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From: "barber" <>
Subject: [MAESSEX] Book Search tool
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 22:30:16 -0500
References: <JNEBIPBDPPDCGBKMKHOGIEICEFAA.kirkemo@comcast.net>


> Kathleen,
>
> I noted your reference to WorldCat search in the note below. It appears
to
> be a tool for locating books in various libraries, but I've never heard of
> it before. Can you briefly explain how it works and how I might access
it?
> Its possible there may be others on the List who might also be interested,
> so if you wanted to respond through the list that would be fine with me.
>
> Thanks,
> Gordon Kirkemo

Gordon,

WorldCat [FirstSearch] is a subscription search engine which locates books
in libaries around the world. I am lucky that the community college where I
teach subscribes to this database. If your library or a nearby college
subscribes, you can use this tool to locate books, and then you can put in
an interlibrary loan request. Some books, of course, do not circulate; but
if you know where they are, you can sometimes request a photocopy of the
index or table of contents. If you then identify specific pages that would
aid your research, you might be able to obtain photocopies of those pages.
Good luck.

Kathleen


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