National
Library Catalogues Worldwide
National libraries are responsible for collecting all publications issued
in their respective countries, and most of them also have legal deposit privileges
which oblige publishers to deposit a copy of each new publication with the
national library. For this reason, the catalogue of a national library is
the best guide to publications issued in the country in question, and anyone
wanting information on the publications of that country should make the catalogue
of the national library the starting point of their search.
