New York Botanical Garden

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.nybg.org/

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 cha
http://www.ajhs.org/

American Philosophical Society Library

Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A collection which dates from the Society's founding in 1743. Includes first editions of Sir Isaac Newton's 'Principia' and Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species.' Areas of particular strength: 18th and 19th centu
http://www.amphilsoc.org/library/

American Antiquarian Society

Worcester, Massachusetts - An independent research library focusing on American history, literature, and culture from the colonial period through 1876. Established in 1812, its collections include books, pamphlets, newspapers, periodicals, broadsides, m
http://www.americanantiquarian.org/library.htm

Arizona State University Libraries

Principal facilities located in Tempe, Arizona. The ASU Libraries contain over 3.1 million volumes. Areas of specialization include urban planning, environmental design and architecture; government documents (local, state, federal and United Nations); Ea
http://www.asu.edu/lib/

Art Institute of Chicago - Ryerson and Burnham Libraries

Located in Chicago, Illinois. The Ryerson Library (built 1901) and the Burnham Library of Architecture (1912) form a significant research collection consisting of more than 220,000 volumes and 1,500+ current serial publications. Special emphasis is pla
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/index.html

The Brandeis University Libraries

Located in Waltham, Massachusetts. Over sixty specialized collections are grouped into four broad categories (Judaica, history, literature, and creative arts) and include significant holdings on Louis D. Brandeis, and Benjamin Disraeli, and Leonardo da V
http://library.brandeis.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
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

Located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. Established in 1993, the Center promotes scholarship in the decorative arts through sponsorship of symposia, lectures, exhibition tours and public programs. The Graduate Center Library consists of approxima
http://www.bgc.bard.edu/

Boston Public Library

Principal facilities located in Boston, Massachusetts. Besides acting as a circulating library for the Boston area (25 branches), BPL hosts a huge collection of rare books, manuscripts, maps, musical scores and prints, including several first edition fo
http://www.bpl.org/

Canadian Centre for Architecture

An international research collection related to the history of architecture, its theory, practice and published records from the fifteenth century to the present, all of which can be accessed electronically. Particular emphasis has been placed on resourc
http://cca.qc.ca/

Bowling Green State University Libraries

Federal selective depository library since 1933 and Ohio state depository since 1953. Federal materials include all census reports since 1790, U.S. treaties, and many areas of current interest. Rare book archives include the Ockuly Franklin D. Roosevelt
http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/

Center for Lowell History, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Maintains dozens of specialized collections related to the political, social, and cultural history of the area around Lowell, Massachusetts, USA area.
http://library.uml.edu/clh/

Yale University Library

New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Specialized collections and libraries in areas including the arts, anthropology, Babylonian culture, divinity, drama, regional studies, engineering, law, music, medicine, ornithology, and statistics. Research affiliations:
http://www.library.yale.edu/

Boston University

Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://web.bu.edu/library/

Boston University Law Library

Research affiliation: Boston University Law School; Research Library Group.
http://www.bu.edu/lawlibrary/

Brigham Young University

Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.lib.byu.edu/

Brown University

Particular emphasis placed on research in history and area studies, the humanities, science and medicine, and the social sciences. Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Librar
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/University_Library/

California State Archives

A division of the Office of the Secretary of State, provides a repository for the state's permanent governmental records as well as other materials documenting California history.
http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm

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 hi
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/

Case Western Reserve University

Maintains links to digital databases in the arts and humanities, business, government resources, health sciences, law, science and technology, and the social sciences. Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research
http://www.cwru.edu/uclibraries.html

Chicago Historical Society

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.chicagohs.org/

Clark Art Institute

(Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.clarkart.edu/

Cleveland Museum of Art

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.clemusart.com/index.html

Cleveland Public Library

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.cpl.org/

Cleveland State University

Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.csuohio.edu/

Florida Atlantic University

Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.fau.edu/library/homehome.htm

Folger Shakespere Library

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.folger.edu/

California Institute of Technology

Academic home of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Research affiliation: Association of American Universities.
http://www.caltech.edu/

Center for Jewish History

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.cjh.org/

Binghamton University Libraries

Located in Binghamton, New York. The combined collections of the Bartle and the Science libraries include 1,669,000 volumes, 1,698,000 microform documents, and more than 600,000 other documents, sound recordings and maps. Of particular note are the Link
http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/

Iowa State University

Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.iastate.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
http://www.bl.uk/

