Research

» 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

» 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

» 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/

» 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/

» 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/

» 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/

» 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

» 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/

» 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://autrynationalcenter.org/index_gp.php

» 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/

» 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/

» 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/

» Boston College Libraries
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.bc.edu/libraries/

» 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/

» Boston University
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://web.bu.edu/library/

» Boston University Law Library
   Research affiliation: Boston University Law School; Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.bu.edu/lawlibrary/

» 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/

» 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/

» Brigham Young University
   Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.lib.byu.edu/

» British Library
   Official depository of the United Kingdom and one the largest research institutions in the world. Maintains collections of primary and secondary resource materials dealing with most areas of intellectual inquiry. Research affiliation: Research Library

   
   http://www.bl.uk/

» 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://blds.ids.ac.uk/blds/

» 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/

» Brooklyn Museum of Art
   Maintains one of the finest collections of Egyptian art in the world, as well as collections of classical and middle eastern art, art of Africa, the Americas and the Pacific, decorative arts and textiles. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

» Brown University Library
   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://dl.lib.brown.edu/libweb/

» 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/

» 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/

» California Historical Society
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/

» California Institute of Technology
   Academic home of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Research affiliation: Association of American Universities.

   
   http://www.caltech.edu/

» 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.html

» 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/

» Capital Universities Libraries
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.capital.edu/cc/library/

» 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/

» 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/

» Carter, Amon Museum
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.cartermuseum.org/

» 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.case.edu/uclibraries.html

» Catholic University of America Library
   The center for Catholic higher education in the United States. Maintains collections chemistry, physics, engineering, architecture and mathematics, library studies and information science, music, as well as nursing and biology. Research affiliation: As

   
   http://libraries.cua.edu/

» Center for Jewish History
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.cjh.org/

» Center for Lowell History, University of Massachusetts Lowell
   Maintains dozens of specialized collections related to the political, social, and cultural history of the area around Lowell, Massachusetts, USA area.

   
   http://library.uml.edu/clh/

» Central State University (Ohio)
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.centralstate.edu/

» Chicago Historical Society
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.chicagohs.org/

» Cincinnati State
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.cincinnatistate.edu/Library

» Clark Art Institute
   (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.clarkart.edu/

» Clark State Community College
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://lib2.clarkstate.edu/

» Cleveland Museum of Art
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.clevelandart.org/

» Cleveland Public Library
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.cpl.org/

» Cleveland State University
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.csuohio.edu/

» College of Mount St. Joseph
   Includes links to Internet research guides and citation standards. Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://inside.msj.edu/departments/library/

» College of William and Mary
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.wm.edu/lcst/

» College of Wooster
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.wooster.edu/library/

» Colorado State University
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://lib.colostate.edu/

» 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/

» 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://www.library.cornell.edu/

» Dartmouth College
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.

   
   http://library.dartmouth.edu/

» Duke University
   Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.

   
   http://library.duke.edu/

» 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/

» Durham University Library
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.dur.ac.uk/library/

» Edison Community College Library
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.edisonohio.edu/Library/

» Emory University Libraries
   Lists the resources and branch libraries in this system.

   
   http://www.emory.edu/libraries.cfm

» Florida Atlantic University
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.fau.edu/library/

» 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://library.fiu.edu/

» Florida State University Library
   Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.lib.fsu.edu/

» Folger Shakespere Library
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.folger.edu/

» Fordham University Law School Library
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://law.fordham.edu/index.htm

» George Washington University's Gelman Library
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.gwu.edu/gelman/

» Georgetown University
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/

» Georgia Institute of Technology
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.library.gatech.edu/

» Getty Research Institute
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.getty.edu/

» Hagley Museum and Library
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/

» Harvard University Research Programs
   A list of web sites for the 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

» Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
   Research libraries in Cincinnati, New York, Los Angeles, and Jerusalem, with collections in Judaica, Hebraica, Near Eastern archaeology, and related fields.

   
   http://www.huc.edu/libraries/

» Howard University Libraries
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.howard.edu/library/

» Huntington Library
   (Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.huntington.org/

» 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/

» Image Performance Institute
   (Rochester Institute of Technology) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/

» Imperial College London Library
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/page?_pageid=103,1&_dad=portallive&_schema=PORTALLIVE

» 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/

» Institute for Advanced Study
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.ias.edu/

» International Institude of Social History
   (Netherlands) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.iisg.nl/

» International Rice Research Institute Library
   Maintains a collection of more than 100,000 items dealing with the production and distribution of rice. Links to other resources. Located in the Philippines.

   
   http://ricelib.irri.cgiar.org/

» Iowa State University
   Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.lib.iastate.edu/

» Johns Hopkins University Libraries
   Information on this library system including hours, collections, and locations.

   
   http://webapps.jhu.edu/jhuniverse/libraries/index.cfm

» Kent State University Libraries
   Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.library.kent.edu/

» Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.kdla.ky.gov/

» Kenyon College Library and Information Services
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://lbis.kenyon.edu/

» Kimbell Art Museum
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.kimbellart.org/

» King's College London
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.kcl.ac.uk/

» Lake Forest College
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://library.lakeforest.edu/

» Lakeland Community College
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.lakeland.cc.oh.us/index.htm

» Leo Baeck Institute
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.lbi.org/

» 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/

» Library and Archives Canada
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/

» Library of Congress
   Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.loc.gov/

» Library of Virginia
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.lva.lib.va.us/

» Linda Hall Library
   Supports research in science, engineering, and technology. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.lhl.lib.mo.us/

» Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library
   Provides research resources including journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, standards, and bibliographic databases. Includes resources developed by the Library Without Walls Project, which conducts digital library research and development.

   
   http://library.lanl.gov/

» Los Angeles County Law Library
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://lalaw.lib.ca.us/

» Louisiana State University
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.lib.lsu.edu/

» Loyola University of Chicago - Library
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://libraries.luc.edu/

» Marquette University
   Research Affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.marquette.edu/library/index.html

» Maryland Historical Society
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.mdhs.org/

» Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   Research affiliation: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://libraries.mit.edu/

» Massachusetts State Archives
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcidx.htm

» McGill University Libraries
   Features tips on finding information, description of collections, hours of operation and subject guides.

   
   http://www.mcgill.ca/library/

» McMaster University
   Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.

   
   http://library.mcmaster.ca/

» 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/

» Miami University of Ohio
   Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.

   
   http://www.lib.muohio.edu/

» 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/

» Minnesota Historical Society
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.mnhs.org/

» Monterey Institute of International Studies
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.

   
   http://www.miis.edu/

» Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
   Research affiliation: Research Library Group.