Union Catalogs in Europe

EU UK & Ireland France Germany Italy Spain & Portugal Benelux (Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxemburg) Austria/Switzerland Scandinavia & the Baltic States Greece & Turkey Russia Eastern Europe Union Catalogs in other continents

European national libraries union catalog
Name: European national library catalogs
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of some major European national libraries, viz (U.K., Germany, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Scandinavia, Poland, Spain, Austria and Switzerland).

European Union catalogs
Name: EUROLIB
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the various institutional libraries of the European Union (EU), such as the European Commission libraries in Luxembourg and Brussels, the European Court of Auditors Library, the European Central Bank Library, and the European Parliament Documentation Centre Library.

U.K. & Ireland
Name: Consortium of University Research Libraries OPAC or COPAC
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of major university research libraries in the UK and Ireland, as well the British Library & the National Library of Scotland.

Name: London Libraries (Project WiLL)
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the individual public library catalogs in the 33 London boroughs. It also searches museums and archives collections. This is part of ongoing Project WiLL, being carried out by the London Libraries Development Agency, and funded by the NOF. About 28 of the 33 London public library catalogues are connected to the WiLL service. However it is not a union catalogue in the traditional sense but uses distributed search technology which allows parallel real-time searching of live catalogues. Thus each catalogue selected by the user is searched remotely using the Z39.50 protocol and there is not one single database.

Name: A2A or Access to Archives
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the documents in major archives in the U.K., including the National Archives, and regional archives in major U.K. cities.

Name: M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of major university libraries in the metropolitan London boroughs and the home counties, essentially within the circular M25 motorway region.

Name: SUNCAT
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of serials holdings of the 22 largest UK libraries. This is a new pilot service developed by the SUNCAT Project Team at Edinburgh University Library.There will be further development work during Phase 2.

Name: Merseyside Libraries
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Merseyside region in England.

Name: Co-operative Information Retrieval Network for Scotland or CAIRNS
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of major university libraries in Scotland.

Name: SALSER
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the serials collection in academic and research libraries in Scotland.

Name: NI-Libraries
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries in Northern Ireland.

Name: UnityWeb
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the holdings of over 450 libraries across the UK and Ireland, including the British Library.

Name: V3 Web
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the British Library and libraries in London & South East Region and West Midlands Region.

Name: Foursite Consortium union catalog
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public libraries in Somerset County Council, Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire counties.

Name: WISDOM
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the South West Regional Library System public libraries in Somerset County Council, Bath and NE Somerset, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire counties, Bristol, Wiltshire, Swindon and Gloucestershire.

Name: LAMDA
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the periodicals collections in some of the major libraries in U.K. universities.

Name: Revealweb
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of materials available in accessible formats in the UK. Revealweb also maintains a Register of Suppliers which lists all known collections of accessible format materials and producers of these materials (e.g. transcsription services).

Name: ENCORE
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of sets of performance music in UK Libraries: a project of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, United Kingdom and Ireland Branch.

Name: Consortium of Irish University and Research Libraries or IRIS
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of major university and special libraries in Ireland.

Name: Dublin City Public Libraries
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public libraries in Dublin, Ireland.

Name: UK Union Catalogue of Chinese Books
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Chinese language (Mandarin, Cantonese etc) books in the British Library, as well as the libraries at Cambridge University, Durham University, Edinburgh University, Leeds University, Oxford University and London University's School of African and Oriental Studies. Project is funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme.

France
Name: Système universitaire de documentation or SUDOC
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university libraries in France.

Name: Catalogue collectif de France or CCF
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of research, public, and special libraries in France, as well as the National Library of France.

Name: CCN-PS
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of serials (journals, newspapers etc) in the research, public, and special libraries in France.

Name: Catalogue collectif des bibliothèques des musées nationaux
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of museum libraries in France.

Name: Catalogue des collections des musées de France, (Base Joconde)
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the collections (including books, manuscripts, sculptures etc) in museums in France. Includes photographs in search results.

Name: Catalogue collectif Lyons
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public libraries in Lyon.

Name: Catalogue collectif Lyons et Grenoble
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public and academic libraries Lyon and Grenoble.

Name: Catalogue collectif des fonds patrimoniaux et locaux des bibliothèques de Bretagne.
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public libraries in Brittany.

