"The Directory of University Libraries in Europe appears in its second edition to provide much-needed detail on an important information sector. It is a comprehensive fully-updated one-volume guide to university libraries in Europe, and provides information on the libraries of more than 800 universities." "Some 4,000 individual libraries are listed in the book. These include central, faculty, and departmental libraries and, where appropriate, the libraries of university, colleges and attached institutes and research centres. A typical entry lists full contact details, including e-mail and internet addresses, and the names of principal librarians and other relevant staff. It also provides information on the library's area of specialization, opening hours, entitlement to use the library, the size and composition of the library's holdings, on-line-subscriptions and details of the library's own publications." "Arranged alphabetically by country and then by university, according to city or region, The Directory of University Libraries in Europe is indexed, both by university name and by unique library title, and provides an essential starting point for academic research." "Countries covered by this edition: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the Vatican City."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

An essential one volume guide to the university libraries of Europe.

This guide to university libraries in Europe provides extensive details of the central and other major libraries of European universities and, where appropriate, includes the libraries of attached institutes and research centres, and more.

An essential one-volume guide to university libraries in Europe Almost 4,000 entries with extensive details of the central and other major libraries of attached institutes and research centres.

First published in 1997, European Directories is a major resource guide for urban historians and historical geographers. It provides a detailed bibliography of all directories published and available in major libraries throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and Scandinavia. In addition, the book provides an account of the evolution of town directories, as well as giving an analysis of directory reliability and coverage. Researchers will also find an extensive bibliography for each country of literature that has utilized directory information in historical studies. The second volume includes France and southern Europe. The whole provides the first European-wide resource for those undertaking urban historical studies.