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LIBRARIES - COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL LISTINGS:
WORLDWIDE and COUNTRY SPECIFIC:
Finding the Library
-
Library Catalog -
List of Notable Libraries
*
Google™
Directory - Reference > Libraries > Research
* Libdex:
Catalogues on the World Wide Web,
with Geographic Index.
*
Libraries, Archives & Museums -
Cyndi's
A B C
D E
F G
H I
J K
L M
N O
P Q
R S
T U
V W
X Y
Z
*
Libraries and Gateways
*
Libraries Outside the United States
-
European Libraries:
The National Libraries of Europe:
Content Search
- Deutsche [Germany]: Die
Deutsche Bibliothek (English version)
National library and bibliographic information centre - Federal
Republic of Germany.
- England: The British
Library, with
Integrated
Catalogue
- France: Bibliothèque
nationale de France (English version)
-
National Library of China
(English)
-
Center of Local Chronicles and Genealogies - The National Library of China
*
Library Associations Around the World
*
Library
of Congress Research Libraries Connection
Major research libraries at WWW/Z39.50 Gateway.
* Libweb - Library
WWW Servers
Over 7,700 pages from libraries in over 145 countries.
* lib-web-cats
A directory of libraries throughout the
world.
* National Library Catalogues
Worldwide
* Online
Computer Library Center: OCLC: Online
Computer Library Center
Computer network and services link thousands of libraries
worldwide.
-
Interlibrary Loan Services
- Web Scale Discovery and
Delivery of OCLC - WorldCat®
-
Partnerships
with key search engines such as Google™,
Yahoo!® and Windows Live Search.
-
Toolset functionality
embedded in the WorldCat.org interface,
to find and evaluate materials, browse
collections and perform research.
- WorldCat®
Over 1 billion items, from more than 60,000 libraries
worldwide.
-
FirstSearch®:
Online Reference
-
FirstSearch®
Databases in Detail
-
FirstSearch®
Glossary
- WorldCat®
for Genealogy
-
Tutorial - How to
research genealogy with WorldCat® via FirstSearch®
- Genealogy
& Family History Internet Web Directory [WorldCat.org]
Subjects:
Genealogy -- Computer Network Resources -- Directories.
Genealogy
-- Internet Resources. - Genealogy
-- Databases -- Directories.
*
School-Libraries.Net and
IASL:
International Association of School Librarianship
Library web pages maintained by
school libraries in the United States
and in countries around the world, with related international
librarianship.
*
UB Karlsruhe:
Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog KVK : English
* UNESCO Libraries Portal
An international gateway to information for librarians and library
users.
* Web Accessible National and Major
Libraries
*
Worldwide Library Resources
* Yahoo!® Directory Libraries
WORLDWIDE: UNITED STATES and CANADA:
* American Library Directory
Profiles for more than 35,000 public,
academic, special and government
libraries, and library-related organizations in the United States,
and Canada
— including addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses,
network
participation, expenditures, holdings and special collections, key
personnel,
special services, and more — over 40 categories of library
information in all.
Free registered users can view
physical address information only.
*
The
Family History Library - SLC, UTAH is the
world's largest
Genealogy Library:
Catalog with
Keyword Search and
Floor Plan.
- Family History
Centers
-
FamilySearch™ Center
- FamilySearch™
Internet Genealogy Service
-
Modified Dewey Decimal
System - LDS
- Mormon Family History and Genealogy Search
*
Harvard University Libraries:
Online Archival Search Information System
Oldest in the United States and the largest academic library in the world.
* How many libraries are
there in the United States?
*
Library and Archives Canada:
Central Canada: Toronto Public Library
* Library
Associations:
Libraries in the United States
* The Library of
Congress - Washington, D.C.
The World's Largest Library.
- Library of Congress Classification
System
-
Library of
Congress Online Catalog
*
Melvyl® System
- University of California:
Worldwide Genealogy and Family History Research.
