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What can you do with WorldCat?
By Kelsey Edwards
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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)
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How Big is WorldCat?
O
That’s a lot of
books!
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What can you search for on WorldCat?
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What does a basic search look like on WorldCat?
Basic and yet with options
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What about an advanced search?
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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.
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How do you know if your local library has what you want?
says so right here
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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.
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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
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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_query=WorldCat.org&search_type=&aq=f - Look at the “How to..” videos on YouTube