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Archives, Libraries, and Museums

• African History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• African American History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Anthropology: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Asian History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Atlantic World: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Business and Industrial History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Databases and Indexes: Archival Resources
• European History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Foreign Policy: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• General Archival Directories
• General Library Directories
• General Museum Directories
• Historic Preservation: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• History of Medicine: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• History of Technology and Science: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Labor and Economic History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Latin American and Caribbean History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Pittsburgh History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Social History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Sports History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Urban History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums
• Women's History: Archives, Libraries, and Museums

General Archival Directories

Below are resources for finding particular archives. To search for archival materials, use the resources at History: Databases and Indexes: Archival Resources.

• Archives and Manuscript Collections (Columbia University Libraries)
  United States' national libraries, as well as alphabetical list of collections in and outside of the United States.

• ARCHON Directory (Historical Manuscripts Commission)
  Information on all repositories in the United Kingdom, as well as repositories throughout the world which have collections of manuscripts which are noted in the indexes to the UK National Register of Archives.

• Directory of Corporate Archives In the United States and Canada (Society of American Archivists, Business Archives Section)

• Repositories of Primary Sources (University of Idaho)
  Geographical list, by region.

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General Library Directories

Below are resources for finding particular libraries. To search for books on particular subjects, see also the resources at History: Databases and Indexes: Journals, Magazines, and Books, and History: Databases and Indexes: Library Catalogs.

• American Library Directory; A Classified List of Libraries in the United States and Canada, with Personnel and Statistical Data. New York: R. R. Bowker.
  HUNR REF-1/REFDESK Z731 .A53

• Dale, Peter, ed. Guide to Libraries in Western Europe: National, International and Government Libraries. London: British Library, 1991.
  HUNT REF-1 Z789.7 .G85 1991

• The European Library
  Portal offering access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals) of the 43 national libraries of Europe.

• Libweb: Library Servers via WWW (Berkeley Digital Library SunSite)
  Keyword searchable; Geographical list by region

• President (Presidential Libraries)
  Chronological by term of office, from Herbert Hoover to the present.

• Western European Library Catalogs on the Internet (Western European Specialists Section, Association of College and Research Libraries)
  Alphabetical list by country

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Museums

Below are resources for finding particular museums.

• MuseumLink's Museum of Museums
  Geographical: U. S. by State; Canada by province; International by country. Also includes virtual museums.

• World Wide Web Virual Library Museum Pages (International Council of Museums)
  Searchable; Museums and museum related resources

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