Public access to the HPB

Access to the Heritage of the Printed Book Database can be made available in any of CERL's member libraries.

Updated September 2013

Institution No. of terminals Location of terminals
Belgium
Brussels Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België – Bibliothèque royale de Belgique 1
and network access for all registered library users
Rare Books Reading Room
Croatia
Zadar Zadar Research Library 13 Reading Rooms
Estonia
Tallinn Academic Library of Tallinn University 86 All public access terminals
Finland
Helsinki National Library of Finland Several National library
France
Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France 292 Reading Rooms
Lyon Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon 500 Library sites
Germany
Berlin Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz c. 70 General Reading Room, Rare Books Information Centre, Rare Books Reading Room
Göttingen Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Network access for all registered library users University of Göttingen
Munich Bayerische Staatsbibliothek 43 Reading Rooms
Hungary
Budapest National Széchényi Library 5 Rare Books reading room
Budapest Dunamelléki Református Egyházkerület Ráday Könyvtára/“Ráday” Library of the Calvinist Church 1 Reading Room
Budapest Evangélikus Országos Könyvtár/Central Library of the Hungarian Lutheran Church 1 Reading Room
Pannonhalma Foapátsági Könyvtár/Library of the Benedictine Arch-Abbey 1 Reading Room
Italy
Bologna Biblioteca Comunale dell'Archiginnasio 1 Reference Room
Faenza Biblioteca Comunale Manfrediana 1 Reading Room
Ferrara Biblioteca del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche dell'Universita 1 Reading Room
Firenze Biblioteca Luigi Crocetti 3 Serial Room and Reading Room
Firenze Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale 40 Rare Books Reading (7), General Reading Room (20), Staff Terminals (13)
Firenze Biblioteca Umanistica All All users via the MetaLib system and proxy server
Firenze Regione Toscana, Dipartimento delle Politiche Formative e dei Beni Culturali 1 Serial Room (1)
Imola Biblioteca Comunale 1 Rare Books Office
Lugo (Ravenna) Biblioteca Comunale Fabrizio Trisi 1 Library Office
Naples Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III 124 Reference Room (12), Sections (Periodicals, American, Manuscripts, etc.) (12), Staff Terminals (100)
Padua Centro di Ateneo per le Biblioteche, Universitá degli studi di Padova, Padua Campus IP address All University buildings
Padua Biblioteca Capitolare della Curia Vescovile Padua 2 Library
Padua Biblioteca Civica, Padua 3 Library
Padua Biblioteca dellÍstituto teologico S. Antonio Dottore, Padua 3 Library
Padua Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile, Padua 4 Library
Padua Biblioteca Universitaria, Padua 4 Library
Padua Biblioteca del Monumento nazionale di S. Giustina, Padua 2 Library
Padua Biblioteca dell'Abbazia, Praglia 2 Library
Padua Biblioteca 'Luigi Chiereghin' - Umanesimo Latino, Treviso 2 Library
Piacenza Biblioteca Comunale Passerini-Landi 9 Rare Books Reading Room
Pistoia Biblioteca Comunale Forteguerriana 1 Rare Books Reading Room
Poppi Biblioteca Comunale Rilliana 3 Rare Books Reading Room
Ravenna Biblioteca Comunale Classense 1 Rare Books Office
Rimini Biblioteca Civica Gambalunga 1 Rare Books Office
Rome Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale 8 Rare Books Reading Room
Vinci Biblioteca Comunale Leonardiana 2 Reading Room
Latvia
Riga National Library of Latvia 8 Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room (2), Staff terminals (6)
Luxembourg
Luxembourg Bibliothèque nationale All Throughout library
Netherlands
The Hague Koninklijke Bibliotheek 70 All Reading Rooms, Information and Catalogue Rooms
Poland
Poznan University Library c. 230 All public access and staff terminals
Wrocław Wrocław University Library Public (2)
Staff (10)
Special Collections Reading Room (Sand Island Library)
Portugal
Lisbon Biblioteca Nacional 40 Reference Room (38) Rare Books Reading Room (2)
Spain
Madrid Biblioteca Nacional de España 1 Rare Books and Manuscripts Reading Room (Sala Cervantes)
Sweden
Stockholm Kungliga Biblioteket c. 10 Humlegården, Stockholm and Karlavägen, Stockholm
Uppsala University Library Many Throughout the main library and 16 branches - available to staff, students and walk-in users
United Kingdom
Aberystwyth National Library of Wales All All public access and staff terminals
Edinburgh National Library of Scotland 42 Multi-media Room; General Reading Room; Special Collections Reading Room; Map Reading Room
London British Library c. 230 All Reading Rooms
London University of London Research Library Services 179 All users across Senate House Library and Institute libraries providing access to ULRLS e-resources
Oxford University of Oxford All All users across the OULS system and in all locations using OXLIP
United States of America
New Haven Yale University Library 50+ Every library on campus
The HPB can also be searched through the CERL Portal. Please note that this resource only offers an abbreviated view of the HPB records.