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WorldCat.org is a great resource for locating unique, trustworthy materials that you often can’t find anywhere except in a library. And by connecting thousands of libraries’ collections in one place, WorldCat.org makes it easy for you to browse the world’s libraries from one easy search box.
WorldCat.org lets you: Search many libraries at once for an item and then locate it in a library nearby. Find books, music, and videos to check out. Find research articles and digital items (like audiobooks) that can be directly viewed or downloaded. Link to "Ask a Librarian" and other services at your library.
Introduction to WorldCat.org. WorldCat is the world's most comprehensive database of information about library collections. Unique in scale and unparalleled in data quality, WorldCat makes library collections findable and accessible around the world.
Connect your library to people who may never otherwise visit in person or online. WorldCat.org is a unique destination, representing the world’s largest library community on the web. It’s the only site where anyone can explore billions of items from a global network of thousands of library locations in a single search.
WorldCat is used by librarians for cataloging and research and by the general public. As of December 2021, WorldCat contained over 540 million bibliographic records in 483 languages, representing over 3 billion physical and digital library assets, and the WorldCat persons dataset (mined from WorldCat) included over 100 million people.
Lexile Framework for Reading. Subscribe now. WorldCat consists of three components: a bibliographic catalog, a knowledge base and a registry for library information. The WorldCat bibliographic catalog includes millions of records covering everything that is available to users in the library.
WorldCat is the world’s largest library catalog, helping you find library materials online.
