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Libraries in Switzerland

Nebis Catalogue contains more than 3 Mio. entries of more than 80 libraries, universities and other public institutions in Switzerland.

The Zentralbibliothek Zurich hosts a huge Judaica and Hebraica collections. They are based on the famous Heidenheim Collection. search the catalogue

The Library of the Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zurich hosts ca 50.000 titles.

The Karger-Bibliothek of the Israelitische Gemeinde Basel hosts ca 20.000 titles. search the catalogue

Europe, Libraries, Switzerland

Libraries in Germany

The Union Catalog Judaica VK-Judaica searches the Judaica-Collections of the Abraham Geiger College Berlin, the Institut fuer Judaistik at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, the Jewish Museum Berlin, the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, the Katalog der Zeitschriften in Berlin und Brandenburg, the Moses Mendelsohn Zentrum Potsdam and the Universitaet Potsdam.

The AGGB Union Catalogue (Katalog-Datenbank der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gedenkstättenbibliotheken) searches the collections of the Aktives Museum Berlin, the Anne-Frank-Shoah Bibliothek Leipzig, the Stiftung Neue Synagoge - Berlin Centrum Judaicum, the Gedenkstaette Deutscher Widerstand Berlin, the Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz Berlin and the Stiftung Topographie des Terrors Berlin.

The Library of the Institut fuer Zeitgeschichte Munich-Berlin hosts ca 192.000 titles. search the catalogue(German only)

The Universitaetsbibliothek Frankfurt hosts ca 100.000 titles. search the catalogue(German only)

Germania Judaica, the Cologne library for the History of German Judaism hosts ca 80.000 titles. search parts of the collection (English homepage available)

The Library of the Hochschule für Juedische Studien in Heidelberg hosts ca 50.000 titles. search the catalogue(German only)

The Library of the Jewish Museum Berlin hosts ca 45.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Library of the Institut fuer die Geschichte der Juden in Hamburg hosts ca 42.000 titles. search the catalogue (German only)

The Library of the Zentrum fuer Antisemitismusforschung in Berlin hosts ca 40.000 titles.(German only)

The Library of the Moses Mendelsohn Zentrum in Potsdam hosts more than 35.000 titles. search the catalogue(German only)

The Library of the Institut fuer Judaistik - Freie Universaet Berlin hosts ca 26.000 titles. search the catalogue(German only)

The Daniel J. Cohen Bibliothek at the Salomon L. Steinheim Institut in Duisburg hosts ca 20.000 titles. search the catalogue(German only)

The Joseph Wulf Library at the House of the Wannsee Conference hosts ca 19.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Library of the Simon Dubnow Institute for Jewish History and Culture in Leipzig hosts ca 14.000 titles. search the catalogue(German only)

The Library of the Seminar fuer Religionswissenschaft und Judaistik at Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebinge n hosts ca 16.000 titles.(German only)

The Anne-Frank-Shoah-Bibliothek at German National Library in Leipzig hosts more than 12.000 titles. search the catalogue (AGGB union catalogue)(German only)

The Library of the Abraham Geiger College Berlin hosts ca 6.000 titles. search the catalogue by using VK-Judaica(German only)

The Library of the Gustav-Dalman Institut in Greifswald hosts ca 5.000 titles. search the catalogue(German only)

The Library of the Jewish Museum Westfalen in Dorsten hosts ca 4.000 titles.(German only)

The Library of the University Luneburg hosts more than 3.000 titles. Database of Luneburg Judaica (German only)

The Library of the University Rostock hosts ca 2.400 Hebraica titles. Tychsen Collection (H. Fischer)

The Library of the University Erlangen hosts 580 Hebraica titles. Wagenseil Collection (H. Fischer)

The Herzog August Library in Wolfenbuttel hosts 350 Hebraica titles. Handwritten list of rabbinic literature by P. Ehrenberg (1850) (German only)

Europe, Germany, Libraries

Libraries in Austria

Oesterreichischer Bibliothekenverbund: Gesamtkatalog is a union catalogue of most larger libraries in Austria.

