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Bedfordshire's Virtual Library
The Virtual Library offers many of the services of a branch library but from school, office or home. Search the library catalogue, request or renew items, find out about Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough libraries and the services on offer, use the online reference library, learn about local and family history resources and much, much more
http://www.galaxy.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ cgi-bin/ vlib.sh
British Library
Links to the full range of British Library services.
http://www.bl.uk/
British Library Catalogue
British Library Catalogue
http://catalogue.bl.uk
British Library Learning
This site is divided into six themed sections allowing you to explore over 1000 texts, images, audio recordings and multimedia
http://www.bl.uk/ learning/ index.html
COPAC
COPAC enables you to search the online catalogues of a number of major academic libraries in a single search. The libraries are members of the Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL), and include, for example, those of the universities of London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Oxford and Cambridge
http://www.copac.ac.uk/ copac/
Cornucopia
An online database of information about more than 6,000 collections in the UK's museums, galleries, archives and libraries. You can search the database or browse it using the categories time, people, place, subject or culture
http://www.cornucopia.org.uk/
Europeana
View and study millions of books, artworks, manuscripts, maps, films, audio and video content from national libraries and galleries in Europe
http://www.europeana.eu/ portal/
Libdex
Libdex is a worldwide directory of library homepages and web-based OPACs, searchable by place
http://www.libdex.com/
Libweb
Lists over 7,500 libraries around the world
http://lists.webjunction.org/ libweb/
The Women's Library
This library houses the most extensive collection of women's history in the UK. You can search the online catalogue or look at the archives guides for information
http://www.thewomenslibrary.ac.uk/
UK Public Libraries on the Web
Index of public libraries with web sites, including a section on those with OPACs (online public access catalogues) and a section on national libraries, some of which have OPACs
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/ town/ square/ ac940/ ukpublib.html
World Digital Library
View and study many of the world's finest treasures from countries as diverse as Sweden, South Africa and Saudi Arabia. The site is available in several languages
http://www.wdl.org/ en/
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