Older books

  • The English Short Title Catalogue is available from the British Library service and covers books published in the English language published between 1473 and 1800.
  • Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue' is available on the Special Applications PC on Level 3 and lists books published between 1871 and 1919.
  • Many printed catalogues of older material can be found on Level 4 in the Reference section at 017.
    The Library's card catalogue is also on Level 4 and covers books and pamphlets published between 1851-1969 that are not listed in the online catalogue. Most of this material is in the Research Reserve.
  • The British National Bibliography 1950- is shelved at Per 010 on Level 3.
  • LION (Literature Online) service includes the full-text of many books in the English language published before 1900.
  • The On-Line Books Page facilitates access to the full-text of books over the Internet. The listed books are in the English language only and are mainly older books that are out of copyright. It includes links to other electronic texts resources.