403,946 records

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Available as Dublin Core/XML


This dataset is the second version of the bibliographic records for the National Bibliography of Scotland and part of an ongoing programme of work to create and expand the bibliography.

This version of the National Bibliography of Scotland references materials published in Scotland and/or is in language Scots and/or is in language Scottish Gaelic from National Library of Scotland’s main catalogue.

National Bibliography of Scotland version 1

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National Bibliography of Scotland Version 2

File contents: 1 readme file (plain text); 1 XML file in MARC format; 1 XML file in Dublin Core format.

File size: 119 MB compressed (1,250 MB uncompressed)


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34812/RMEA-1D47

Dataset creator: National Library of Scotland

Dataset publisher: National Library of Scotland

Publication year: 2022

Suggested citation: National Library of Scotland. National Bibliography of Scotland National Library of Scotland, 2022. https://doi.org/10.34812/RMEA-1D47


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