Libraries Netherlands

ABSIS - Information System for Architecture, Building Technology, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (ABSIS). The ABSIS database refers to journal articles about projects in architecture, building science and urban design: - of Dutch and Belgian designers at home and abroad; - of foreign designers in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Architecture Libraries
There are many Dutch libraries with an on-line catalogue. Some of them have (more or less) specialized architecture collections.

De Koninklijke Bibliotheek - (The Royal Library) This is one of the oldest and most important collection of art books in the Netherlands. This library collects all Dutch publications, so it can be a important source. It does not have a big collection of books about building engineering, but it does have a lot of geographical maps.

Library Technical University Delft - Mainly for technical literature. It has some 38.000 books and 275 magazine subscriptions, all concerning architecture, city planning, landscape architecture and related disciplines. You can log in with a telnet application or a WWW-interface.

Library Technical University Eindhoven - This library has got a collection of 500.000 books and 5300 magazine titles. In the library from the faculty of architectural engineering you'll find 12,500 books and 300 magazine titles. The collection of Dutch topographical maps is very special. You can log in by using a Telnet application.

Public Library Amsterdam - A specialized collection of literature about Amsterdam, and also a collection of 19th century architectural books.

Library Agricultural University Wageningen - Contains AGRALIN (Agricultural Bibliographic Information System of the Netherlands). There's a collection of rare and old books (printed before 1850) in the Special Collections department. The TUIN (the Garden and Landscape Architecture Documentation Centre for the Netherlands) can also be found here.

Netherlands Institute for Art History - No on-line catalogue, but still an important collection.

University libraries

In the libraries from universities with art- and architecture faculties there are interesting collections to be found.

Library Universiteit of Amsterdam - The catalogue form the Department of Art history is part of the On-line Public Catalogue from this university. It mainly collects modern books.

Library Free University Amsterdam - The catalogue from the department of Art History and Archeology is part of the Central Catalogue. Accent on the 19th century.

Library Technical University Delft - Mainly for technical literature. It has some 38.000 books and 275 magazine subscriptions, all concerning architecture, city planning, landscape architecture and related disciplines. You can log in with a telnet application or a WWW-interface.

Library Technical University Eindhoven - This library has got a collection of 500.000 books and 5300 magazine titles. In the library from the faculty of architectural engineering you'll find 12,500 books and 300 magazine titles. The collection of Dutch topographical maps is very special. You can log in by using a Telnet application.

Library University Groningen - The library of the department Art- and architectural History can also be consulted Online.

Library University Leiden - All books from the Department of Art History, and Archeology can be found in the On-line Public Catalogue.

Library University Limburg - the Faculty of Cultural Science has only a superficial collection on the subject of architecture. Therefore there are not too many relevant titles in the catalogue.

Library Catholic University Nijmegen - Especially the Library of Literature is an collection point for architectural books. The collection is accessible by the Online Public Catalogue.

Library ERASMUS University Rotterdam - Emphasis on art- and cultural sciences. No special attention for architecture, but still there are many relevant titles present in the UB-catalogue.

Library University Utrecht - The library from the Faculty of Literature does have its own web-page; the Library of Literature. To be accessed by telnet or WWW-interface.