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Archivi delle Camere di Commercio
http://www.camerecultura.it/

Description: Online database of the archives and the libraries of the Italian national and regional Camere di Commercio (Chambers of Commerce). Includes historical and contemporary documents.

Last Updated: 5/1/02
Archivio di Stato di Mantova
http://www.archivi.beniculturali.it/ASMN/sede/sede.html

Description: Online database of the archives and libraries of the state of Mantova. The archives opened in 1883 and contain original documents that date from the 11th century to present day.

Last Updated: 08/26/08
Biblioteca Digitale della Sapienza
http://bids.citicord.uniroma1.it/

Description: The online database of the libraries of the University of Rome "La Sapienza."

Last Updated: 2/12/08
Biblioteca Digitale Italiana (BDI)
http://www.bibliotecadigitaleitaliana.it/genera.jsp/

Description: An initiative of the Italian Ministry of Culture, this online database is a clearinghouse for materials related to science, literature, music, and photography.

Last Updated: 12/20/07
Biblioteca Nazionale Firenze
http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/

Description: The online database of the libraries of the city of Florence includes information on historical documents, books, periodicals, cultural activities and events sponsored by the library, and a wealth of online exhibits featuring the libraries vast collections.

Last Updated: Unknown
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
http://marciana.venezia.sbn.it/

Description: The online database of the libraries of the city of Venice includes information on historical documents, books, periodicals, cultural activities and events sponsored by the library, and a wealth of online exhibits featuring the libraries vast collections.

Last Updated: 10/08/08
Biblioteca Nazionale Napoli
http://www.bnnonline.it/

Description: The online database of the libraries of the city of Naples includes information on historical documents, books, periodicals, cultural activities and events sponsored by the library, and a wealth of online exhibits featuring the libraries vast collections.

Last Updated: 02/24/09
Biblioteca Nazionale Roma (Cataloghi e Collezioni)
http://www.bncrm.librari.beniculturali.it/

Description: The online database of the libraries of the city of Rome includes information on historical documents, books, periodicals, cultural activities and events sponsored by the library, and a wealth of online exhibits featuring the libraries vast collections.

Last Updated: 01/27/09
Biblioteca Nazionale Torino
http://www.bnto.librari.beniculturali.it/

Description: The online database of the libraries of the city of Torino, includes information on historical documents, books, periodicals, cultural activities and events sponsored by the library, and a wealth of online exhibits featuring the libraries vast collections.

Last Updated: 10/28/08
Biblioteche Italiane
http://wwwbiblio.polito.it/it/documentazione/biblioit.html

Description: A search engine with links to the major libraries throughout Italy.

Last Updated: 01/13/09
British Library
http://www.bl.uk/

Description: The online database of the British National Library, includes information on historical documents, books, periodicals, cultural activities and events sponsored by the library, and a wealth of online exhibits featuring the libraries vast collections.

Last Updated: 02/24/09
The Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana
http://www2.library.ucla.edu/libraries/arts/10015.cfm

Description: UCLA's special collection of books and materials concerning Leonardo da Vinci and the Italian Renaissance.

Last Updated: 01/22/09
European Cultural Heritage Online (ECHO)
http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/home

Description: Open Access Infrastructure for a Future Web of Culture and Science

Last Updated: April 2009
The European Library (Does Not Support Safari)
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.html

Description: An EU initiative, hosted by Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Netherlands (KB), featuring a research portal with access to the national libraries of Europe and featuring special online exhibitions that highlight the vast holdings of European libraries, including digital collections, audio and printed music, video, manuscripts, and images.

Last Updated: Unknown
Fondazione Marco Besso
http://www.fondazionemarcobesso.it/nuovobesso/

Description: An online database and catalog featuring the collection of the Marco Besso Foundation. This library originally opened to the public in 1918, to provide access to the private collection of books, documents, etc gathered by Marco Besso during his lifetime of work and study. Access is now provided to the libraries large holdings in Roman studies.

Last Updated: Unknown
Gallica: Bibliotheque nationale de France
http://gallica.bnf.fr/

Description: The official French research portal and search engine for the archives and libraries of France; includes information on historical documents, books, periodicals, cultural activities and events sponsored by a variety of libraries, and a wealth of online exhibits featuring the libraries vast collections.

Last Updated: Unknown
IRIS (Consortium of Arts and Humanities Libraries in Florence)
http://www.iris.firenze.it/eng/index_e.html

Description: The IRIS Consortium, founded in 1993, is an association of Florentine area art history and humanities libraries. The member institutes have joined together to create a union catalog (a shared bibliographic database) available in Internet to scholars all over the world.

Last Updated: 2009
Les Bibliotheques Virtuelles Humanistes
http://www.bvh.univ-tours.fr/

Description: This site contains a large number of digital or transcribed early modern texts held in the library of central France. It includes archives of historical documents, medical books, and e-texts.

Last Updated: Unknown
Libraries on the Web in Italy
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/Italy.html

Description: A search engine with links to the major libraries throughout Italy.

Last Updated: 2/24/09
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

Description: The United States Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of the US Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and manuscripts in its collections.

Last Updated: Unknown
Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image
http://sceti.library.upenn.edu/index.cfm

Description: Since 1996 SCETI has been enhancing the research and scholarly use of rare books, manuscripts and other primary source materials by making them easily accessible to the worldwide community. They create archive-quality digital facsimiles and make them available online through web sites tailored to the each individual collection.

Last Updated: Unknown
UNESCO Archives Portal
http://www.unesco.org/cgi-bin/webworld/portal_archives/cgi/page.cgi?d=1

Description: The UNESCO Archives Portal gives access to websites of archival institutions around the world. It is also a gateway to resources related to records and archives management and to international co-operation in this area.

Last Updated: 1/26/09
Warburg Institute
http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/mnemosyne/entrance.htm

Description: The aim of the Warburg Institute Library is not to cover any one discipline exhaustively but to bring as much and as diverse information as possible to bear on specific problems. Much of the Warburg material must be viewed on site. An online version of the subject catalogue divided according to the four categories of Action, Orientation, Word, and Image is now available on this site through the Library Page.

Last Updated: Unknown
Table of Contents:
Archivi delle Camere di Commercio
Archivio di Stato di Mantova
Biblioteca Digitale della Sapienza
Biblioteca Digitale Italiana (BDI)
Biblioteca Nazionale Firenze
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
Biblioteca Nazionale Napoli
Biblioteca Nazionale Roma (Cataloghi e Collezioni)
Biblioteca Nazionale Torino
Biblioteche Italiane
British Library
The Elmer Belt Library of Vinciana
European Cultural Heritage Online (ECHO)
The European Library (Does Not Support Safari)
Fondazione Marco Besso
Gallica: Bibliotheque nationale de France
IRIS (Consortium of Arts and Humanities Libraries in Florence)
Les Bibliotheques Virtuelles Humanistes
Libraries on the Web in Italy
Library of Congress
Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image
UNESCO Archives Portal
Warburg Institute

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