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==[http://www.bl.uk/ The British Library]==

==[https://www.bl.uk/ The British Library]==

''The British Library'' is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_library national library] of the United Kingdom. The library is a major [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_library research library], holding over 150 million items from many countries, in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: [[books]], manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and [[music]] recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_BC 2000 BC]. The British Library is the largest library in the world by number of items catalogued. However, such metrics are of limited utility due to the variety of cataloguing methods employed by [[institutions]].

''The British Library'' is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_library national library] of the United Kingdom. The library is a major [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_library research library], holding over 150 million items from many countries, in many languages and in many formats, both print and digital: [[books]], manuscripts, journals, newspapers, magazines, sound and [[music]] recordings, videos, play-scripts, patents, databases, maps, stamps, prints, drawings. The Library's collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial holdings of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_BC 2000 BC]. The British Library is the largest library in the world by number of items catalogued. However, such metrics are of limited utility due to the variety of cataloguing methods employed by [[institutions]].

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[[Category: General Reference]]

[[Category: History]]

[[Category: History]]