EDotW part 6

Whenever I cannot find a book in our library catalog, UTMOST, I usually turn to Worldcat. Worldcat is an OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) catalog of books and other items, such as articles or sound recordings, in libraries around the world. Worldcat is a great way to find out if an item exists. In addition to letting you know if an item exists, it will also list which libraries have the item.

Worldcat is accessible from our Legal Research Links page > to OhioLink Databases > to Listed by Name U-Z

Worldcat has recently become available via its own website as well, at Worldcat.org. The advantage of going through the OhioLink steps is that this way will highlight University of Toledo's collection, if we have the item. And if we don't have it, clicking on the "libraries world wide that own item" will start off with Ohio libraries that have the item. From there, it is easy to use OhioLink to ask for an interlibrary loan.