Searching Library Catalogs

What are Online Catalogs?

· A library’s card catalog converted to an OPAC

· Classification Systems

1. Library of Congress

2. Dewey Decimal

Why use a Remote Library Catalog?

· Convenience – Can search from anywhere

· Interlibrary loan

Characteristics of Online Library Catalogs:

· Gives you additional information about the status of a book

· Each catalog may be different

· Different from Search Engines

· Records can be searched by fields

· Full-texts of Journals may be available

· Special collections can be searched

Finding Library Catalogs:

· http://www.thomas.edu/library/

· http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/libweb

· http://www.metronet.lib.mn.us/lc/lc1.cfm

· http://www.libdex.com