Getty Research Institute

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.getty.edu/

Georgia Institute of Technology

Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.library.gatech.edu/

Georgetown University

Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/

Georgia Department of Archives and History

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/

Hagley Museum and Library

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.hagley.lib.de.us/

Huntington Library

(Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.huntington.org/

Kimbell Art Museum

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.kimbellart.org/

Institute for Advanced Study

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.ias.edu/

International Institude of Social History

(Netherlands) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.iisg.nl/

Jewish Institute of Religion

(Hebrew Union College) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.huc.edu/

Jewish Theological Seminary

(Hebrew Union College) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.jtsa.edu/

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research affiliation: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries.
http://libraries.mit.edu/

McGill University Libraries

Research collections include the 'Blackader-Lauterman Collection of Architecture and Art', several sections of Canadiana, several groups of works dealing with Napoleon, Black history the 'History of Ideas' and 'History of the Book' collections which inclu
http://www.library.mcgill.ca/

Kent State University Libraries

Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.library.kent.edu/

Library of Virginia

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/

King's College London

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/

Library of Congress

Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.loc.gov/

Lakeland Community College

Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.lakeland.cc.oh.us/index.htm

Library Company of Philadelphia

An independent research library with collections documenting the history and background of American culture from the colonial period to the end of the nineteenth century. Holdings include approximately 500,000 volumes in a wide variety of formats, 75,0
http://www.librarycompany.org/

Louisiana State University

Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/

University of Texas at El Paso Library

Maintains significant special collections include the Chicano Collection, the Judaica Collection, the S. L. A. Marshall Military History Collection, and the Southwest and Border Studies Collections.
http://libraryweb.utep.edu/

Michigan State University

Research collections include Africana, fine arts, government documents and international studies, labor and industrial relations, agricultural economics, business, chemistry, engineering, geology, biological studies, mathematics, physics and astronomy, pl
http://www.lib.msu.edu/

California Historical Society

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/

Los Angeles County Law Library

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://lalaw.lib.ca.us/

Marquette University

Research Affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.marquette.edu/library/index.html

Maryland Historical Society

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.mdhs.org/

Medical College of Ohio

Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.mco.edu/

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Features information on upcoming museum events, fine art exhibits, special exhibitions, the Met collection and art galleries online.
http://www.metmuseum.org/

Miami University of Ohio

Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/

Purdue University Libraries

Details on the collections and libraries located at this university.
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/

Minnesota Historical Society

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.mnhs.org/

Monterey Institute of International Studies

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.miis.edu/

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.mfa.org/

Museum of Modern Art

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.moma.org/

National Agricultural Library

Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/

National Art Library

(Victoria and Albert Museum) - Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.nal.vam.ac.uk/

National Gallery of Art

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.nga.gov/

National Gallery of Canada

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://national.gallery.ca/index.html

National Library of Australia

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.nla.gov.au/

National Library of Medicine

Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Natural History Museum (UK)

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.nelson-atkins.org/

Naval Air Warfare Center Technical Library

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/~teclib/teclib.html

New York Historical Society

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.nyhistory.org/

New York Public Library

Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.nypl.org/

Yeshiva University

Specialized collections support research in business, law, medicine and Hebraica/Judaica. Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.yu.edu/

Washington University

Research affiliations: Center for Research Libraries.
http://library.wustl.edu/

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 affili
http://libraries.cua.edu/

New York State Library

Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/

OhioLINK

Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.ohiolink.edu/

North Carolina State Archives

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/default.htm

Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM)

Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.neoucom.edu/

Oklahoma State University Library

Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
http://www.library.okstate.edu/

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/

Ohio University

Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.library.ohiou.edu/

Old Sturbridge Village

Research afilliation: Research Library Group
http://www.osv.org/

Orbis Library Consortium

Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://orbis.uoregon.edu/

Portland State University

Research affiliation: Center for Research Libraries.
http://www.pdx.edu/

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Research affiliation: Research Library Group.
http://www.philamuseum.org/

Pierpont Morgan Library

Research affiliations: ACLS, Research Library Group.
http://www.morganlibrary.org/

Princeton University

Research facilities include access to extensive databases, as well as hard-copy resources dealing with architecture, area studies (African, African-American, Jewish, Latin American, Near East, New Jersey, Oriental and East Asian, Russian, and Slavic), art
http://libweb.princeton.edu/

Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Supporting research and exhibitions in a broad range of history and culture disciplines. In Washington, DC. Research affiliations: Association of Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.sil.si.edu/

Rutgers University - The State University of New Jersey

Research affiliations: Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Center for Research Libraries, Research Library Group.
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/