TheMelvyl® System for the University of
California,
with more than 100 libraries, provides indexing to millions
of items in their holdings, digital collections and online
searchable databases.
*
The Nation's
(USA) Largest Libraries
* Public
Libraries.com (USA)
- Top 10 Public
Libraries for Genealogists in the USA
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LIBRARIES - GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY RESOURCES:
*
Ancestry.com - Browse the Library
Collection of family history how-to and learning materials.
* Archives and
Knowledge Management
Scholarly Online Resource Evidence and Records
for use by Genealogists and Family Historians.
* California
State Information:
Genealogy, Families, History and Tourism.
*
Cook Memorial Public
Library District
Guide to researching
family history by a public Library District.
* Directory of
Genealogy Libraries in the U.S.
*
Documentation
and Publications: Professional Genealogical Sources
*
Genealogical Sources: University - College Libraries
*
Genealogy
Libraries on the WWW: LSG
* Genealogy
Library Collection
Personal family histories, newspaper articles and other U.S.-focused resources.
* Godfrey Memorial Library
* Handbooks
for Foreign Genealogical Research
and Country
Studies and Area Handbooks Online.
*
Library of Congress - Local History
and Genealogy Reading Room
* LSG:
GENEALIB mailing list
*
OneLibrary.com
Resources for using libraries and the
Internet.
-
Genealogical Library Master Catalog
* Periodical
Source Index (PERSI)
Largest subject index to genealogical and historical periodical articles in
the world.
-
Effectively
Using the Periodical Source Index
* The
ROOTS-L Library
Internet Library of Genealogy Information includes Library of Congress
resources.
* SAMPLE - Surname
Search TINNEY: AUTHORS, SUBJECTS
and TITLES.
* WebRoots.org
Library
Books, journals, diaries, manuscripts, memoirs, letters, etc; most as text files.
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LIBRARIES - MAJOR SYSTEMS: CATALOGING GENEALOGY INFORMATION:
I. Modified Dewey
Decimal System - LDS
The
Family History Library in Salt Lake City, UTAH, is the
world's
largest Genealogy Library, with the adjacent
FamilySearch™ Center.
Floor Plans,
Record Collections and
Catalog are unique, according
to
Roger Magneson, at the LDS Family History
Library, as reported
in the Utah Library Association -Technical
Services Round Table
2002, by Melanie Shaw. "In the LDS Family
History Library,
subject classification is usually by area using a modified
Dewey
Decimal system with special library codes for subject or form.
For instance, family histories in Great Britain are 929.241,
and in the
United States are 929.273. The modified Dewey number
is given a
subject code, such as D2 for genealogy, D3 for biography,
V2 for vital
registration, etc." Steven M. Law, Supervisor of
the Germanic-Slavic Cataloging section of the Family History
Library, E-mail dated Friday, 07 Nov 2003, added a helpful listing
of the current classification, as follows:
A GENERAL WORKS
A1 Pamphlets
NOTE: A3-B5 are to be used for general works of an area,
with no
topical emphasis. If there is a topical emphasis,
prefer the
subject categories for that topic and add
the standard
subdivision for the format.
A3
Bibliography, inventories, catalogs, registers.
Class here holdings of a library or archive. For
descriptions of libraries and archives, use J5.
A5
Encyclopedias - For general knowledge
encyclopedias, prefer 030-039.
B SERIALS
B2 Periodicals and serials
B3
Newspapers
B4
Monographic series
B5
Annual reports, almanacs, yearbooks, etc.
C ASSOCIATIONS AND SOCIETIES
C4
Associations, clubs, societies, foundations, etc.
Use for works dealing with societies and their
activities. If work deals only with the subject
of concern to a society, prefer that subject.
D GENEALOGY, BIOGRAPHY, INSIGNIA
D2
Genealogy - Class here collected Bible records,
oral genealogy, etc.
