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|data3 = | |data3 = Free}}<br>OCLC WorldCat is a free online bibliographic database of over 2 billion distinct works (books, newspapers, periodicals, videos, manuscripts, and more) at 72,000 participating libraries<ref> For list of the small portion of those libraries which have a descriptive page in this Wiki, see the [[:Category:WorldCat libraries]].</ref> in 172 countries and territories. The catalog of the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] also has been made available via OCLC WorldCat starting in 2014.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/ Official website].</ref> Although it is the world’s largest catalog of library materials held around the world, WorldCat does not list collections housed in non-member repositories. | ||
== Using WorldCat == | == Using WorldCat == | ||
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==Tips== | ==Tips== | ||
*In most cases, the book or other item you are seeking will be available only in hard copy. If the WorldCat record shows no links to digitized copies, print it out, take it to your local library, and ask them to borrow a copy for you via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan interlibrary loan] (ILL). This service is usually inexpensive or free. | *In most cases, the book or other item you are seeking will be available only in hard copy. If the WorldCat record shows no links to digitized copies, print it out, take it to your local library, and ask them to borrow a copy or request page scans/photocopies for you via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan interlibrary loan] (ILL). This service is usually inexpensive or free. | ||
*The Advanced Search page enables you to limit your search to certain date ranges, types of materials, languages, and more. | *The Advanced Search page enables you to limit your search to certain date ranges, types of materials, languages, and more. | ||
*WorldCat is not a full-text search engine. It will not find ancestral names or other key words inside of books. An individual's name will be built into a bibliographic record, and therefore findable in WorldCat, when he or she is the author or other creator, or a substantial part of a book's subject matter. | *WorldCat is not a full-text search engine. It will not find ancestral names or other key words inside of books. An individual's name will be built into a bibliographic record, and therefore findable in WorldCat, when he or she is the author or other creator, or a substantial part of a book's subject matter. | ||
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