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From: "DELORES DAHLEEN" <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] ALLEN, STAFFORD, LUCAS, REDMAN, GRAY, RUDD, FIELD
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:11:23 -0800
References: <00d001c1a807$d80db920$54ea403e@johncalland> <HS2ZOJAh$7W8Ewo1@cjpl.demon.co.uk> <5.0.2.1.2.20020202100538.02d1a040@pop.telus.net> <5.0.2.1.2.20020202164150.02e42650@pop.telus.net>


Jane,
I thank you a thousand times. I use inter-library loan a lot. My Librarian
will love my new knowledge and this will save her a lot of work.
Dee D.
CA.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane Lucas" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Q-R] ALLEN, STAFFORD, LUCAS, REDMAN, GRAY, RUDD, FIELD


> Yes, it is possible, at least in Canada and probably the US as well. Most
> public libraries will get material for you at no charge from other
> libraries. It helps a lot if you can give them a location for the item
> that you want, and of course the older and rarer the item is the less
> likely you will be able to borrow it. This isn't a particularly old item
> though and I imagine it would be fairly easy.
>
> One way to determine the location of an item is to use OCLC's World
> Cat. This is a union catalogue of many many libraries in North America
and
> the UK. Normally there is a fee to search it. If you have a student or
> staff library card from a university you can normally do it at no charge,
> but today I just discovered a free way to search it!
>
> You go to www.abebooks.com , which is a site where used and antiquarian
> booksellers can list their items for sale. As an aside, you can often
find
> all kinds of items for sale you never thought you'd find. It is
> terrific! Today I just found that if you register a free account with
> them, you can list your "wants", and in addition there is an option to see
> which libraries own that item. It connects to Worldcat!
>
> You can try it with this book. Sign on and make an account for
> yourself. Search using the advanced search, using Author: Lucas, William
> and Title: Quaker
>
> It will tell you there are no hits, and underneath that is a link that
says
> "Find it at a local library". Click on that and you will see a note that
> says that there are 41 locations with that title. Use the drop down list
> to have a loot at the locations. Then take that list to your local
> librarian and you'll have a lot easier time getting the book! (Can you
> tell I am a librarian?!) And of course there may be other locations as
> well, that aren't listed in Worldcat.
>
> So that is a rather long-winded answer to your question!
>
> Jane Lucas
>
>
>
>
> At 03:17 PM 2/2/02, you wrote:
> >Hello Jane Lucas and Researchers,
> >Jane would it be possible that a copy of the " Diaries of William Lucas"'
> >could be gotten through inter-library loan?
> >This would be of course through individuals own public libraries that I
am
> >referring to.
> >Dee D.
>
>
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