Library catalogs
Library Catalogs
Borrow Direct (13 major US research libraries); link to catalog search from upper right in the catalog
WorldCat FirstSearch (subscription version, with enhanced features)
WorldCat (open version with Cornell brand, pared down)
Center for Research Libraries catalog (Cornell is a member)
Library of Congress catalogs; see also the LC European Reading Room
Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog (KVK) identifies major European catalogs and offers simultaneous search; some include digital content, used books, and serials
CCFr (Catalogue Collectif de France) search holdings and addresses of almost 5,000 institutions/libraries; including BNF, Sudoc, and Base Patrimoine; search/ explore institutions by city
SUDOC catalogue du Système Universitaire de Documentation search institutions of higher education and large French city libraries; SUDOC is esp. important for dissertations (theses.fr)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF) the French National Library, site of legal deposit since 1537
Accès au catalogue général de la BnF
Accès à BnF archives et manuscrits
Accès à reliures.bnf.fr (decorated bindings)
Accès au catalogue de La Joie par les livres (Centre national de la littérature pour la jeunesse)
Accès à BP16, bibliographie des éditions parisiennes du 16e
Accès aux catalogues numérisés
Accès au CCFr Accès au CCFr (Catalogue Collectif de France)
Accès à Mandragore Accès à la base iconographique en ligne du département des Manuscrits.
Accès au catalogue des médailles et antiques
Accès au site Presse locale ancienne
La Bibliographie nationale française the French national bibliography, online starting with 2001; search by Dewey classification in each volume under "Cadre de classement"
Catalogues imprimés Une partie des collections n'est pas encore recensée dans les catalogues informatisés. Les catalogues qui les répertorient sont consultables sur place.
More: Aides à la recherche documentaire
Regional portals to libraries and archives in France often include digital materials, but not all libraries are online.
Full-text Digital Libraries - Internet/Free of Charge
Gallica the digital library of the French National Library Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF)
Europeana a collaboration of European institutions for sharing digital content (note that the European Library stopped service)
Hathi Trust - a preservation site for digital projects; free search, added functionality for Cornell as member institution
Internet Archive Cornell deposits digital objects in Internet Archive
eCommons, Cornell's Institutional Repository
Wikisource - a community dedicated to collecting and annotating links to digital objects; Gallica is one contributor.