraries in in Britain and Ireland, plus the British Library and National Library of Scotland.

• ESTC

The English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) serves as a comprehensive bibliography of the hand-press era and as a census of surviving copies in libraries around the world.

• Hollis

Harvard University library catalog.

• Library of Congress Catalogs

Catalog of the Library of Congress. Search by author, title, or subject.

• Melvyl

University of California statewide library catalog.

• New York Public Library

Includes catalog items for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

• SIRIS Smithsonion Institution

Smithsonian Institution catalogs: includes 1) an inventory of American art with descriptions of particular works, 2) a catalog of Smithsonian archives and manuscripts, 3) a catalog of research bibliographies.

• UTNetCAT

Catalog of the University of Texas at Austin, including the General Libraries, Benson Latin American Collection, the Center for American History, and partial listings for the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center.

• WorldCat

Over 36 million records, like RLIN, it describes books, journals, manuscripts, archives and other material owned by libraries around the world. Updated daily.

• Orbis

Yale University library catalog.