The Library of the Jewish Museum Vienna hosts ca 41.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Jewish Studies Library of the Universitaetsbibliothek Vienna hosts ca 15.000 titles. search the catalog ue (English homepage available)

The Jewish Museum Hohenems Library hosts ca 9.000 titles. (English homepage available)

Austria, Europe, Libraries

Libraries in Poland

Bibliotheka Narodowa - Polish National Library; search the catalogue

The Biblioteka Niemiecki Instytut Historyczny - Library of the German Historical Institute Warsaw hosts a huge collection of Judaica. search the catalogue

The Biblioteka Zydowski Instytut Historyczny - Library of the Jewish Historical Institute Warsaw hosts ca 70.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Sarval Collection at Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej we Wrocławiu - University Library Wroclaw consist of 400 rare Hebrew manuscripts & ca 30.000 prints.

Europe, Libraries, Poland

Libraries in Canada

Amicus, the Canadian national catalogue, searches for published material in over 1.300 libraries across Canada.

The University of Toronto Libraries host the largest collections of Judaica and Hebraica in Canada. Hebraica & Judaica at Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library; search the catalogue

The Jewish Studies Collection at McGill Library Montreal is a huge collection of Hebracia & Judaica. McGill Library also hosts the Joe Fishstein Yiddish Poetry Collection. search the catalogue

The Concordia University Library Montreal hosts a huge collection of Judaica. search the catalogue

The Jewish Public Library Montreal hosts huge collections of Judaica. search the catalogue

The Jacob M. Lowy Collection at the National Library of Canada Ottawa consist of ca 4.000 titles.

The Avriel Butovsky Research Library at Concordia University Montreal hosts ca 3.000 titles. search the catalogue

Canada, Libraries, North America

Libraries in Spain

Catálogos Colectivos de Consorcios de Bibliotecas Universtarias y de Investigaciòn - Union Catalogue of University Libraries and research Libraries

Biblioteca Nacional de Espana - National Library of Spain, search the catalogue

The Biblioteca de Estudios Sefardíes el Centro de Estudios Sefardíes Caracas hosts a small collection of Judaica. (Spanish only)

The House of Sepharad Library Cordoba hosts a small collection of sephardic literature.

The Eliezer Elhanan Schalit Library at Institut d'Estudis Nahmànides Gerona hosts a small collection of Judaica. search the catalogue

The Bibliotheca de la Escuela de la Traductores at University of Castilla-La Mancha hosts ca. 11.000 titles. search the catalogue (Spanish only)

Europe, Libraries, Spain

Libraries in Luxemburg

Bibnet.lu - réseau des bibliothèques luxembourgeoises is the union catalogue of scientific libraries in Luxemburg. list of participating institutions; search the catalogue

Europe, Libraries, Luxemburg

Libraries in Belgium

CCB - Catalogue Collectif de Belgique - Belgium Union Catalogue of scientific and academic libraries

Bibliothèque royale de Belgique - Royal Library of Belgium Brussels. fonds yiddish (Dutch & French only)

La Bibliothèque de l'Institut d'études du judaïsme (Martin Buber) Brussels hosts ca 3.000 titles. (French only)

Belgium, Europe, Libraries

Libraries in the Netherlands

The Library of the University of Leiden hosts a huge collection of Hebrew books and manuscripts. search the catalogue

The Bibliotheek Ets Haim - Livraria Montenzinos Amsterdam hosts ca 30.000 titles. no online catalogue available

The Resource Centre at Jewish History Museum Amsterdam hosts ca 16.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Library of the University of Amsterdam hosts the famous collection of Hebraica and Judaica. Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana (ca 6.000 titles). search the catalogue

Libraries, Netherlands

Libraries in the Czech Republic

Souborny katalog CR - Union Catalogue of the Czech Republic (Caslin) contains information on published material. It has more than 3 Million records.

