[Regia-NA] World Cat--Research tool

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That *is* cool!  Thanks!!!

--charlotte mayhew



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From: "Jan Ward" <hawksbluff at yahoo.com>
To: "list-Regia-NA" <list-regia-na at lig.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:56 AM
Subject: [Regia-NA] World Cat--Research tool


> This was posted on an SCA list by Nancy Spies, who
> does lots of textile research for her books. She says
> "in the US", but then says it asks for zip-code,
> province, or country, so I suspect it's worth trying
> out for people in Canada and perhaps other places as
> well. They do call it "WorldCat". I live in a small
> town and rely heavily on interlibrary loan (ILL) to
> find stuff. Anything that can make the wait shorter is
> a good thing  as far as I'm concerned.
> Jan/AElfwyn/Edwinna
> 
> WorldCat, a program that allows you to find the
> location of a book in 
> academic libraries in the US, is now available through
> Google.  
> WorldCat gives you 
> academic, university libraries, not public libraries.
> 
> 
> 1. Type in the title of your book in inverted commas,
> i.e. "Italy, 
> Sicily, 
> and the Mediterranean".
> 
> 2. On the search results list, look for the entry that
> starts "Find In 
> A 
> Library" and go there.
> 
> 3. You'll be asked to enter a postal code, province,
> or country.  (And 
> apparently it is remembered, because now I just have
> to type in the 
> book title 
> without reentering the zip code every time.)
> 
> 4. You will then get a list of the local academic
> libraries that have 
> that 
> book.  For example, I live in northern Maryland: the
> list of libraries 
> that have 
> the book on Italy includes ones in Maryland, DC,
> Delaware, PA, and VA.  
> 
> This is a truly awesome research tool.
> 
> Please pass this message to everyone and anyone who
> might be 
> interested.
> 
> Nancy
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