Germany
Name: IBLK Metakatalog (Verbundkatalog Deutschland)
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of all academic and research libraries in Germany. Also searches serials.

Name: Suedwestdeutschen Bibliotheksverbund or SWB
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university libraries in the south west states of Germany such as Baden-Wurttemberg.

Name: Gemeinsamer Bibliotheksverbund or GBV
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university libraries in the northern states of Germany, including Hamburg and Lower Saxony.

Name: Hochschubibliotheken Nordrhein-Westfalens Verbundkatalog or HBZ
Link to Union Catalog
Details: Union catalog of the university librarties in the state of North Rhine-Westfalia.

Name: Bibliotheksverbunds Bayern or BVB
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university and research libraries in Bavaria, including the Bavarian State Library.

Name: Hessisches Bibliotheks Informations System or HEBIS
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university libraries in the stae of Hessen.

Name: Kooperative Bibliotheksverbund Berlin-Brandenburg or KOBV
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university and research libraries in Berlin and state of Brandenburg, including the Berlin State Library.

Name: Beim Verbund der Öffentlichen Bibliotheken Berlins or VÖBB
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public libraries in the Berlin.

Name: Frankfurter Katalogportal
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public and university libraries in Frankfurt am Main.

Name: Gesamtkatalog der Bibliotheken der Goethe-Institute im Ausland
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Goethe Institutes libraries outside Germany.

Italy
Name: Catalogo Unico Indice SBN (Sistema Bibliotecario Nazionale)
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of major libraries in Italy.

Name: Catalogo collettivi regione
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries (academic, government and special) in each of the 21 political regions of Italy, including Sardinia and Sicily. Compiled by the Italian Library Association, AIB.

Name: MetaOPAC Azalai Italiano
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the major libraries in Italy. Compiled by the Italian Library Association, AIB.

Name: Accesso al Catalogo Italiano dei Periodici or ACNP
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the periodicals collections in major libraries in Italian universities.

Name: Unione Romane delle Biblioteche Scientifiche or URBS
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of scientific research libraries in Rome. Also searches the Vatican City Library catalog.

Name: Centro Inter-Bibliotecario (CIB)
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of large libraries in Italian universities. Project from Bologna Univeristy.

Spain & Portugal
Name: Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias or REBIUN (Catálogo Colectivo de la Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias Españolas)
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university and research libraries in Spain.

Name: Catálogo de las Bibliotecas Publicas del Estado or BPE
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public libraries in Spain.

Name: Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio Bibliográfico Español or PABI
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Spainish Bibliographic Heritage Union Catalog

Name: Catálogo Colectivo de las Bibliotecas Universitarias de Cataluña or CBUC
Link to Union Catalog. 1 (English)
Link to Union Catalog. 2 Catalan Spanish
Details: Union catalog of university libraries in the Catalan region of Spain, such as Barcelona.

Name: Catálogo Colectivo de Cataluña or CCC
Link to Union Catalog. 2 Spanish
Details: Union catalog of libraries in the Catalan region of Spain.

Name: Catálogo Colectivo Valenciano
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries in Valencia.

Name: Catálogo Colectivo de la Red de Bibliotecas del CSIC.
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries on the CSIC library network in Spain.

Name: Catálogo Colectivo de la Red de Bibliotecas del RUECA.
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries on the RUECA library network in Spain.

Name: Catálogo Colectivo Español de Publicaciones Periódicas
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the periodicals in major Spanish libraries.

Name: Catálogo Colectivo de publicaciones periódicas de Bibliotecas españolas de Ciencias de la Salud.
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the medical periodicals in major Spanish medical and health libraries.

Name: Catálogo Colectivo de la Red de Bibliotecas del Instituto Cervantes
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries of Spanish Cervantes Institute worldwide. It offers Spanish language courses in many countries.

Name: Catálogo Colectivo Portugués (PORBASE).
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries in Portugal.

Benelux (Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxemburg)
Name: Catalogue Collectif de Belgique (Flemish = Collectieve Catalogus van België) or CCB (LIBIS)
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Belgian university, special and research libraries. Produced by Leuven University Library.

Name: Antilope, Zebra and CCB Collectieve Catalogus
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Searches the Antilope union catalog of the periodicals in Belgian libraries and the Zebra union catalog of university and special libraries in Antwerp. Also searches the huge CCB union catalog.

