1848 Revolutions

Material relating to the German and Austrian Revolutions of 1848

African government publications

Our African official publications are strongest for Anglophone countries

African manuscripts and archives

Original documents from and about the continent

African newspapers

Very rich historical newspaper collections in European and African languages

African printed books and journals

Literary and research works, reports and historical publications

Arabic collections

Over 100,000 volumes of printed books, periodicals and newspapers; more than 15,000 manuscript works in about 14,000 vol...

Arabic manuscripts

Our Arabic manuscripts date from the early eighth to the nineteenth century AD

Archaeological Survey of India collections

A major resource both for the study of Indian architecture and archaeology

Arundel manuscripts

Medieval and early modern manuscripts collected by Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel

Asian government publications

Our collections are particularly strong for the Indian subcontinent

Australasian collections

Collections relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands

Australian and New Zealand government publications

An extensive collection of government publications in print and microform

Bookbindings

A wide-ranging collection of fine and historic bindings

British Newspaper Archive

Over 14 million searchable pages, from more than 640 newspaper titles from UK and Ireland

Burma (Myanmar)

Manuscripts, early printed books, newspapers and periodicals, and modern research-level publications