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From: "Nancy Johns" <>
Subject: Re: [ADVANRES] World Cat.
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:47:13 -0400
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Thanks everyone for explaining World Cat. Maybe now I can find out
what records-if any- Swem Library will inter-library loan or will I
have to go spend a couple of days there


On 8/11/07, Heather McLeland-Wieser <> wrote:
> Bob and Nancy;
> WorldCat is the publicly searchable version of OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) the combined catalog system that Librarians search when they do an interlibrary loan for you. The librarian version has been in existence since 1991. It contains over 80 million records covering the collections of over 41,000 libraries worldwide. Of particular interest to genealogists are the more than 130,000 newspapers published in the United States. Firstsearch (the librarian version of Worldcat) also contains records for millions of manuscript collections across the U.S. Many of these do not appear in Worldcat because the owning libraries don't lend this material via interlibrary loan.
>
> Use Worldcat in conjunction with the Family History Library Catalog and you will develop a very good feel for what has already been published on a surname or for a region. These two resources combine for an incredible literature search tool.
>
>
>
> Heather McLeland-Wieser
> Genealogy Librarian
> Manager
> History Travel & Maps
> Seattle Public Library
> 206-386-4092
>
>
> >>> bob gillis <> 8/11/2007 5:34 AM >>>
>
> Nancy Johns wrote:
> > could someone explain to me what "worldCat" is. I was on the Swem
> > Library website doing a search & the next thing I knew I was at
> > WorldCat"
>
> What is "Swem Lbrary"? did the the Swem Lbrary web site redirect you to
> WorldCat or was there a link to WorldCat.
>
> Wer you trying to use the ILL link?
>
> I followed my own Advice and found it is the library at the College of
> William and Mary in Williamburg VA.
>
> WorldCat is apparently a Catalogue being developed for world wide book
> searches. I have not tried location outside of the USA and Canada.
>
> Google Worldcat and you will find an explanation.
>
> bob gillis
>
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Nancy Johns

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