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Available everywhere (features differ by locale) WorldCat Discovery helps people easily find and get resources available at your library and in libraries worldwide through a single search of WorldCat and familiar, authoritative e-content collections.
It’s a search engine for library materials: books, e-books, audio books, videos, databases, research materials and data, maps, records, archives, digitized documents, scans of rare works, photos of local historical significance, musical scores, genealogical records, and much more.
WorldCat is a union catalog that itemizes the collections of tens of thousands of institutions (mostly libraries ), in many countries, that are current or past members of the OCLC global cooperative. [3] It is operated by OCLC, Inc. [4] Many of the OCLC member libraries collectively maintain WorldCat's database, the world's largest ...
WorldCat.org is supported by OCLC, a nonprofit global library organization that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs so libraries can better fuel learning, research, and innovation.
WorldCat.org is the bridge that connects them to libraries and library collections. Our recent redesign enhances the user experience, encouraging repeat visits, sharing, and ongoing engagement. Our goal? To inspire more people to find, use, and value libraries. Period.
Overview. Inside WorldCat. OCLC delivers quality. Libraries provide the foundation. Partners support growth. Inside WorldCat. WorldCat consists of three components: a bibliographic catalog, a knowledge base, and a registry for library information. The worldwide catalog of library resources.
Search WorldCat.org to find library materials around the world, from books and videos to research data and archives.
