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| Alabama Archives Located in Montgomery, Alabama. Strengths: Alabama history including an extensive collection of primary and secondary sources on the African-American experience from Reconstruction through the 1970s; genealogy; military records; and teacher resources. Research affiliation: Research Library Group. http://www.archives.state.al.us/ |
| American Jewish Historical Society A membership organization founded in 1892; maintains a museum, archives and research library with collections dating from the sixteenth century to the present. Located at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Open to the public without charge throughout the year. Research affiliation: Research Library Group. http://www.ajhs.org/ |
| American University in Cairo Notable collections include the Creswell Library of Islamic Art and Architecture, and the collections of Max Debbane, Selim Hassan, Labib Habachi, Mahmoud Saba, and Hassan Fathy. Research affiliation: Research Library Group. http://www.aucegypt.edu/ |
| Auburn University Libraries The combined collections of the Auburn Libraries contain more than 2.2 million volumes, 1.4 million government documents, 2.9 million microforms and 134,000 maps. Subcriptions are maintained to 19,000 current serials and 150 current newspapers. Access to the World Wide Web and on-line databases is available through out the Library Specialized collections include veterinary medicine (30,000 volumes and 500 current serial subscriptions); and architecture, design and construction (35,000 volumes, 85 serials and over 70,000 slides). Research affiliation: Research Library Group. http://www.lib.auburn.edu/ |
| Autry Museum of Western Heritage Devoted to preserving and interpreting the history and traditions of the diverse cultures of the American West. Memberships and study programs available. Research affiliation: Research Library Group. http://www.autry-museum.org/ |
| Bard Graduate Center for Studies of the Decorative Arts Promotes scholarship in the decorative arts through sponsorship of symposia, lectures, exhibition tours and public programs. http://www.bgc.bard.edu/ |
| Binghamton University Libraries Includes 1,669,000 volumes, 1,698,000 microform documents, and more than 600,000 other documents, sound recordings and maps. http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/ |
| Boston Public Library Principal facilities located in Boston, Massachusetts. http://www.bpl.org/ |
| Bowdoin College Library Gateway Located in Brunswick, Maine, USA. Research collections include the early history of Bowdoin, Massachusetts, and Maine, the Civil War and Reconstruction period, 19th century American literary life, and the Arctic. http://library.bowdoin.edu/ |
| Brigham Young University Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group. http://www.lib.byu.edu/ |
| British Library Official depository of the United Kingdom and one the largest research institutions in the world. Maintains extensive collections of primary and secondary resource materials dealing with most areas of intellectual inquiry. Research affiliation: Research Library Group. http://www.bl.uk/ |
| Brooklyn Museum of Art Maintains one of the finest collections of Egyptian art in the world, as well as extensive collections of classical and middle eastern art, art of Africa, the Americas and the Pacific, decorative arts and textiles. Research affiliation: Research Library Group. http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/ |
| California Historical Society Research affiliation: Research Library Group. http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/ |
| California Institute of Technology Academic home of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Research affiliation: Association of American Universities. http://www.caltech.edu/ |
| Carleton University Located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In addition to contemporary materials, several special collections are maintained, including scholarly facsimiles of major medieval manuscripts in religion, paleography and art history; 17th and 18th century British history; 17th and 18th century Russian travel and description; French Revolutionary history; 19th century Canadian history; early Canadian literature; the Batchinsky Collection of over half a million items dealing with 19th and 20th century Ukrainian history and politics; and the Novosti Collection of materials dealing with Soviet society from 1917-1991. Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries. http://www.library.carleton.ca/ |
| Carnegie-Mellon University Specialized collections in biology, chemistry, engineering and technology, the arts, business, and social sciences. Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Center for Research Libraries. http://www.library.cmu.edu/ |
| Carter, Amon Museum Research affiliation: Research Library Group. http://www.cartermuseum.org/ |
| Catholic University of America Library The center for Catholic higher education in the United States. Maintains extensive collections chemistry, physics, engineering, architecture and mathematics, library studies and information science, music, as well as nursing and biology. Research affiliation: Association of American Universities. http://libraries.cua.edu/ |
| Center for Jewish History Research affiliation: Research Library Group. http://www.cjh.org/ |
| Central State University (Ohio) Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries. http://www.centralstate.edu/ |