Reference Libraries Research
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» Alabama Archives 
Located in Montgomery, Alabama. Strengths: Alabama history including an extensive collection of primary and secondary sources on the African-American experience from Reconstruction through the 1970s; genealogy; military records; and teacher resources.
http://www.archives.state.al.us/
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» American Academy in Rome Library
The Library acquires approximately 2,000 volumes per year and holds subscriptions to approximately 600 current periodicals. The Library houses noteworthy collections in contemporary art and architecture, landscape architecture, Italian history and literat
http://www.aarome.org/library.htm
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» American Antiquarian Society
Worcester, Massachusetts - An independent research library focusing on American history, literature, and culture from the colonial period through 1876. Established in 1812, its collections include books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, m
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/library.htm
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» American Jewish Historical Society
A membership organization founded in 1892; maintains a museum, archives and research library with collections dating from the sixteenth century to the present. Located at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Open to the public without cha
http://www.ajhs.org/
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» American Philosophical Society Library
Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A collection which dates from the Society's founding in 1743. Includes first editions of Sir Isaac Newton's 'Principia' and Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species.' Areas of particular strength: 18th and 19th centu
http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/
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» American University in Cairo
Notable collections include the Creswell Library of Islamic Art and Architecture, and the collections of Max Debbane, Selim Hassan, Labib Habachi, Mahmoud Saba, and Hassan Fathy. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.aucegypt.edu/
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» Arizona State University Libraries
Principal facilities located in Tempe, Arizona. The ASU Libraries contain over 3.1 million volumes. Areas of specialization include urban planning, environmental design and architecture; government documents (local, state, federal and United Nations); Ea
http://www.asu.edu/lib/
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» Art Institute of Chicago - Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
Located in Chicago, Illinois. The Ryerson Library (built 1901) and the Burnham Library of Architecture (1912) form a significant research collection consisting of more than 220,000 volumes and 1,500+ current serial publications. Special emphasis is pla
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/index.html
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» Auburn University Libraries
The combined collections of the Auburn Libraries contain more than 2.2 million volumes, 1.4 million government documents, 2.9 million microforms and 134,000 maps. Subcriptions are maintained to 19,000 current serials and 150 current newspapers. Access
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/
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» Autry Museum of Western Heritage
Devoted to preserving and interpreting the history and traditions of the diverse cultures of the American West. Memberships and study programs available. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.autry-museum.org/
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» Bard Graduate Center for Studies of the Decorative Arts
Located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Established in 1993, the Center promotes scholarship in the decorative arts through sponsorship of symposia, lectures, exhibition tours and public programs. The Graduate Center Library consists of approxima
http://www.bgc.bard.edu/
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» Binghamton University Libraries
Located in Binghamton, New York. The combined collections of the Bartle and the Science libraries include 1,669,000 volumes, 1,698,000 microform documents, and more than 600,000 other documents, sound recordings and maps. Of particular note are the Link
http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/
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» Boston College Law Library
Located in Newton Centre (Boston), Massachusetts. The general collection contains approximately 348,000 volumes. Electronic access is provided to indices and abstracts of US congressional publications, Hein's United States Treaty Index, and several othe
http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/library/
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» Boston Public Library
Principal facilities located in Boston, Massachusetts. Besides acting as a circulating library for the Boston area (25 branches), BPL hosts a huge collection of rare books, manuscripts, maps, musical scores and prints, including several first edition fo
http://www.bpl.org/
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» Boston University
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://web.bu.edu/library/
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» Bowdoin College Library Gateway
Located in Brunswick, Maine, USA. Research collections include the early history of Bowdoin, Massachusetts, and Maine, the Civil War and Reconstruction period, 19th century American literary life, and the Arctic.