The Library of the Jewish Museum Prague hosts ca 100.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Nina & Beno Melchet-Salpeter Judaica Library at Palacky University Olomouc hosts ca 3.000 titles. (Czech only)

The Library of the Terezin Initiative Institute hosts ca 2.500 titles. search the catalogue

Czech Republic, Europe, Libraries

Libraries in France

The Catalogue collectif de France (CCFr) - Union Catalogue of France locates more than 15 Mio documents. It provides a single search interface for three major catalogues (BMR, BN-Opale Plus and Sudoc)

Rachel - Reseau européen des bibliothèques judaica et hebraica - The on-line catalog of the European Network of Judaica and Hebraica Libraries searches the Judaica-Collections of the Bibliothèque de l'Alliance israeélite universelle Paris, the Bibliothèque du Séminaire israélite de France Paris, the Bibiothèque Medem (Maison de la cultur yiddish) - Paris Yiddish Center-Medem Library, the Akadem (le Campus numérique juif - the digital Jewish Campus) and the Bibliothèque Michèle Kahn. It contains 200.000 entries.

Europe, France, Libraries

Libraries in the United States of America

The Gateway to Library Catalogs Z39.50 provides access to Library of Congress Catalog and many other libraries throughout the United States.

The Combined US Catalog of the Jewish Institute of Religion at Hebrew Union College provides access to the ca 1.000.000 titles of Klau Library in Cincinnati, the Klau Library in New York, the Frances-Henry Library in Los Angeles and the S. Zalman & Ayala Abramov Library in Jerusalem. search the catalogue

The Center for Jewish History provides access to the collections of the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardi Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, the Yeshiva University Museum and the YIVO Instiute for Jewish Research. It hosts ca 450.000 titles. collection highlights; search the catalogues

The Brandeis University Libraries hosts huge collections of Judaica. Collection Development Policy Statement: Near Eastern and Judaic Studies; search LOUIS catalogue

The Hayden Library at Arizona State University hosts huge collections of Judaica. search the catalogue

The Hebraica and Jewish Studies Library at Ohio State University hosts huge collections of Judaica. search the catalogue

The Herman B. Wells Library at Indiana University-Bloomington hosts huge collections of Judaica. description of the collection; search the catalogue

The Joseph Meyerhoff Library at Hebrew University Baltimore hosts huge collections of Judaica. search the catalogue

The Library of the University of California-Berkeley hosts huge collections of Judaica. description of the collection

The Princeton University Library hosts huge collections of Judaica. Princeton Catalogues

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Library hosts huge collections of Judaica. search the catalogue

The Widener Library at Harvard University hosts huge collections of Judaica. search the catalogue

The Library at Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library at Pennsylvania University hosts 350.000 - 400.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Mendel Gottesman Library of Hebraica/Judaica at Yeshiva University hosts ca 300.000 titles. Search the catalogue

The Chabad Lubavitch Library hosts ca 250.000 titles, search the catalogue

The Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Library at Pennsylvania University hosts ca 200.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Jewish Studies Collection at University of California -Los Angeles consists of ca 170.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Rae and Joseph Gann Library at Hebrew Union College hosts ca 125.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Tuttleman Jewish Public Library at Gratz College hosts ca 125.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Jewish Studies Library at Columbia University hosts ca 125.000 titles. search the catalogues

The Jack M. and Bel Ostrow Library at American Jewish University hosts ca 100.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Sterling Memorial Collection at Yale University hosts ca 95.000 titles.search the catalogue

The Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica at University of Florida hosts ca 90.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Molly S. Fraiberg Judaica Collections at Florida Atlantic University consists of ca 80.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Saul Silber Memorial Library at Hebrew Theological College hosts ca 65.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Judaica and Hebraica Collections at University of Michigan' Hatcher Graduate Library consists of ca 50.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Judaica and Hebraica Collections at University of Stanford consist of ca 50.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Simon Wiesenthal Center Museum of Tolerance Library hosts more than 50.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Mordecai M. Kaplan Library at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College hosts ca 50.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Aaron Garber Library at Siegal College hosts more than 30.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Feuchtwanger Memorial Library at University of Southern California hosts ca 30.000 titles. Search the catalogue

The Mary and Harry Zimmermann Judaica Collection including the Glatzer Collection Divinity Library at Vanderbilt University hosts ca 20.000 titles. Search the catalogue

The Feuchtwanger Memorial Library at University of Southern California hosts ca 30.000 titles. search the catalogue

The I. Edward Kiev Judaica Collection at Gelman Library consists of ca 22.000 titles. description of the collection

The Mary and Harry Zimmermann Judaica Collection at Vanderbilt University hosts ca 20.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Ludwig Rosenberger Library of Judaica at University of Chicago hosts ca 17.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Holocaust Memorial Center Library /Detroit hosts ca 15.000 titles.