D3
Biography - Class here collected biography of
a country or smaller area. For individual biography,
use 921 with area notation. For collected biography
of an area larger than a country, use 920.
D4
Personal names
D5
Peerage, nobility, royal houses, knights, heraldic
visitations
D6
Insignia, heraldry, etc.
E GEOGRAPHY
E2
Geographical names
E3
Historical geography (for historical atlases, prefer E7)
E4
Directories
NOTE: Use E4 for directories of localities. For
directories of institutions, clubs, etc., prefer the subject
category for the institution and add the standard
subdivision -4.
E5
Gazetteers
E6
Description and travel, guidebooks
E7
Maps and atlases
E8
Postal and shipping guides
F MINORITIES AND NATIVE RACES
F2
National, racial and religious groups
F3
Native races
G LANGUAGES
Prefer the
Dewey number for the language, 420-499.
G2
Language
G3
Paleography
H HISTORY, SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY
H2
History
H3
Chronology
H6
Sociology, ethnology, and anthropology -
Class here slavery and serfdom.
For slave trade prefer U3.
H7
Myths, folklore, legends
J INSTITUTIONS
J2 Schools
J3
Orphanages
J4
Hospitals
J5
Libraries and archives - Class here description.
For holdings of libraries and archives use A3.
J6
Correctional institutions
J7
Other public institutions
K CHURCHES AND RELIGION
K2
Christian churches - Class here ecclesiastical
visitations and church census
K3
Non-Christian religions
K4
General works dealing equally with Christianity
and other religions
M THE MILITARY
M2 The Military - Class here works on the military
in general or specifically land-based forces. For
works exclusively about seafaring forces, use M3.
M3
Naval and seafaring forces
N GOVERNMENT
N2
Civil administration - Class here government
officials and employees.
N3
Notaries
N4
Elections and voting
P GOVERNMENT
P2
Courts - Class here divorce as legal action, probate,
guardianship, etc. For divorce as a social phenomenon,
use H6.
P3
Law and legislation
P4
Citizenship and naturalization
R GOVERNMENT
R2
Land and Property
R4
Taxation
U TRADES AND COMMERCE
U2
Occupations and professions
U3
Commerce and business - Class here shipping
and the slave trade. For slavery as an institution,
prefer H6.
V LIFE AND DEATH
V2
Vital registration
V3
Cemeteries, interment, and funeral home records
V4
Obituaries and death notices
W MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
W2
Migration
W3
Passenger lists
W4
Passports and visas
X ENUMERATION OF POPULATION
X2
Census - For church census, prefer K2.
X3
Household and population registration
X4
Demography and population studies
Microfilm call numbers formerly
filed under GS are now listed
under FH, for Genealogical Society and now Family History
(library
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints). "Further
numbers may be added [to] the Dewey number for local area.
The LDS Family History
Library also uses their own subject
heading system based on geographic area
and form, with a fairly
complicated system of subdivisions." . . . Roger Magneson also
suggested
checking "several levels of government when searching
for genealogical records:
national, state, county, and city, as
agencies responsible for vital records
varied over time and also
varies from country to country."
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Family
History Library WEB Links - Salt Lake City, Utah
- Bookmarks -
British
- Bookmarks -
Canada
-
Bookmarks - FamilySearch
-
Bookmarks -
General Topics
-
Bookmarks - International
- Bookmarks
- Tools & Helps
- Bookmarks -
U.S. General Topics
*
Other Bookmarks
II. Dewey Decimal
System:
Dewey Decimal System
Dewey Decimal
Classification System:
Dewey Decimal Classification - FAQ
* BUBL Information Service
Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas.
-
BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources
BUBL
uses the Dewey Decimal Classification system as the primary
organisation structure for its catalogue of Internet
resources.
* Dewey
Browse
For Genealogists and Family Historians.