Name: Vlaamse Centrale Catalogus or VLACC
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of 6 large Flemish-speaking public libraries (Belgian cities of Antwerp, Brugge, Brussels, Ghent, Hasselt and Leuven).

Name: Nederlandse Collectieve Catalogus or NCC
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Dutch university, special and research libraries.

Name: Adamnet Collectieve Catalogus (Samenwerkende Amsterdamse Bibliotheken)
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the public libraries in Amsterdam.

Name: Rotterdamnet Collectieve Catalogus
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries in Rotterdam

Name: www.bibliotheek.nl (Nederlandse Openbare Collectieve Catalogus)
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public libraries in the Netherlands. Under construction.

Name: Wageningen Collectieve Catalogus
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of agricultural libraries in the Netherlands.

Name: Overijssel Collectieve Catalogus
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public libraries in the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands.

Austria/Switzerland
Name: Catalogue Collectif RERO (Reseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale /Union Catalogue of the Network of Libraries from Western Switzerland)
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries in French speaking parts of Switzerland, such as Geneva and Lausanne.

Name: Katalog Netzwerk von Bibliotheken und Informationsstellen in der Schweiz or NEBIS Katalog
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries in German speaking parts of Switzerland such as Bern and Zurich.

Name: Catalogue collectif Suisse des publications en série.
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of serials and periodicals in libraries in Switzerland

Name: Online-Kataloge des Österreichischen Bibliothekenverbundes
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries in Austria.

Scandinavia & the Baltic States
Name: NOSP
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Co-operation between national union catalogues and national libraries in: Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Faroe Islands and Norway. Only indexes serials.

Name: BIBSYS
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries in Norway.

Name: LIBRIS
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Swedish research and special libraries as well as number of public libraries.

Name: Folkbiblioteken I Goteborg
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: union catalog of the Goteborg public libraries including. Goteborg City Library.

Name: DANBIB
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Danish research and university libraries.

Name: Bibliotek
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Danish libraries, as well as all books published in Denmark.

Name: MANDA
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of public libraries in Finland.

Name:LINDA
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university libraries in Finland. Maintained and developed by Helsinki University Library.

Name: GEGNIR
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries in Iceland.

Name: Landsbokasavnid
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of libraries in Faeroe Islands.

Name: Eesti Raamatukoguvõrgu Konsortsium ELNET
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university libraries in Estonia.

Name: Lietuvos Nacionalinės Mažvydo Bibliotekos or LIBIS
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university and research libraries in Lithuania.

Greece
Name: Hellenic Academic Libraries Link
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university and research libraries in Greece.

Turkey
Name: Anadolu Universite Kutuphaneleri Konsorsiyumu (Anatolian University Libraries Consortium) ANKOS
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of university and research libraries in Turkey.

Russia
Name: Russian Electronic Union Catalogue
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of the six largest Russian libraries, viz the Russian State Library, the National Library of Russia, the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the State Historical Public Library, Moscow State (Lomonosov) University Library, and the St Petersburg University Scientific Library.

Name: Regional University and Science Library Advanced Network in the North-West of Russia, or RUSLANet
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of North-Western Russian libraries, including those in the cities of Kaliningrad, Novgorod, Murmansk and St.Petersburg.

Name: Russian Library Consortia Resources
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of various Russian library networks and consortia, including RUSLANet, Kazan Library Network, Urals Library Network, Karelia Library System, Yaroslavl Library Network, Novosibirsk Regional Network, Moscow Library Network,Tomsk Library Network, Nizhny Novgorod Library System, Omsk Corporate Library Consortium.

Name: Russian Union Catalog on Sci-Tech Literature
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of science and technology books in Russian academic libraries.

Eastern Europe

Name: KaRo
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Polish university libraries.

Name: NUKat
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Polish research libraries.

Name: Czech And Slovak Library Information Network or CASLIN
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Czech and Slovak university and research libraries.

Name: Magyar Orszagos Kazas Katalagus or MOKKA
Link to Union Catalog.
Link to Union Catalog (2).
Details: Union catalog of Hungarian university and research libraries.

Name: CROLIST
Link to Union Catalog.
Details: Union catalog of Croatian university and research libraries.