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Buying books: Publishers and Booksellers
For Information about Publishers and Booksellers dealing in both current and out of print materials, try:
Lists of Catalogues and other Databases
There are many lists of catalogues and other databases on the Web, here are pointers to a few of them:
- University of Wolverhampton UK Sensitive Map: links to UK academic Web sites. Select the Library option above the map, then click on the Institution on the map to go straight to their library web site.
- HERO: Higher Education & Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom.
- Libdex: library catalogues on the Web.
- Public Libraries.com National Libraries of the world: links to many National Library web sites across the world.
Other JISC supported services
The following is a selection of the available services, others are accessible via HERO.
- Archives Hub, a
national gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges
. - EDINA: Edinburgh Data and Information Access
- MIMAS: Manchester Information and Associated Services, Copac is one of a range of MIMAS services
- Intute,
a free online service providing access to the very best web resources for education and research.
- SUNCAT,
Serials Union Catalogue for the UK research community
- Zetoc, access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents for journals and conference proceedings.
Gateways to Catalogues
Gateways offer access to a number of catalogues through a single interface.
- The Library of Congress runs a WWW to Z39.50 gateway that gives access to many (mostly North American) catalogues.
- The Deutsche Bibliothek runs a German language WWW to Z39.50 gateway that gives access to a range of catalogues in a variety of countries.
- Karlsruhe University Library runs the Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog that gives access to a range of (mostly German) catalogues.
