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18. [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]: WorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 71,000 libraries in 112 countries[1] which participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative. It is built and maintained collectively by the participating libraries. Created in 1971, it contains more than 150 million different records pointing to over 1.4 billion physical and digital assets in more than 470 languages.[1] It is the world's largest bibliographic database. OCLC makes WorldCat itself available free to libraries, but the catalog is the foundation for other fee-based OCLC services<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "WorldCat," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WorldCat&amp;amp;oldid=331988702 (accessed December 16, 2009).</ref>.<br>19. [http://libdex.com/country.html International Library Index by Country]: This is a listing of academic and public libraries around the world. Choose the country first, then go to the specific locality.