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Welcome to the RIBA British Architectural Library Catalogue online. 

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The online catalogue provides details of material held in the RIBA Library:

• an index to articles in over 300 of the world's most respected architectural periodicals details of books and audio visual materials acquired by the RIBA Library, including information on books available for loan to RIBA members
• the holdings of the RIBA Library Photographs Collection, including listings of slides available for hire
• drawings, manuscripts and archives acquired by the RIBA Library Drawings and Archives Collection 
• a biographical database of architects.

The database is fully searchable by keyword, author, title, subject, and series, and results can be printed, saved to disk or emailed.

 
Online catalogue help and tips are available on the online catalogue home page.
 
Reprographic services|
A photocopy service for most of the books and periodical articles is available. Photographic copies can also be made of these as well as of any drawing, manuscript or photograph which, because of its fragility, may not be photocopied. These services are subject to the laws of copyright.
 
Notice board
The online catalogue incorporates a notice board feature, which provides listings of, or bibliographical references to, subjects of current interest including: 

• RIBA Awards for Architecture
• Stirling Prize Winners
• RIBA Gold Medallists
• RIBA Presidents 
   

The online catalogue represents a large proportion of the total number of catalogue records in the RIBA Library. A programme to retrospectively add records for older material is ongoing. This indispensable source of information on all aspects of architecture and the built environment is updated daily.
 
Approximately 15,000 records are added to the database each year. As the online catalogue does not currently include records for everything we hold, please contact the library directly if you can't find what you want. Catalogue records for older material are added every week.
 

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