The British Library has announced the release of a new major online resource in early 2001. The Public Catalogue supercedes the OPAC97 service (reviewed in the May 23, 1997 Scout Report) and will be available 24 hours/ 7 days a week. The catalog indexes "over 10 million books, journals, reports, conferences and music scores covering every aspect of human thought since 1450" and features improved...

The British Library Newspaper Library in Colindale has its catalog of over 50,000 newspaper and periodical title holdings online. Researchers planning a trip to Colindale can now look up titles and dates held in advance. Reservations for materials can even be made by telephone or email. The catalog is searchable by keyword and sorted by title, date, or place. Entries include place, main title,...

This resource is a searchable online catalog of almost 2.5 million sound recordings held by the British Library National Sound Archive (NSA), from pop music to Miss Piggy to tree frogs to oral histories. At present, users cannot listen to or download these recordings, but the site does offer information on accessing them at the NSA and placing orders for copies. The catalog is searchable by...