Help using the catalogue
Accessing the collections
Our Unicorn catalogue enables users to search the entire holdings of the National Meteorological Library and Archive.
Records have been added to a catalogue since the 1860s, with electronic cataloguing of all items since 1972. Records of older items have been digitised and are now included in the online catalogue.
Help using the catalogue
You can access the electronic catalogue straight away, but the following information will assist you to get the best results from your searches.
Searching
Bibliography
- Build your own bibliography (‘Keep’ records)
Searching
- Searching by author
- Searching by title
- Searching by subject
- Searching for words or a phrase
- Browsing by author, title, series or journal title
- Searching for journals and articles
- Other searches
Refine your searches
- Search only for books
- Search only for articles
- Search only for library material
- Search only for archive material
- Search only for material published by the Met Office or World Meteorological Organization
- Search for material from the Royal Meteorological Society Collection
- Search for data
- Search for rare books
- Search for private weather diaries
- Search for weather charts
- Search for videos and DVDs
- Search for images
- Narrow down searches by date
Image collection
Should you find an item on the catalogue you wish to see, please contact the library or archive as appropriate, quoting the record number if possible.
- Items held at the Archive all have a shelf mark starting ARCHIVE
- All other shelf marks are held in the library
The database is updated continually as new material is received and catalogued including books, journal articles, reports and pamphlets.
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