This publication is a further supplement to the General Catalogue of Printed Books 1976-1998 which is the continuation of the General Catalogue of Printed Books originally of the British Museum, and from 1973 of the British Library.
This catalogue, like its predecessors, records primarily the printed book collections (which formerly constituted the collections of the Department of Printed Books of the British Museum).The edition of the General Catalogue now in current use is the cumulation to 1975 published by K.
G. Saur Ltd which is also available through British Library on-line services (BLAISE) and on CD-ROM. The present catalogue records printed books and periodicals from 1976 onwards, plus some items dated 1971-1975 but catalogued since 1975.