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HELKA - The Helsinki University Libraries OPAC

Catalog of the Helsinki University Library system. It has a large collection of official publications of the former Russian Empire.

Herder-Institut Marberg: About the Institute

According to its statutes, the Herder-Institute supports with its collections and as a forum for academic discussion the research on the countries and peoples of East Central Europe in their European context, with special regard to the history of the historical German territories and areas of settlement in East Central Europe. In order to fulfill these tasks, the institute conducts its own research. The core subject of its work is the area of the present-day states of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

HIC LEONES Archive: Historical Maps (Countries, Cities), Coats of Arms, and Flags (1880-1898)

Constantly growing database of detailed historical maps (countries, cities), coats of arms, and flags from the time period 1880-1898 (originals taken from dictionaries and geographical lexica).

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Includes a research library with materials on immigration studies.

Immigration History Research Center Archives (IHRCA) - University of Minnesota

An international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

International Tracing Service - Bad Arolsen

Germany. Originally organized to search for non-German persons who had become missing or displaced during the war and to assist separated families in being reunited. It now holds millions of records on concentration camp prisoners, Jews, foreigners in German-controlled territories & displaced persons.

LibDex - The Library Index

A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).

List of national and state libraries - Wikipedia

Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica u Zagrebu

Zagreb, Croatia.

Narodna i univerzitetska biblioteka Sv. Kliment Ohridski / National and University Library St. Kliment Ohridski

Republic of Macedonia.

Narodna in Univerzitetna Knjiznica / National and University Library

Ljubljana, Slovenia.

National and University Library, Ljubljana, Slovenija

National Library of Russia

Orsz

The National Libary of Hungary.

Petro Jacyk Central and Eastern Resource Center

The University of Toronto Library has over 400,000 volumes in its Slavic and East European collection.

Pokrajinski arhiv v Novi Gorici

Slovenia.

Slovene Archives

State Archival Service of Ukraine / Державна архівна служба України

The Bosnian Manuscript Ingathering Project

The European Library

A portal which offers access to the combined resources (books, magazines, journals.... - both digital and non-digital) of the 45 national libraries of Europe. It offers free searching and delivers digital objects - some free, some for a fee.