www.worldcat.org

Worldcat.org - the biggest online library on earth!

If you thought for a moment that worldcat.org is a site dedicated to the felines, you would be wrong, as it does not deal in cats but something that share an equally beautiful relationship with humans, i.e. books!

In fact, it is the world's largest network of library content and services, envisaged to help people in accessing the web resources. It allows you to search from the countless libraries in your locals and around the world with equal ease! You can locate anything from books, music or videos from any library of your choice in spilt seconds. In addition there are also downloadable research articles and audio books.

This website is owned and sustained by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, a nonprofit, computer library service and research organization founded in Ohio in 1967. It has a global presence through its network of more than 57,000 libraries in 112 countries and territories around the world. The site is available in other languages like French, Spanish, Deutsch, etc.

The home page is simple and clear with only the essential information. The right hand links take you to the corresponding informative pages without any delay. The search bar on top allows you to search for any particular item, book or image in all libraries of your choice, all at once! You can also put WorldCat search on your personal, professional or commercial Web site so that your users can utilize this service in finding additional, verified information beyond the scope of your site. It is simple and free and also comes with the added advantage of personalization options where you can change the background and style to go well with your site's feel and texture.

You can also access world cat library services through any of the common search engines like Google or yahoo. WorldCat results also normally include a direct link to the "Ask a Librarian" help feature of a library's Web site.

World cat drastically cut corners of all your expenses and enhances staff productivity. Finding any item is easy as never before and users have the option to put their own reviews and notes with social networking tools. The multilingual cataloging and materials sets let you serve diverse audiences.

You are getting free access to countless libraries, consortiums, museums and allied cultural institutions that are hooked on to WorldCat, thereby benefiting from not just the data but also becoming part of this noble endeavor in discovery, reference, collection management, resource sharing and digital preservation.

Think global by signing up with this unique international community site!

Usha Hari

Hi-Tech Editorial Division