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Includes catalogs, Web sites, databases, bibliographies, electronic libraries, and library organizations. For a general overview, read Libraries
and Librarianship in Hungary 2006 (.pdf file; requires free Adobe
Acrobat Reader to view). For information about and links to all the national libraries of Europe, visit the European Library site. The Library of Congress' catalog may be consulted at http://catalog.loc.gov.
Index to this page: Online Library Catalogs (OPACs) Hungarian Library Web Sites
Major Collections Outside of Hungary Electronic Libraries Online Reference Assistance For Librarians Archives Books Publishing
HUNOPAC. Library
Information in Hungary (http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/virtual/magyar/opac.htm)
Provides links to the Web sites and catalogs of Hungarian libraries, including municipal and county libraries, specialized libraries, college and university libraries; electronic libraries and the National Széchényi Library. Also links to various union catalogs in Hungary, Hungarian libraries outside of Hungary, various databases, library listservs, the library professional press, and publishers' organizations. In Hungarian.
NEKTÁR (http://nektar.oszk.hu)
Shared catalog of the National Széchényi Library and the Library and Information Science Library.
Hungarian
Academy of Sciences (http://www.mtak.hu/en/eng.html)
Select "Online Catalogs" from menu on the left of the screen.
National Széchényi Library (http://www.oszk.hu)
Home page of the National Library of Hungary. Includes information about the library and its collections and services, its online catalog, exhibitions, and many other resources.
Library of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (http://www.mtak.hu/en/eng.html)
English version of the homepage.
Hungarian
Collections at the British Library (http://www.bl.uk/collections/easteuropean/hungarian.html)
This page provides an overview of the Hungarian Collections, illustrated by specific examples. The British Library Slavonic and East European Section acquires material across the spectrum of the humanities and social sciences. It is responsible for obtaining and making available material published in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and for material in the languages of those countries published anywhere in the world.
Hungarian Collections
at the Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/rr/european/coll/hung.html)
This page provides a description of the highlights of the Hungarian collections at the Library of Congress. As of December 2005 the Library possessed nearly 200,000 works on Hungary and Hungarians or by Hungarian authors, including 2,700 journals and magazines and 120 newspapers. The Hungarian collection is well developed in all areas, and its strength is maintained through the systematic purchasing of books from Hungary, as well as the automatic exchange of material with the National Széchényi Library, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and other major Hungarian educational and cultural institutions.
Digital Bibliographies (http://mnb.oszk.hu)
Links to the Hungarian National Bibliography (books, periodicals, maps, musical scores, recordings) for the past six years, as well as to a database searching digitized versions of well-known Hungarian bibliographies of the past and present. In Hungarian.
Hungarian Electronic Library (Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár -- MEK) / (http://mek.oszk.hu)
One of the most significant text-archives of the Hungarian Web space. Contains thousands of full-text works in the humanities and social sciences. Most texts are in Hungarian.
Corvinus Library (http://www.hungarian-history.hu/index.htm)
Texts of books on Hungarian history, published in the United States in English, plus some other titles translated from Hungarian. Also includes some links to other sites related to Hungary.
Electronic
Libraries in Hungary (http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/virtual/magyar/opac.htm#elib)
A list of nine collections in Hungary, including the two mentioned above.
Libinfo: The Online Information Service of Hungarian Libraries (http://libinfo.oszk.hu/index.php)
Provides online reference assistance for Hungary-related questions. Service provided by a consortium of 124 libraries and individuals, and coordinated by the National SzÉchényi Library. In Hungarian.
Association of Hungarian Librarians (http://www.mke.oszk.hu/index-en.html)
The Association of Hungarian Librarians (AHL) is a national, non-governmental, non-profit organization of librarians and other information professionals, libraries and information institutes. Site contains information about the organization's structure, membership, events, international connections, and publications. This site is in English, although the Association's Newsletter is in Hungarian.
Hungarian Library Institute (http://www.ki.oszk.hu/)
Provides a variety of services for Hungarian librarians, including continuing education, conferences and workshops, research about Hungarian libraries, and more. Also provides statistical and other data for every library in Hungary. In Hungarian.
Library
Gateway Information for Librarians (http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/mke%5Feksz/portal/index.html)
(Könyvtárkapu. Információforrások könyvtárosoknak). Site designed for Hungarian librarians. Links concerning collection development, reference, serials, databases, automation, management, circulation, cataloging, conferences, mailing lists, and more. In Hungarian.
Archive
Descriptions (http://mek.oszk.hu/02000/02099/)
An online version of the book Magyarország levéltárai (1996). In Hungarian, with HTML, Word, RTF, and PDF versions available.
Budapest Municipal Archives (http://www.bparchiv.hu)
A brief description of the collections plus a short history of the archives. In English, Hungarian, and German.
Hungarian National Archives (http://www.mol.gov.hu)
Provides a description of holdings, several online databases, advice for genealogists, and contact information. In Hungarian, English, and German.
Open Society Archives (http://www.osa.ceu.hu)
The collections and activities of the Open Society Archives (OSA) and Research Center relate to the period after the Second World War, mainly the Cold War, and includes material related to the history of the formerly communist countries, human rights, and war crimes.
Konyvesbolt.lap.hu (http://konyvesbolt.lap.hu)
Links to dealers and stores for new and antiquarian books, E-books. Also organized by subject. In Hungarian.
The Association of Hungarian Book Publishers
and Distributors (http://www.adatnet.hu/mkke/)
Site describes the activities and membership of this association. Useful for finding contact information for individual publishers. In English and Hungarian.
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