http://library.bowdoin.edu/
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» Bowling Green State University Libraries
Federal selective depository library since 1933 and Ohio state depository since 1953. Federal materials include all census reports since 1790, U.S. treaties, and many areas of current interest. Rare book archives include the Ockuly Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/
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» Brigham Young University
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.byu.edu/
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» British Library
Official depository of the United Kingdom and one the largest research institutions in the world. Maintains extensive collections of primary and secondary resource materials dealing with most areas of intellectual inquiry. Research affiliation: Research
http://www.bl.uk/
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» British Library for Development Studies
Collection of government publications, journals, and the published outputs of NGOs and research institutes worldwide, supplemented by substantial holdings of United Nations and World Trade Organization publications.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/blds/
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» British Library of Political and Economic Science
Located in London, England. Founded in 1896, it is now part of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Collections consist of approximately one million bound volumes and 28,000 journals dealing with all areas of the social sciences. Areas
http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/
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» Brooklyn Museum of Art
Maintains one of the finest collections of Egyptian art in the world, as well as extensive collections of classical and middle eastern art, art of Africa, the Americas and the Pacific, decorative arts and textiles. Research affiliation: Research Library
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/
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» Brown University
Particular emphasis placed on research in history and area studies, the humanities, science and medicine, and the social sciences. Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Librar
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/
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» Brown, John Carter, Library
An independent research library affiliated with Brown University. Maintains a closed stack collection consisting of some 45,000 volumes dealing with North and South American history, and European history as it relates to the Americas, prior to 1825. Res
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/John_Carter_Brown_Library/
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» CERLIM - Centre for Research in Library and Information Management
Established in 1993 to undertake research with a practical focus to support operational work in all kinds of library and information services, the Centre sponsors the Libraries Without Walls conferences, publishes a number of reports and provides consult
http://www.cerlim.ac.uk/
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» California Institute of Technology
Academic home of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Research affiliation: Association of American Universities.
http://www.caltech.edu/
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» California State Archives
A division of the Office of the Secretary of State, provides a repository for the state's permanent governmental records as well as other materials documenting California history.
http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm
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» Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
Collections in the physical and life sciences, the health sciences, and engineering technology from published sources around the world. One of the largest research facilities in North America, its collections include more than 13,000 current serials, 700
http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cisti_e.shtml
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» Canadian Centre for Architecture
An international research collection related to the history of architecture, its theory, practice and published records from the fifteenth century to the present, all of which can be accessed electronically. Particular emphasis has been placed on resourc
http://cca.qc.ca/
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» Carleton University
Located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In addition to contemporary materials, several special collections are maintained, including scholarly facsimiles of major medieval manuscripts in religion, paleography and art history; 17th and 18th century British hi
http://www.library.carleton.ca/
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» Carnegie-Mellon University
Specialized collections in biology, chemistry, engineering and technology, the arts, business, and social sciences. Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.library.cmu.edu/
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» Carter, Amon Museum
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.cartermuseum.org/
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» Case Western Reserve University
Maintains links to digital databases in the arts and humanities, business, government resources, health sciences, law, science and technology, and the social sciences. Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research
http://www.cwru.edu/uclibraries.html
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» Catholic University of America Library
The center for Catholic higher education in the United States. Maintains extensive collections chemistry, physics, engineering, architecture and mathematics, library studies and information science, music, as well as nursing and biology. Research affili
http://libraries.cua.edu/
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» Cincinnati State
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.cinstate.cc.oh.us/Library
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» Clark Art Institute
(Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.clarkart.edu/
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» College of Mount St. Joseph
Includes links to Internet research guides and citation standards. Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.msj.edu/library/index.html
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» College of Wooster
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.wooster.edu/library/
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» Columbia University
Maintains specialized collections related to area studies, architecture and art, biology, chemistry, business and economics, history and humanities, geology and geoscience, health sciences, law, journalism, and other areas. Research affiliations: Assoc
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/
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» Cornell University
Research collections include Africana, industrial and labor relations, society and economics, engineering, entomology, the fine arts, law, management sciences, mathematics, medicine, music, and the physical sciences. Special collections include rare book
http://campusgw.library.cornell.edu/
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» Dartmouth College
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://diglib.dartmouth.edu/
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» Duke University
Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.duke.edu/
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» Dumbarton Oaks
Research library and museum with important collections in Byzantine studies, pre-Columbian studies, and landscape architecture. Includes online catalog, collection overviews, general information for visitors, and lists of conferences and publications, som
http://www.doaks.org/
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» Florida International University Libraries
Principal facilities are located in Miami, Florida. Principal areas of research include religious studies, Latin American history and Everglades restoration. Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.fiu.edu/~library/
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» Florida State University Library
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.fsu.edu/
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» Frick Art Reference Library
Founded in 1920 as a memorial to Henry Clay Frick, "to encourage and develop the study of the fine arts, and to advance the general knowledge of kindred subjects." Maintains a large and diverse collection of works and reference materials execut
http://www.frick.org/html/libf.htm
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» Georgetown University
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/
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» Harvard University Research Programs
A list of web sites for the extensive range of research programs associated with the University. Research affiliation: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Libraries Group.
