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1. Libraries
a. General and gateways (1 link)
b. Individual geo libraries/library-collections (11 links)
c. Lists of new acquisitions (2 links)

2. Museums
a. General and gateways (3 link)
b. Individual museums with geo-collections (29 links)

3. Achives and repositories
a. General and gateways (1 link)
b. Individual archives with geo-collections (0 links)

1. Libraries

1.a. General and gateways

Library servers via WWW

A directory of over 2700 library websites worldwide maintained by SunSite Berkley Digital Library of the University of California, 19990510

1.b. Individual geo libraries/library-collections

for map collections see the Oddens's Bookmarks

Australia - Melbourne - University of Melbourne - Earth Science Library

Austria - Leoben - University of Mining and Metallurgy - Geoscience Library

Germany - Berlin - Freie Universität Berlin

Geowissenschaftliche Bibliothek, Abteilung Geographische Bibliothek, with 55,000 volumes and 325 journal subscriptions, 19980804

Germany - Leipzig - Institut für Länderkunde

Geographische Zentralbibliothek, large and old collection, 180,000 volumes and over 1,000 journals subscriptions; contains private collection of a.o. Friedrich Ratzel, 19980804

Germany - Sammelschwerpunkte in Geowissenschaften

Gateway to geoscience and geography 'Sammelschwerpunkten' - these are libraries having a national collectioning function for a specific discipline, 19980804

Germany - Universität Göttingen

Niedersächsischen Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, 'Sammelschwerpunkt' for geography, with over 100,000 monographs and 450 journal subscriptions, 19980804

United Kingdom - Royal Geographical Society Library

This library holds over 150,000 titles and currently subscribes to about 800 journals.It has particularly strong 19th century holdings. 19990301

United States - Alexandria Digital Library

Digital geo-library project of the University of California, Santa Barbara; aimed at making available spatial datasets and links to web based maps, 19990201

United States - American Geographical Society (AGS), the

AGS Collection, housed in the Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; probably containing the world's largest collection of geographical journals (170,000 vols.), and one of the five largest monograph collections in geography; publishers of 'Current Geographical Publications', of which the most recent issue is available on-line, 19980804

United States - Princeton University

Geosciences and Map Library; 73.000 banden, strong bias towards earth sciences and environmental science, also conatins a large map collection, 19980804

United States - United States Geological Survey (USGS) Library

Probably the largest geoscience library in the world, headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Active in geology, hydrology, cartography, biology, and related fields. The library is open to the public, has an online catalogue and a 'Ask a librarian' service. 19991223

United States - University Of California, Berkeley (UCB)

Earth Sciences & Map Library, mainly earth science, over 110,000 volumes, 19980804

United States - University of Illinois at Urbana Campaign

City planning and landscape architecture library (CPLA); large collection of over 120,000 monographs,of which some 100,000 historical, 19980804

Austria - Leoben - Fachbibliothek für Geowissenschaften

Germany - Bonn - Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung - Library

2.a. General and gateways

Fossil Collections of the World

Gateway to fossil collections and other fossil sites by Simon Biggs, 19990817

Museums page of the WWW-Virtual Library

Directory of museums worldwide, browsable by country and speciality, with search facility, by Jonathan Bowen at the University of Reading, UK and supported by the International Council of Museums, 19990510

Natural History Museums

Gateway to natural history museums, by the Musum of Paleontology, Berkeley, USA, 19990817

Australia - Sydney - The Albert Chapman Minral Collection at the Australian Museum
Belgium - Brussels - Royal Museum for Central Africa
Canada - Drumheller, Alberta - Royal Tyrrell Museum
Canada - Hull, Quebec - Canadian Museum of Civilization
Canada - Ottawa, Ontario - Canadian Museum of Nature
Croatia - Zagreb - Croatian Natural History Museum
Finland - Helsinki - Finnish Museum of Natural History
Germany - Frankfurt am Main - Senckenberg Natural History Museum
Germany - München - Mineralogische Staatssammlung München
Germany - München - Paläontologisches Museum München
Germany - München - Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
Netherlands - Leiden - Naturalis - National Museum of Natural History
Netherlands - Maastricht - Natural History Museum
Norway - Oslo - Mineralogisk-geologisk Museum, Universitetet i Oslo
Philippines - Los Baños - Museum of Natural History
Poland - Wroclaw - Museum of Natural History
Sweden - Stockholm - Swedish Museum of Natural History
Switzerland - Berne - Natural History Museum Berne (NMBE)
Switzerland - Lausanne - Musée Cantonal de Géologie à Lausanne, Suisse
United Kingdom - London - Natural History Museum
United States - (dispersed) - United States Geological Survey (USGS) museum property
United States - Athens, GA - Georgia Museum of Natural History
United States - Atlanta, GA - Fernbank Museum of Natural History
United States - Berkeley, CA - Museum of Paleontology
United States - Boulder, CO - Colorado University Museum of Natural History
United States - Bozeman, MT - Museum of the Rockies
United States - Chicago, IL - Academy of Sciences Nature Museum
United States - Chicago, IL - The Field Museum
United States - Cleveland, OH - Cleveland Museum of Natural History
United States - Denver, CO - Denver Museum of Natural History
United States - Emporia, KS - Johnston Geology Museum
United States - Eugene, OR - Museum of Natural History
United States - Lafayette, LA - Lafayette Natural History Museum
United States - Los Angeles, CA - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
United States - New Haven - Peabody Museum of Natural History NO CONNECTION
United States - New York, NY - American Museum of Natural History
United States - Houghton, MI - A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum
United States - Philadelphia, PA - Academy of Natural Sciences
United States - Pittsburgh, PA - Carnegie Museum of Natural History
United States - Pocatello, ID - Idaho Museum of Natural History
United States - Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Museum of  Natural History
United States - Seattle, WA - James R. Slater Museum of Natural History
United States - Washington, DC - National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

3. Achives and repositories

a. General and gateways

Repositories of Primary Sources
Pages by Idaho University Library, USA with extensive (over 3400 links) international listing of national, regional and municipal archives as well as specialised archives and repositories, 19990831

b. Individual archives with geo-collections