Search and browse National Library of Scotland resources

 

'NLS websites' also searches the Scottish Screen Archive and SCOTBIS Online sites. The list below has details of catalogues, databases and other digital resources on this website.

Summary of these pages:

Main catalogue

• The main catalogue has over three million records, covering most of our printed material, recent music items, printed maps and atlases and some manuscript maps. More about the catalogue.   Search the catalogue.

Other catalogues

• Manuscripts catalogues
  These resources cover our manuscripts collections. They include the John Murray Archive catalogue and the Scots Abroad (emigration) databases.
• Special and Named Printed Collections (SNPC)
  The directory of more than 160 special printed collections at NLS.
  

The following resources contain details of material relating to Scotland or held in Scottish libraries, including NLS.

• Scottish Bibliographies Online (SBO)
  SBO contains three separate components – Bibliography of Scotland, Bibliography of Scottish Gaelic and Bibliography of the Scottish Book Trade. Search SBO.
• Bibliography of Scottish Literature in Translation (BOSLIT)
  Details of over 20,000 foreign translations of literary works by a wide range of Scottish authors. Search BOSLIT.
• Millgate Union Catalogue
  A unique listing of the worldwide locations of almost 14,000 letters from and to Sir Walter Scott.
• US and Canadian Newspapers
  A directory of North American newspapers and news magazines in Scottish libraries. See our detailed description of its coverage and history.
• Scottish Book Trade Index (SBTI)
  An index of people involved in Scottish printing, from its beginning to around 1850.
• Scottish Books (Aldis)
  A checklist of books printed in Scotland, or outside Scotland for the Scottish market, before 1641.

Digitised material

• Digital Library
  Explore our growing range of special web features. See items scanned from our collections.
• Licensed digital collections
  Thousands of subscription journals, books and websites are available for you to use free online if you have an NLS library card. Others are available to everyone.