COMPARE:
The LC Index with the Dewey Index:
Comparison Chart
* Let's Do Dewey
*
Library - Dewey Decimal
*
MGPL Webrary® - Webrary Links Menu
III. Library of
Congress Classification System:
Search Library of Congress
Library of Congress Classification and
Library
of Congress Classification System
*
Browse
On-Line Books by LC Call Number Subject Category
* Cataloging
*
Classification Web Tutorial
Browse and search the full text of the Library of
Congress Classification (LCC) schedules.
* Classifying
a Personal or Small Library
FOR: Genealogists and Family Historians.
COMPARE:
The LC Index with the Dewey Index:
Comparison Chart
* E-Ref Bloomsburg University
Library of Congress Classification reference tool for the undergraduate student.
* Online
A-Z
The Library of
Congress Classification System
How to understand call numbers:
A -
General Works
AE (Encyclopedias - General)
AG (Dictionaries & General Reference)
AI (Indexes - General)
AM (Museums)
AN (Newspapers)
AP (Periodicals)
AY (Yearbooks. Almanacs. Directories)
B -
Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
BL (Religion)
BM (Judaism)
BP (Islam, Bahaism)
BQ (Buddhism)
BR (Christianity)
BX (Christian Denominations)
C -
Auxiliary Sciences of History
CB (History of Civilization)
CC (Archaeology)
CD 921- (Archives - Guides To, Inventories)
CE (Calendar, Technical Chronology)
CN (Inscriptions, Epigraphy)
CR (Heraldry)
CS (Genealogy), including:
[Genealogical Lists; Family History;
Region or Country; Personal and Family Names]
CT (General Biography)
D - History:
General and outside the Americas
DA-DR (Great Britain - Europe)
[RESEARCH NOTE: Pattern of codes go from general
works, to regional works and serials, then to specific
items. An alphabetical nationwide section for cities, local
parish records and individual document sources at the end
of this (DA) and other History sub sections.]
DS-DX (History of Asia, Africa, Australia, Etc.)
DS 101 - 151 (Israel & Jewish References Worldwide)
E - History:
America and United States
- Ethnic Resources:
Genealogy/Migrations, Etc.)
F -
History: United States Local and America
[NOTE: United States Local History classification pattern
begins with the North Eastern States, to the Southern U.S.,
then the Midwestern U.S., Western U.S., U.S. Territories, Etc.]
F 1000 - (Canada)
F 1201 - (Mexico, then Central America to South America)
G -
History: Geography & Anthropology
(Atlases, Maps and Recreation)
GR (Folklore)
GT (Manners and Customs - Private/Public)
H - Social
Sciences
HQ 503-1064 (The Family, Marriage, Home)
HS (Societies: Secret, Benevolent, Etc.)
J -
Political Science
JS (Local Government, Municipal Government)
JV (Colonies & Colonization, Emigration &
Immigration, International Migration)
K - Law
(World-wide)
L -
Education
LA (History of Education, Biography)
LD-LG (Individual Institutions)
M - Music
(Music and Books on Music)
ML 410 (Composer Biographies)
N - Fine
Arts
NA (Architecture)
P -
Language and Literature
Q - Science
QA (Mathematics, Computer Science)
R -
Medicine
S -
Agriculture
S1-19 (Periodicals and Societies)
S 415-417 (Biography)
S 419-471 (History)
T -
Technology
TF (Railroads)
TR (Photography)
TX (Home Economics)
U -
Military Science
V - Naval
Science
Z - Library
Science
(Bibliography, Books, Information, Library & Writing)
IV. OTHER SYSTEMS
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
* ITS.MARC
World's
largest, freely searchable MARC database.
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LIBRARIES - RESEARCH TOOLS and SPECIAL RESOURCES:
* Awesome
Library
Resources that have been
reviewed and found to be of high quality.
* Bowker
ISBNs and Database Services for Publishers, Libraries and
Booksellers.
* Digital
Librarian
A librarian's choice of the best of the web.
* Education Publications and
Online Books
* FindArticles
News, Magazines and Reference.