Libraries, North America, United States

Libraries in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland

COPAC - Academic and National Library Catalogue searches the Collections of selected Libaries in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Follow the link for a full list of paricipating institutions.

Mapping Asia provides detailed information about Special Collections of Libraries in the United Kingdom, which are of interest for research on Asia, The Middle East and North Africa.

The British Library hosts large Collections of Judaica and Hebraica. description of Hebrew Collection; search the catalogue

The Cambridge University Library hosts one of the most important Collections of Hebrew manuscripts (around 1.000 titles) worldwide. It held ca 25.000 printed books and 140.000 fragments of documents and text from the Kairo Genizah. search the catalogue; Genizah On-Line database

The Leopold Muller Memorial Library at Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies hosts ca 70.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Library of the London School of Jewish Studies hosts ca 70.000 titles.

The Wiener Library Institute of Contemporary History in London hosts ca 50.000 titles related to the Holocaust.

The Library of the Leo Baeck College London hosts ca 48.000 titles. description of Library Collections

The University College London hosts large Collections of Judaica and Hebraica. search the catalogue; Subject Guide Hebrew and Jewish Studies

The Leeds University Library hosts ca 20.000 titles. search the catalogue; provisional handlist of manuscripts in the Roth Collection (PDF)

The John Rylands Library at University of Manchester hosts ca 20.000 titles related to Jewish, Near Eastern and Oriental Studies. search the catalogue

The Parkes Library at University of Southampton hosts ca 15.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Bodleian Librarie's Department of Oriental Collections at University of Oxford hosts ca 14.000 titles. search the catalogue (recommended for works published after 1990)

The Library of the School of Oriental and African Studies at University of London hosts ca 12.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Library of the Jewish Music Institute at University of London hosts large collections related to Jewish Music. search the catalogue; description of Special Collections

The Porton Collection of Judaica at Leeds Central Library consists of ca 3.500 titles. search the catalogue

The Uri Davis Collection at Exeter University Library consists of 3200 titles. search the catalogue.

The Biesenthal Collection at Aberdeen University Libary consists of ca 2000 titles. search the catalogue University of Aberdeen Judaica Collections (PDF)

The Durham University Library hosts ca 1.900 titles.

The Wellcome Libary for the History and Understanding of Medicine hosts a small collection of manuscripts and printed books. search the catalogue

The University Library Glasgow hosts ca 2000 titles. search the catalogue; description of the Blau Collection

Europe, Libraries, United Kingdom

Libraries in Israel

On Israel Library Network Sites you will find Links to Israeli University Libaries, College Libraries and selected Research Institute Libraries as well as Links to their Web-C atalogues including the Union Catalog and the Union List of Serials. For a full list of participating institutes on the Union Catalog and the Union List of Serials click here.

The most important Library in Israel is the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem. It hosts the largest Collections of Judaica and Hebraica worldwide. search the catalog

Asia, Israel, Libraries

Libraries

Libraries in Italy

The Italian Digital Library Portal and Cultural Tourist Network provides integrated access to digital and traditional resources of libraries, archives and further Italian cultural instititions.

The Library of the Jewish Contemporary Documentation Center Milan hosts ca. 27.000 titles.

The Central Library of the Italian Jewish Communities Rome hosts ca. 25.000 titles.

The Library and Archives "Renato Maestro" - Archives of the Ancient Ghetto of Venice host ca. 8.000 titles.

The Pontifical Gregorian University Library Rome hosts the SIDIC - International Juifs-Christians Documentation Service Collection of 6.000 titles. search the catalogue

The Biblioteca Palatina di Parma holds the De Rossi Collection of ca. 1.500 Hebrew manuscripts. list of catalogues; search the catalogue essay: The De Rossi Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts a The Biblioteca Palatina and its Importance for Jewish History (Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago).

Europe, Italy, Libraries

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