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Collections
Accessing the Collections
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Items are available for consultation
in the Reading Rooms, or copies or loans can be ordered. Some
items can be seen in the exhibition galleries. |
Americas
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Humanities and social sciences from
Canada, USA, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Also material from
international and intergovernmental organisations. |
Asia, Pacific & Africa
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Uniting the resources of the old British Museum Library and the India Office Library and Records, the finest single resource of its type in the world. |
Business
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All the business and
intellectual property information you need to become an innovator
and entrepreneur: market research, company data, business news
and journals, economic statistics and information on advice
and funding sources. |
Slavonic and East European
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All Slavonic and East European languages
covering subjects in the humanities and social sciences. Probably the largest
in Western Europe. |
Modern British
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All subjects in the
humanities and social sciences in publications produced in the
British Isles since 1914 - the largest collection in the world. |
Modern Irish
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Wide range of subjects in the humanities
and social sciences, especially strong in history and literature. |
West European
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Humanities and social sciences from
Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and
the Scandinavian countries. Plus books published anywhere in these languages. |
Early Printed
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Material printed in Britain and Ireland
before 1915 and elsewhere in Western Europe before 1851. |
Manuscripts
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Part of the national repository of
manuscripts, private papers and archives. Material of outstanding importance
for all periods, countries and disciplines. |
Maps
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The national collection of cartographic
materials, dating back to the middle ages. |
Music
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Over 100,000 pieces of manuscript music
and 1.5 million separate items of printed music. |
Newspapers
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The only large, integrated national
newspaper service in the world. Also includes popular magazines and periodicals. |
Patents, trade marks & designs
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The most comprehensive range of patent
specifications and related material in the world, collected since 1855. Over
47 million patent specifications. |
Philatelic
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Over 8 million postage and revenue
stamps, artwork, essays, proofs, covers and entires etc. for
almost all countries and periods. |
Reports, conferences and theses
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Approximately 4.9 million publicly
available reports, conferences and theses. |
Science
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journal titles, and many thousands of books and documents. |
Social Sciences
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A comprehensive collection of research material, including reports, statistics and official publications. Specialist subjects include business and management, sociology, politics, education, social geography, anthropology, sports and socio-linguistics. |
Sound Archive
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Over 1million recordings:
from music, drama and literature, to oral history and wildlife
sounds. |
Research resources
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Links to resources for research within the British Library and selected links
to other online resources.
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