Sound Effects Library from the BBC

60 CD's of a wide variety of sound effects (1998). Completely indexed.
Available at the Simpson (SF) Library circulation desk.

Contents:
1. BBC sound effects -- 2. Exterior atmospheres -- 3. Household -- 4. Interior backgrounds -- 5. Transport --6. Animals and birds -- 7. Human crowds, children and footsteps -- 8. Comedy, fantasy and humor -- 9. International -- 10. Communications -- 11. Water --12. British birds -- 13. Industry -- 14. Cities -- 15. Rural atmospheres -- 16. Cars -- 17. Sport and leisure -- 18. Bang! -- 19. Electronically generated sounds --20. Weather (1) -- 21. Weather (2) -- 22. Ships and boats (1) -- 23. Ships and boats (2) -- 24. America --25. Aircraft -- 26. China -- 27. Babies -- 28. Hospitals -- 29. Africa: the human world -- 30. Africa: the natural world --31. Equestrian events --32. Greece -- 33. Adventure sports -- 34. Livestock (1) -- 35. Livestock (2) --36. Farm machinery -- 37. Horses (1) -- 38. Horses (2) and dogs -- 39. Schools and crowds -- 40. Spain. 41. Trains -- 42. Age of steam -- 43. Construction --44. Cats -- 45. Emergency -- 46. Istanbul --47. Birds -- 48. Crowds -- 49. Suburbia -- 50. France -- Paris --51. London -- 52. Exterior atmospheres --53. India and Nepal: City life -- 54. India, Pakistan and Nepal --55. Footsteps 1 -- 56. Footsteps 2 --57. South America: Urban -- 58. South America: Rural -- 59. Hungary -- 60. Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Greg Smith Hollywood Sound Effects Library

The American University in Washington DC is providing free access to professor Greg Smith's collection of 1450 sound effects, recorded over the course of a career doing sound recording and post-production on Hollywood films. This is a really great resource for background ambiance in all sorts of settings (jungle, rural, urban), transportation, and weapon sounds.