A brief intro to the library catalog WorldCat and what you can do on it.

1. What can you do
with WorldCat?
By Kelsey Edwards

2. What is WorldCat?
O WorldCat is a library
catalog which
combines the
collections of over
72,000 libraries in
170 countries
around the world.
(Hence the name)

3. How Big is WorldCat?
O

4. What can you search for on
WorldCat?

5. What does a basic search look
like on WorldCat?

6. What about an advanced search?

7. How can you narrow your
search?
If you type in a keyword it then gives you the option of
narrowing down the search by clicking on tabs.
It even tells you how many artifacts are under each
tab.

8. How do you know if your local
library has what you want?
 says so right here

9. What else can WorldCat do?
O You can look up WorldCat on your phone!
O You can look at book lists based on genre.
O Build a bibliography.
O Read review on the most recent books.

10. What to do if WorldCat
doesn’t have it?
O A. Send a request to your library asking
them to buy it.
Or
O B. Amazon.com

11. Want to learn more about
WorldCat?
http://www.worldcat.org/ - Visit the
homepage
http://www.facebook.com/WorldCat.org?ref=
ts - Check out their Facebook!
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_que
ry=WorldCat.org&search_type=&aq=f - Look
at the “How to..” videos on YouTube