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VIAF: The Virtual International Authority File

The VIAF® (Virtual International Authority File) combines multiple name authority files into a single OCLC-hosted name authority service. The goal of the service is to lower the cost and increase the utility of library authority files by matching and linking widely-used authority files and making that information available on the Web. Learn more.

VIAF Contributors

BIBSYS

Central Institute for the Union Catalogue of the Italian libraries

DBC (Danish Bibliographic Center)

FAST Subjects

Flemish Public Libraries

German National Library

ISNI

International Inventory of Musical Sources (RISM)

Lebanese National Library

Library and Archives Canada

Library of Alexandria, Egypt

Library of Congress/NACO

NII (Japan)

NUK/COBISS.SI, Slovenia

NUKAT Center of Warsaw University Library

National Central Library, Taiwan

National Diet Library, Japan

National Library Board, Singapore

National Library and Archives of Québec

National Library of Argentina

National Library of Australia

National Library of Brazil

National Library of Catalonia

National Library of Chile

National Library of Estonia

National Library of France

National Library of Greece

National Library of Ireland

National Library of Israel

National Library of Korea

National Library of Latvia

National Library of Lithuania

National Library of Luxembourg

National Library of Morocco

National Library of Norway

National Library of Poland

National Library of Portugal

National Library of Russia

National Library of Spain

National Library of Sweden

National Library of the Czech Republic

National Library of the Netherlands

National Széchényi Library, Hungary

National and University Library in Zagreb

National and University Library of Iceland (NULI)

Perseus

RERO - Library Network of Western Switzerland

Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale

Slovak National Library

Sudoc [ABES], France

Swiss National Library

Syriac Reference Portal

Union List of Artist Names [Getty Research Institute]

United Arab Emirates University

Vatican Library

Wikidata

Search Note

The search box at the top of this page searches a merged view of VIAF derived from the name authority and related bibliographic data of the participating libraries.