The Archives Hub provides a gateway to thousands of the UK’s richest archives.
Representing over 220 institutions across the country, the Archives Hub is an
effective way to discover unique and often little-known sources to support
your research.
The
arlis.net service is designed to help users to locate art, architecture and
design publications, plus related materials. The service currently includes a
database of periodical titles (or magazines / journals / serials), a related
directory of art library resources in general, and links to other sources of
information.
The Virtual
Library for Art (www.arthistoricum.net) contains text and image resources as
well as comprehensive, academically relevant information dealing with all
media from the Middle Ages up to the present.
A
searchable register of the papers of artists, designers and craftspeople held
in publicly accessible collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Virtual Catalogue
for Art History (www.artlibraries.net), formerly the VKK, is an international,
specialised meta catalogue allowing the integrated retrieval of bibliographic
records.
With
Explore the British Library you can search, view and order items from the
main catalogue of nearly 57 million records, or search the contents of the
Library's website.
The website
of the National Burns Collection Partnership, formed in 2008. Burns Scotland
collections are cared for by a network of museums, libraries, galleries,
archives and other bodies.
CAIRNS is
the Co-operAtive Information Retrieval Network for Scotland. CAIRNS allows
the simultaneous one-stop searching of the catalogues of multiple library
collections of print and electronic resources held by Scottish libraries and
information services for learning, teaching and research. Within this,
UCABLIS is the Union Catalogue of Art Books in Libraries in Scotland. It
includes the catalogues of members of the Scottish Visual Arts Group (SVAG).
Search more
than 100,000 portrait records from the Catalog of American Portraits (CAP), a
survey of American portraits in public and private collections across the
United States and abroad.
Copac
supports researchers and information professionals by enabling them to search
the catalogues of over 70 libraries at once, including the UK national
libraries, University libraries, and specialist libraries.
The
Courtauld’s Book Library provides access to a significant art historical
collection and is one of the major international research collections of art
historical books, periodicals and exhibition catalogues in the country,
numbering some 180,000 volumes. It also houses the Witt and Conway Image
Libraries, and the Photographic Survey of works of art in private collections
in England, Wales and Ireland.
A public
lending library in the heart of Edinburgh, devoted to art and craft subjects.
Members of the Central Library can also access a range of online resources
including Art Index and Grove Art Online, and the Oxford Dictionary of
National Biography via the ‘Your Library’ section of the website.
The Library
of the Frick Collection in New York holds extensive book and photograph
collections relating mainly to paintings, drawings, sculpture, and prints
from the fourth to the mid-twentieth centuries by European and American
artists. They have particularly strong holdings of rare auction and
exhibition catalogues.
The Archive
& Library of the National Portrait Gallery in London is open by
appointment to visitors who are interested in any aspect of British
portraiture or in the history of the Gallery.
The
National Art Library at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London is a major
public reference library of fine and decorative arts of many countries and
periods. It is open to the public as a reference library.
The
National Library of Scotland is the world's leading centre for the study of
Scotland and the Scots. It is a major European research library, with
collections of world-class importance. Members can also access a range of
online resources, including JSTOR.
The Research
Library is the largest museum library in Scotland. Following an extensive
refurbishment programme, it is now open again to the public. Founded 230
years ago with its roots in the collections of the Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland, it is now a modern research library with collections and services
supporting and reflecting the strength and variety of the Museum’s objects,
collections and research directions.
The
National Records of Scotland is an amalgamation of the National Archives of
Scotland (NAS) and General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). The National
Archives of Scotland holds
historical records created by businesses, landed estates, families, churches
and other corporate bodies.
Collections
cover British painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, architecture and garden
history from the sixteenth to the mid-twentieth century, as well as
eighteenth-century British decorative arts.
The Royal Commission for Ancient and Historical Monuments in Scotland holds over 15
million drawings, photographs, negatives and manuscripts relating to
Scotland’s archaeology, buildings and maritime heritage.
Serials
catalogue for Scottish academic and research libraries.
SCAN (the
Scottish Archives Network) maintains the www.scan.org.uk,
www.scottishhandwriting.com, and www.scottishdocuments.com websites, as well as
hosting sites for several associations and bodies with interests in Scottish
archives and history.
Scran
provides educational access to digital materials representing Scotland’s material
culture and history.
The Serials
Union Catalogue for the UK research community is a free tool to help
researchers and librarians locate serials held in the UK.
One of the largest online sources of original genealogical
information, Scotland’s People provides access to over 90 million records
including Scottish census records, Scottish wills, birth certificates and
death certificates.
The Hyman Kreitman Reading Rooms at Tate Britain are a dedicated space for research and
creative thinking. All members of the public can access the exceptional and
diverse Tate Library and Archive collections here.