British Library

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs British Library

British Library bl.uk

Visit the national library of the UK. Explore our buildings, study, meet friends, attend an event and get free access to over 170 million items. Join us.

Wikidata: national library of the United Kingdom

Company

No imprint we could read

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

In English

02 · Privacy

What British Library tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

20 of the 60 sites closest to British Library match.

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   BnF bnf.fr Top 10K English No trackers

   Accueil | BnF – Site institutionnel

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   KB kb.nl English No trackers

   KB, National Library of the Netherlands

   View the digital, printed and written heritage collections of the Netherlands: manuscripts, catalogues, digital literacy services, books, magazines, newspapers and maps.

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   UK National Archives nationalarchives.gov.uk Top 10K English No trackers

   Welcome to The National Archives

   Explore 1,000 years of history with the official national archive of the UK Government.

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   Internet Archive archive.org Top 1K English No trackers

   Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

   U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive

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   www.gov.uk Top 1K English No trackers

   Welcome to GOV.UK

   GOV.UK - The best place to find government services and information.

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   ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrials.gov Top 10K English No trackers

   ClinicalTrials.gov

   United States government registry of clinical trials

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   Louvre Museum louvre.fr English No trackers

   Musée du Louvre Official Website

   Welcome to the Louvre – prepare your visit, explore the palace and museum collections and check out the latest news

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   OCLC oclc.org Top 10K English No trackers

   global library cooperative

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   Grants.gov grants.gov English No trackers

   Home | Grants.gov

   USA federal website

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    europa.eu Top 1K English No trackers

    Language selection | European Union

    Discover how the EU functions, its principles, priorities; find out about its history and member states; learn about its legal basis and your EU rights.

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    Belgium belgium.be Top 10K English No trackers

    Language selection | Belgium.be

    country in western Europe

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    Inserm inserm.fr English No trackers

    Inserm

    L'Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) est le seul organisme de recherche public français entièrement dédié à la santé humaine. Notre objectif : améliorer la santé de tous par le progrès des connaissances sur le vivant et sur les maladies, l’innovation dans les traitements et la recherche en santé publique.

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    Project Gutenberg gutenberg.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Free eBooks | Project Gutenberg

    Project Gutenberg is a library of over 75,000 free eBooks. Choose from ebook formats or read online. No fees, no registration, no ads.

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    North Carolina nc.gov English No trackers

    Home | nc.gov

    North Carolina's Official Website, featuring information about government services, updates, and guides to exploring and enjoying our state.

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    British and Irish Legal Information Institute bailii.org English No trackers

    Making sure you're not a bot!

    legal database

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    JSTOR jstor.org Top 10K English No trackers

    Client Challenge

    distributor of eBooks and other digital media

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    inria.fr Top 10K English No trackers

    Making sure you're not a bot!

    French research institution in computer science

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    australia.gov.au English No trackers

    Find government payments and services | myGov

    country in Oceania

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    Government of the Netherlands government.nl English No trackers

    Information from the Government of the Netherlands | Government.nl

    executive administration body in the Netherlands

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    United States Department of Justice justice.gov Top 10K English No trackers

    Department of Justice | Homepage | United States Department of Justice

    Official website of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ’s mission is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles British Library’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones British Library uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what British Library adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.