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Andorra

Biblioteca Nacional d'Andorra
(National Library of Andorra)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in English.
On the Library home page click on the British flag to display the English version.
Then click on On Line Catalogue.

Argentina

Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina
(National Library of Argentina)

Maintains the following web catalogues, with interface in Spanish:

Check the search option required. The options are: Autor (author), Título (title), Tema (subject), Todos los campos (all fields).
Enter a word or phrase in the box and click on Buscar.

Biblioteca del Instituto Nacional de Musicología "Carlos Vega"
(Library of the National Institute of Musicology)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in Spanish.
Enter a word in the box and click on Realizar busqueda.

Australia

National Library of Australia

Maintains a web catalogue.

Catalogue can also be searched via the web using the US Library of Congress Z39.50 gateway

Austria

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
(Austrian National Library)

Maintains the following web catalogues, with the interface in German only:

Enter search term(s) in the box labelled Schnellsuche.
Use the drop-down menu to select the index to be searched, e.g. Alle Felder (All Fields), Autor|n (Author), Titelstichwort (Title Word), Schlagwort (Subject Word).
Click on the OK button.

Catalogues of various special collections are also available via the web, with interface in German only.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan National Library

To access the catalogue, click on Electron catalogue on the Library's English home page.
Enter search term(s) in the first box, and click on button labelled Axtaris.

Bahamas

College of the Bahamas Library

The College of the Bahamas Library is the de facto national library of the Bahamas.
Maintains a web catalogue

Belarus

Natsional'naia biblioteka Belarusi
(National Library of Belarus)

The web catalogue is currently being replaced.

Scanned images of catalogue cards are available.
Click on eng for interface in English.

Belgium

Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique
(Royal Library of Belgium)

Maintains a number web catalogues, with interface in English.

Bermuda

Bermuda National Library

Maintains a web catalogue.

Bolivia

Biblioteca Nacional de Bolivia
(National Library of Bolivia)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in Spanish only.
Enter search term in the box labelled Escriba Palabra de Búsqueda
In the box labelled Campo de Búsqueda use the drop-down menu to select the index to be searched, e.g. Autores (authors), Titulo (title), Materia (subject).
Click on button labelled Enviar to start search.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nacionalna i univerzitetska biblioteka Bosne i Hercegovine
(National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in English
Click on National and university library of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Biblioteca Nacional
(National Library of Brazil)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in Portuguese.
Under the heading Selecione o catálogo select the file to search. The option Todos os Catálogos will search all files.
Under the heading Pesquisa Livre enter the search term(s) in the box and click on the button labelled pesquisar.

Bulgaria

Narodna biblioteka "Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii"
(Sts. Cyril and Methodius National Library of Bulgaria)

Maintains a number of web catalogues with the interface in Bulgarian only.

To search the main catalogue, enter a word or phrase in the first box and click on the first button below.
To retrieve works in Cyrillic, enter search terms in Cyrillic. To retrieve works in Latin script, enter search terms in Latin script.

Canada

National Library of Canada

Maintains a web catalogue
Click on the button labelled Search AMICUS

Catalogue can also be searched via the web using the US Library of Congress Z39.50 gateway

Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec
(National Library and Archives of Quebec)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in English.
Click on button labelled Iris catalogue.

Catalogue can also be searched via the web, with the interface in English, using the US Library of Congress Z39.50 gateway

Cape Verde

Biblioteca Nacional de Cabo Verde
(National Library of Cape Verde)

Maintains a web catalogue with interface in Portuguese only.
On the library's home page, click on Pesquisa Bibliográfica
When the new window opens, click on Pesquisa Simples
When the new window opens, enter search terms in the box labelled Termo(s) a pesquisar and click on the button labelled Pesquisar.

Chile

Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
(National Library of Chile)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in Spanish.
To perform a general keyword search, go to box labelled Escriba palabra(s) and enter search term(s).
Click on button labelled Buscar

China

National Library of China

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in English.

Colombia

Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
(National Library of Colombia)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in Spanish only.
Click on unicorn to access the catalogue.
The default search option is Palabra clave (keyword).
Enter search term(s) in first box, then click on one of the options below, e.g. Todos los campos (all fields), Autor (author), Título (title), Materia (subject).

Costa Rica

Biblioteca Nacional Miguel Obregón Lizano
(National Library of Costa Rica)

Periodical and newspaper holdings of the National Library (symbol: BN-CR) are included in the Central American union catalogue Metabase which can be searched via the web with the interface in Spanish only.
Enter search term(s) in the box labelled Ingrese los Términos de Búsqueda, then click on button labelled Buscar.

Biblioteca Nacional de Salud y Seguridad Social
(National Library of Health and Social Security)

Maintains a web catalogue.
Click on LIBRO to search for books or CCN to search for periodical titles.
At the search screen, click on the button labelled config
At the next screen, select English and click on the button labelled aplicar

Croatia

Nacionalna i Sveucilisna Knjiznica
(National and University Library)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in Croatian only.
Enter search term in the box labelled Pojam
Use the menu below to select the index to search, e.g. Naslovu (title), Autoru (author), Predmetu (subject).
Click on the button labelled Trazite.

Catalogue cards for earlier accessions have been scanned and can be searched via the web.

Cyprus

Kypriake Vivliotheke
(Cyprus Library)

Catalogue can be searched via the Cyprus Libraries web gate, with interface in English.

Czech Republic

Národní knihovna Ceské republiky
(National Library of the Czech Republic)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in English.

Catalogue cards for earlier accessions have been scanned and can be searched via the web.

Denmark

Det Kongelige Bibliotek
(Royal Library)

Maintains a web catalogue with the interface in English.

The catalogue can also be searched via the web with interface in English using the US Library of Congress Z39.50 gateway.

Dominican Republic

Biblioteca Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña
(National Library of the Dominican Republic)

Maintains a number of web catalogues with the interface in Spanish only.
Click on BINADO to search the national bibliography of recent books or FONDO for the national bibliography from 1500 to 1899.
Use the drop-down menus to select the search option, e.g Todos los Campos (All Fields), Autor Personal (Personal Author), Título (Title), Materia (Temas) (Subject). Then click on the button labelled Buscar.

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