List of specialist libraries
The following list shows the specialist libraries of the individual departments, including virtual specialist libraries and special collection areas of individual libraries. However, this list does not claim to be complete. At the international level, specialist libraries are represented in the Special Libraries Association .
Archives
Government libraries
Libraries for the blind
Germany
- West German hearing library for the blind
- Central library for the blind and North German hearing library for the blind , Hamburg
- German Central Library for the Blind in Leipzig
Norway
Austria
Switzerland
- SBS Swiss library for the blind, visually impaired and print disabled
- Lending library for the blind at the Goetheanum
Digital libraries
Mobile libraries
Germany
Film libraries
Research centers
- Library of the Leibniz Center for the Modern Orient
- Library of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Photo library
- See also: photo library
- List of image and photo archives
- Working group of art historical image archives and photo libraries .
Women's library
- See under Gender Studies
Gender studies
- See also: Women's Library
Germany
geography
Germany
- Lake Constance Library
- Library of the German Institute for Japanese Studies
- France library of the Franco-German Institute
- Kraichgau Library Gochsheim
- Regional library of the Märkisches Kreis
- Linga library
- Martin Opitz Library
- Northeast Library of the Northeast Institute
- Eastern Europe Department of the Bavarian State Library
- Palatinate Library
- Romanian Library (Freiburg im Breisgau)
France
Italy
- Geographical library of the Società Geografica Italiana
Switzerland
history
Germany
Switzerland
Special collection areas
- General history (and history of the FRG, Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy) - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Societies
International
- Asiatic Society Library
- Library of the Hispanic Society of America
- Library of the Società Geografica Italiana
Children's and youth libraries
Germany
- International youth library
- Children's and youth library "Hallescher Komet"
- Youth library Hoeb4U
- Children's and youth library in the Prinz-Max-Palais (Karlsruhe)
Japan
Cinematheque
Art library
Agriculture
Germany
- Agricultural History Library Herrsching
- German Central Library of Agricultural Sciences
- Forest Science Division Library
Italy
Lithuania
Austria
United States
- United States National Agricultural Library
Literary studies
Germany
- Erich Kästner Library
- Duchess Anna Amalia Library
- Leipzig Poetry Library
- Poetry Cabinet
- Crime Library Bremen
- Fantastic library Wetzlar
- Philologicum (University Library LMU Munich)
Austria
Switzerland
Media library
- See also: media library
- Austrian media library
- Valais media library
- André-Malraux media library in Strasbourg
- Magglingen sports media library
Organization is the network media libraries .
medicine
Oceanography
Germany
meteorology
Germany
military
Museum libraries
Germany
Canada
- Library of the Canadian Museum of Nature
Switzerland
- Library of the Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich
Music libraries
Belgium
- Music Library Royal Conservatory Brussels
Germany
- Academy for Music Art (Darmstadt)
- Archive woman and music
- Bach Archive Leipzig
- German music archive
- Princely to Bentheim-Tecklenburgische Musikbibliothek Rheda
- Peters Music Library
- Dowel collection
- Library of the Handel House Foundation
- Schumann House Bonn
England
Italy
- Library of the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello
- Music library of the Accademia Filarmonica
- Music library of the Accademia Musicale Chigiana
Lithuania
United States
- Eastman School of Music Music Library
Special collection areas
- Musicology - Bavarian State Library
Former music libraries
Virtual music libraries
pedagogy
Germany
philately
Germany and abroad
Phonothek
physics
Austria
politics
Germany
- Library of Conservatism
- EDZ - European Documentation Center of the University and City Library of Cologne
- Specialized information center of the Bundeswehr
- GIGA information center
Switzerland
Special collection areas
psychology
Special collection areas
- Psychology - Saarland University and State Library
Legal libraries
Germany
- Library of the Institute for Environmental and Technology Law , Trier
- Library of the Institute for Labor Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union , Trier
Great Britain
- Bodleian Law Library, University of Oxford Library , Oxford
Switzerland
United States
- Jacob Burns Law Library, George Washington University Law School Library, Washington, DC
- Law Library of Congress, Library of the American Congress , Washington, DC
- Lilian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School Library, New Haven, Connecticut
School libraries
United States
sociology
Austria
Switzerland
Special collection areas
- Social Sciences - University and City Library Cologne
Sports libraries
Sports libraries are usually found at a sports university library .
Germany
Lithuania
Switzerland
Linguistics
Germany
- Library Hector Hodler
- German Esperanto Library
- Philological library of the Free University of Berlin
- Iranian library in Hanover
Technical libraries
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Theology and religious studies
Environmental libraries
Association libraries
Virtual libraries
Business libraries
The business libraries include a. Libraries of an economic university or economic research centers and also company libraries .
Germany
- German Waste Management Library
- University and City Library Cologne
- German Central Library for Economics
United Nations
UN depot library