http://www.harvard.edu/academics/research.html
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» Huntington Library
(Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.huntington.org/
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» Illinois Institute of Technology
Information Center represents an unique research tool in areas of law, international relations, business, and social sciences.
http://library.kentlaw.edu/
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» Image Performance Institute
(Rochester Institute of Technology) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.rit.edu/~661www1/
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» Indiana University - Bloomington
Particular emphasis is placed on medicine, the physical sciences, the social sciences and humanities. Research affiliation: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/
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» International Rice Research Institute Library
Maintains a collection of more than 100,000 items dealing with the production and distribution of rice. Site includes links to other resources. Located in the Philippines.
http://ricelib.irri.cgiar.org/
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» Iowa State University
Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/
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» John Hopkins University Libraries
Information on this library system including hours, collections, and locations.
http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/libraries/index.cfm
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» Kimbell Art Museum
Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.kimbellart.org/
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» Lake Forest College
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.lfc.edu/template.cgi?/academics/lit/
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» Library Company of Philadelphia
An independent research library with collections documenting the history and background of American culture from the colonial period to the end of the nineteenth century. Holdings include approximately 500,000 volumes in a wide variety of formats, 75,0
http://www.librarycompany.org/
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» Library of Congress
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.loc.gov/
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» Linda Hall Library
Supports research in science, engineering, and technology. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/
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» Lorain County Community College
Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries. Ohio.
http://www.lorainccc.edu/LCCC/Academic/Library-Learning_Resources/default.Normal.120.lccc
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» Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library
Provides information resources to the Los Alamos National Laboratory research community including maintaining an extensive journal collection and providing access to other libraries.
http://lib-www.lanl.gov/
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» Marquette University
Research Affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.marquette.edu/library/index.html
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» McGill University Libraries
Research collections include the 'Blackader-Lauterman Collection of Architecture and Art', several sections of Canadiana, several groups of works dealing with Napoleon, Black history the 'History of Ideas' and 'History of the Book' collections which inclu
http://www.library.mcgill.ca/
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» McMaster University
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://library.mcmaster.ca/
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» Metropolitan Museum of Art
Features information on upcoming museum events, fine art exhibits, special exhibitions, the Met collection and art galleries online.
http://www.metmuseum.org/
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» Michigan State University
Research collections include Africana, fine arts, government documents and international studies, labor and industrial relations, agricultural economics, business, chemistry, engineering, geology, biological studies, mathematics, physics and astronomy, pl
http://www.lib.msu.edu/
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» National Art Library
(Victoria and Albert Museum) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.nal.vam.ac.uk/
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» National Library of Scotland
Founded over 300 years ago as the Library of the Faculty of Advocates, the institution acquired its present name in 1925 and is today on of Great Britain's premier research libraries. Collections include Scottish bibliographies, manuscripts, maps, rare b
http://www.nls.uk/index.html
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» New York Public Library
Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.nypl.org/
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» New York State Library
Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/
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» New York University
Research collections include law, medical and dental studies, environmental medicine, real estate, mathematics, the fine arts, conservation, and near-Eastern studies. R | |
