Other Library Catalogs
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The classic library catalog and the Krasker Film/Video Catalog are still available.
Most library catalogs can be accessed from anywhere in the world.
Boston Library Consortium (BLC) |
Regional
| Worldwide
Boston Library Consortium (BLC)
BU WorldCat Local
Expedited borrowing is now available through the BLC. Search BU WorldCat Local to find material and initiate requests.
Here are the member institutions of the BLC and their catalogs.
Regional Catalogs
Boston Public Library
Any Massachusetts resident, including students attending school in Massachusetts, is eligibile for a Boston Public Library card or ecard.
Harvard
OnLine Library Information System (HOLLIS)
Access to the Union Catalog of the Harvard Libraries and to
the Guide to Harvard Libraries.
Fenway Libraries
Online
Access to the union catalog combining the resources of a consortium
of thirteen academic and special interest libraries in the
Boston/Cambridge area.
Massachusetts Library Catalogs
A directory to over 300 Massachusetts library catalogs.
Massachusetts
Library Networks Catalogs
Access to the nine regional Massachusetts library Network
Catalogs under the auspices of Massachusetts Board of
Library
Commissioners.
Minuteman
Library Network Catalogs
Direct and simultaneous access to the catalogs of the public
libraries of: Acton, Arlington, Ashton, Bedford, Belmont,
Brookline, Cambridge, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Framingham,
Franklin, Holliston, Lexington, Lincoln, Maynard, Medfield,
Medford, Medway, Millis, Natick, Needham, Newton, Norwood,
Somerville, Sudbury, Waltham, Watertown, Wellesley, Weston,
Winchseter, and Woburn.
Worldwide Catalogs
Worldcat
Use this catalog to identify who owns materials not
available at Boston University.
includes: books, manuscripts, computer
data files, maps, computer programs, musical scores,
films and slides, newspapers, journals, sound recordings,
magazines, videotapes.
Offers over 47 million records from
over 40,000 libraries located in more than 75 countries
and territiories and includes records representing
400 languages.
Materials identified in Worldcat
may be requested by interlibrary
loan.
Library
of Congress
Access to approximately 12 million records representing
books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic
materials, music, sound recordings, and visual materials.
Internet Archive
Access the fulltext of books scanned by members of the BLC and other libraries.
COPAC
The union catalog for CURL (The Consortium of University
Research Libraries) comprised of "24 university
research libraries in the UK and
Ireland."
National
Library Catalogues Worldwide
Access to national library catalogs arranged alphabetically
by country. National libraries attempt to collect all
publications issued in their respective countries. Catalogs
accessible via the Internet cannot be regarded as definitive.
LibDex
Access and index to 18,000 library homepages and web-based
library catalogs (OPACs-Online Public Access Catalogs).
Libweb
Access to over 8000
pages from libraries in over 100 countries. For the
United States it includes lists for the following:
Academic
Libraries
Public
Libraries
National
Libraries and Library Organizations
State
Libraries
Regional
Consortia