Worldcat slideshow for LIS9763

Worldcat.org Finding what you want through Worldcat

What is Worldcat.org?
“ WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services”
With Worldcat, you can search the catalogues of many libraries, all at once

Why Worldcat?
Worldcat is most useful when you have a particular item you want to locate, and you don’t want to search a number of different catalogues to find it.

Getting started
Go to: www.worldcat.org

Searching
Type a title or author into the search box

Results
Lots of results might show up, but not every one will be useful

Refine your search
Use the links on the left to bring up only the results you want

Finding the Title
When you see the item you want, click on it to see the full record

The Record
Great! But now that you’re here, what can you do?

Options
Worldcat provides a lot of choices, including: getting the book from a library or Amazon, saving the record for later, sharing the record with social bookmarking, or reviewing the item

Information tabs
Tabs at the bottom of the record provide easy access to information

Libraries tab
Fill in your location info on the library tab

Libraries tab (con.)
This will bring up a list of libraries closest to you which have the item

Reviews tab
You can read Amazon reviews of the item

Advanced features
Once you’re used to Worldcat, you can create an account to make booklists

Participation
Contact your library to see if they are included in Worldcat results, or...
Search for an item on Worldcat that the libraries in your area are certain to have

Go try it!
Find out what a useful tool Worldcat can be!

Worldcat slideshow for LIS9763

by d moore on Jul 23, 2008

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