Research library specializing in Colonial and Native American history.

A membership and research library with special collections in Boston history, New England state and local history, biography, English and American history, literature, and arts.

The Mechanics' Institute Library is a general interest membership library and chess club located at 57 Post Street in San Francisco's business district.

Subscription library with public access to the reading and reference rooms only; members may borrow books. Site includes information for members and the general public.

An independent membership library; provides a collection of books and other materials to all who love reading, appreciate literature, and enjoy cultural discovery.

Subscription library with unique collections of books, manuscripts, pamphlets, genealogical sources, graphic images and ephemera for Irish and local studies.

Administered by the trustees of Amherst College, the Folger was a gift to the American people from Henry Clay Folger and his wife Emily Jordan Folger in 1932. Includes news on library projects and extensive background information.

Access to the Atwater Library and Computer Centre, the Fraser-Hickson Library, the Montreal Children's Library, and the Jewish Public Library.

Non-profit, member-supported library founded in 1814 to collect materials "connected with the history and antiquities of America, and the useful arts, and generally to disseminate useful knowledge"; online catalog, exhibit information, and grant applications available.

Library of rare books and manuscripts principally in the fields of British and American history and literature, with readers' guides, events calendar, and images of some of the collection.