* Friends of Libraries U.S.A.
and World Wide Friends of the Library
*
Gateways
to the World and Global
Resources
International Collections of the Library of Congress.
*
HighBeam eLibrary Research
* IFLA Electronic Collections
* Information About
Libraries and the Library Profession
* INTERLIBRARY LOAN CODES:
". . . obtain, upon request
of a library user, material not available in the user's local library."
-
Interlibrary Loans - U.S. and Canada
-
International Interlibrary Borrowing
* Internet Public
Library: Reference
*
Library History Database
and
titlepage.htm
Individual Libraries in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Islands, including
Sources, Statistics, Women in the Book Trade, Place Indexes, Private Libraries
[5000++ listing of all private libraries from about
A. D. 1500 to ca. 1850. Sale
catalogues, inventories, wills, &c.], Country & Town House Libraries [4000+ in
the British Isles from the late medieval period to ca. 1850] and Family Names
Indexes [7000+ with families associated with each house].
*
Library of Congress Subject Headings
red covered
books.
* Library
Research Guides
- Library Research
Skills Tutorial
- Library
Research Using Primary Sources
* Making
of America (MOA) - University of Michigan and
(MOA) - Cornell University
Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the
ante-bellum period
through reconstruction, with
American Memory from the Library of Congress.
* National Library
Service (USA): Blind and Physically Handicapped
Materials for qualified users of the National Library Service for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped program offered through NLS cooperating libraries.
* Professional
Library Sources
Library science information for professional reference librarians
and volunteers assisting
genealogists, family historians and local research
specialists.
*
Search the Useful URLs Database
*
Student's Guide to Evaluating Libraries in Colleges and Universities
*
ulrichsweb.com™
Global information about newspapers,
periodicals and publications.
* U.
S. Presidential Libraries and White
House History
*
Using Call Numbers
*
Virtual Private Library™
Continuously search, monitor and update for custom virtual
library subject(s)
that are listed as an unique ontology subject tree and directory
including
resource utilization of blogs, wikis, listserv® and news
aggregators.
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MUSEUMS - MAJOR INTERNATIONAL LISTINGS:
*
Global Museum
Global resources, links and information.
*
museum.com
* Museumland™.com
World wide portal to museums and
cultural
heritage.
*
Museum Stores Online
* MuseumStuff.com
1000's of Museums online. Best art and history educational
websites.
* Voice
of the Shuttle: Libraries and Museums
* World
Wide Web Virtual Library Museums Pages
Humanities resources, world museums and international Internet
museum.
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MUSEUMS - RESEARCH TOOLS and SPECIAL RESOURCES:
* Flight-History.com
Aviation community, history resources and museums.
* Harvard
University: Museums
* H-Museum
H-Net list for Museum Professionals.
* Information About
Museums and the Museum Profession
-
The International Committees of ICOM
-
Useful Resources of Information
-
Museum and Library Information Standards
* Museum Computer Network
Helping
information professionals use technology to serve their institutions.
* Museum and Heritage Sites Directory
- Transportation
* Museums
& Research Centers
Smithsonian Institution links with resources from Encyclopedia Smithsonian.
* The Official Museum Directory™ for the USA.
*
PORT: Maritime Information
Gateway
Premier portal of high-quality maritime resources on the Internet.
-
Links: Maritime History
- The Mother of All Maritime Links
-
Sea History:
(USA)
Naval
History
-
WWW - VL Naval and Maritime: Naval History and
Maritime Strategy
* UMAC: University Museum &
Collections
Protect the heritage in the care of
universities.
* The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Simon Wiesenthal Center
and Museum of Jewish
Heritage.
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Libraries and Museums:
Reference Shelf for The Genealogist and
Family Historian
Copyright © 1997-2008
By: V. Chris & Thomas M. Tinney, Sr.
All rights reserved. Email:
vctinney@sbcglobal.net
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