WorldCat Online Catalog
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| Web address | www.worldcat.org |
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| Type of site | Catalog and community |
| Registration | Free |
OCLC WorldCat is a free online bibliographic database of over 2 billion titles at 72,000 libraries[1] in 172 countries and territories. The catalog of the Family History Library also has been made available via OCLC WorldCat starting in 2014.[2] Although it is the world’s largest catalog of materials held around the world, WorldCat does not list collections housed in non-member repositories.
Using WorldCat[edit | edit source]
Searching WorldCat for sources is simple:
- Go to www.worldcat.org
- Type in some keywords for the title, place, subject, or person. An advanced search option is also available.
- Click on the name of the title you need.
- Enter your zip code in the Location box, then click Find Libraries. Your search results will be sorted geographically by nearest libraries.
- Scroll down and click on the name of a holding library. This usually opens the same record in their own online catalog and may give more detail.
- In most cases, the book or other item you are seeking is available only in hard copy and is not online.
- 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 interlibrary loan (ILL).
Newspapers. The Finding Microfilmed Newspapers Wiki page includes WorldCat instructions and screenshots.
WorldCat Libraries[edit | edit source]
For a partial list of libraries, archives, societies, and museums with catalog records in WorldCat, and whose collections are described in this Wiki, see Category:WorldCat libraries. You can also enter a zip code or place name at the Find A Library tool to identify and locate participating libraries.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ For list of the small portion of those libraries which have a descriptive page in this Wiki, see the Category:WorldCat libraries.
- ↑ Official website.