Library & Organisation Catalogues

Links to the catalogues of other university libraries and academic associations.

There are general guides to university library catalogues throughout the UK.

There is a list of some of the university libraries and academic associations within the London area.

There is a link to the British Library website and OPAC, but please read the notes about this Library.

UK University and Higher Education Libraries:

• COPAC - the merged online catalogues of 21 of the largest university research libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
• NISS - Library catalogues in Higher Education - UK OPACs - arranged by region and alphabetically
• UK Sensitive map - guide to all UK further and higher education institutions, giving access to homepages, libraries and prospectuses.
• GABRIEL - Gateway to Europe's National Libraries
• Lib-Web-Cats - a directory of libraries worldwide

University Libraries within London:

• British Library of Political and Economic Science (LSE)
• Brunel University
• City University
• East London, (University of)
• Goldsmith's College
• Greenwich, (University of)
• King Alfred's College
• London Metropolitan University (formerly University of North London and London Guildhall)
• Middlesex University
• Senate House, University of London Library
• London Business School
• Surrey, (University of)
• London Business School or London Business School
• Thames Valley University

Organizations and Associations:

• Access to Archives: Catalogues of London charities, associations, pressure groups, campaigners, ethnic and cultural groups etc.
• IET Library and Archives - library of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (a merger of the IEE and the IIE).
• IEEE Computer Society Digital Library

Libraries within the Richmond area:

Richmond Local Libraries Group

This is designed as a forum for the libraries within the Richmond area including the Public Library, the Adult and Further Education colleges, Kew Public Record Office library, the University of Surrey (St. Mary's campus) and ourselves.

The National Archives at Kew (formerly the Public Record Office)

The national archive of England, Wales and the United Kingdom.It brings together and preserves the records of central government and the courts of law, and makes them available to all who wish to consult them. The records span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present day. Search the catalogue.

British Library:

• The British Library website
• The British Library catalogue - This catalogue now unites a number of previously separate sources to list over twelve million items in the British Library's collections.
• British Library Direct - Search and order from a database of over 9 million articles directly from this site.

Articles: The Library is happy to acquire articles from the British Library's holdings for you, at no cost to yourself. You must, however, have checked Richmond Library's own full-text resources before submitting your request. Information on inter-library loans.

Books: The Library will occasionally acquire books for you from the British Library's holdings, but all book requests must have authorisation from one of the subject librarians, and you may be expected to meet with the Librarian to discuss the resources you have already looked at and/or be offered alternatives.

Visits: The British Library is a Library of last resort, that is to say, you are expected to have done a substantial amount of research in your own and other libraries before you think about a visit to the British Library. You must obtain authorisation to visit from one of the subject librarians. This permission cannot be given lightly. It will be determined by the topic you are researching, the level and depth of research that is required, and will be based upon evidence of significant prior research.

Link to this page: http://www.richmond.ac.uk/s/1016.aspx