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Search the catalogs and web sites of other libraries to see what they have available, especially if you're willing to travel to another library. ISU personnel can use their Sycamore IDs to check out materials at most Indiana libraries. Materials checked out at other libraries by ISU personnel may be returned to the ISU Interlibrary Loan Office and we will return the books (some restrictions do apply; check with Interlibrary Loan first!).
Search other libraries to ascertain complete lists of works by authors, etc. It is, however, not necessary to search catalogs of other libraries before submitting Interlibrary Loan Requests. (ISU-affiliated library users only!; others must use their college's service or public library)
Wabash Valley | Indiana Academic | Indiana Public & Other | Other Libraries & Collections
The libraries listed below share an online catalog. For contact information and
specific
library hours, click here.
The local public library has several branches and is also a good place to search for materials.
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Indiana College & University Libraries
- Indiana University All-Campus
Online Catalog
- Indiana University
Libraries Main
Pages
- Ball State University Library
- Online Catalog (click on WebCat from the
homepage)
- Ivy Tech State College Virtual
Library {login required} IvyCat Library
Catalog guest access
- Purdue University Library Online
catalogs
(THOR, The Online Resource)
- PALNI
(Private Academic
Library Network of Indiana) -- search one college library,
or
search multiple libraries' holdings. Member institutions:
Anderson
University, Ancilla College, Assoc. Mennonite Biblical Sem.,
Butler University, Christian Theological Sem., Concordia
Theological Sem., DePauw University, Earlham College,
Franklin
College, Goshen College, Grace College, Hanover College,
Huntington University, Indiana Wesleyan Univ., Manchester
College,
Marian College, Oakland City Univ., St. Joseph's College,
St.
Meinrad, Taylor Univ. at Ft. Wayne, Taylor Univ. at Upland,
Tri-State University, University of Indianapolis, Univ. of
St.
Francis, Valparaiso University, Wabash College
- Vincennes University
Library
VU
WebCat is the web-based catalog of Vincennes
University
providing access to the collections of Shake Library, Lewis
Historical Collections Library, Jasper Campus, and the
Aviation
Technology Center (Indianapolis).
Selected list of Indiana public libraries:
Major & multiple libraries & collections:
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INCat, the Indiana group catalog, brings the
collections of over
400
Indiana libraries together, through a single search. INCat is powered by WorldCat, the world's most
comprehensive database of library collections, and grouping them so that they can be viewed separately.
Indiana libraries have contributed 8.2 million records for 25 million holdings to WorldCat and with the release
of INCat, you can search the collections of all participating libraries in the state at once. Your INCat search defaults to the catalog that includes the collections of all participating Indiana libraries.
From a drop-down menu, you may limit your search to libraries in a geographic region of the state (Central,
East Central, North Central, Northeast, Northwest, Northwest Central, Southeast, Southwest, Southwest Central)
or to a specific type of library (academic, government, health science, law, public, school and theological.)INCat is supported by the Institute of Museums and Library Services under the provisions of the Library
Services and Technology Act, administered by the Indiana State Library. INCat service is provided by INCOLSA.
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Indiana
Public Libraries [State Library listing]
- Indiana State
Library The State Library link provides access to
their
Genealogy collections; Indiana collections; special services
such as
the Indiana Visually Impaired Resource List; links to Indiana
Community Networks; INSPIRE; Access Indiana; Indiana Video
Information
Network; links to other government and library sites; e.g.,
Indiana
Public Libraries; Indiana Literacy & Technical Education
Resource
Center; Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Literacy Foundation,
Indiana State Archives
- INSPIRE
[INdiana SPectrum of Information
REsources, the Indiana Virtual Library] a
collection of
commercial databases and other information resources that can be
accessed by Indiana residents using any PC equipped with an
Indiana
Internet connection and a Web Browser. INSPIRE is currently
provided
free of charge as a service of the State and libraries of
Indiana. You
will see links to INSPIRE from most/all public library sites in
Indiana. For many public libraries, INSPIRE provides unique
access
that would not otherwise be available to their
clientele.
Many academic
libraries use INSPIRE databases to supplement those subscribed
to by
other means. Note: There are many parts of INSPIRE, and
different
'entry points.' Explore the opening screen. In some cases, a
database
at one library might have the same name as an INSPIRE database;
however, the interface may differ. Also, an academic library's
databases are often restricted to their own campus users, so the
INSPIRE databases may be the only access point. INSPIRE has
special
databases for K-12 and access to other great resources such as
the
Biography Resource Center; LitFinder
(includes
Poem Finder: citations, excerpts and full-text poems; and
Story Finder: full-text short stories); Informe!
(Popular Spanish-language magazines and pamphlets in both
Spanish and
English interfaces), What Tree Is It?; and
Topicsearch
(selected articles from EBSCO databases arranged by topic).
INSPIRE
databases are full-text.
- netLibrary
A searchable collection of e-books (electronic versions of printed books), with access to the full-text of hundreds of newly published books plus hundreds of classic works of literature and history that are now in the public domain. Books can be browsed for quick research or reference or checked out for longer term use. Users must set up their own account to use this resource.
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WorldCat
Combined catalog of more than 100 million books, web resources, and other materials from thousands of libraries throughout the world. From this database, you can electronically request items via interlibrary loan for items not held by the ISU Library. Search for books, serials, non-print media, etc. Restrictions: 2 simultaneous users; off-campus use restricted to ISU faculty, staff, and students. The new Open WorldCat program makes the items in library collections—physical and digital, popular or special—discoverable by people searching the Internet.
- Library of
Congress:
one of the most amazing sites! Look at LC's American Memory,
Global
Gateway, America's Library, THOMAS (Legislative info), online
Exhibition Gallerys, and the Wise Guide (It's Fun to Know
History).
Special links for Researchers, Librarians, Teachers, Kids
&
Families, etc.
- Library of Congress Z39.50
Gateway
This site contains links to various Z39.50 resources, and
provides a
gateway to many library catalogs (alphabetical by
institution/organization)
- Books in
Print While not a library catalog per se, check Books in
Print to
see what may be available (English language). Search not only
for
books but also audio & video. Special search areas for
Forthcoming, Children, & Fiction. Links to Publisher
information.
Search by keyword, author, title, ISBN, or Browse by General
Subject
or by Index. Find links to book, audio & video award-winners
and
nominees (more than 300 distinguished awards), bestsellers (more
than
100 years) and author's biographies (more than 6,000). (5 user
limit)
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LibDex: The Library Index
[formerly called WebCats] Worldwide index to 18,000 library
catalogues, web sites and Friends of Libraries pages. Searchable
by
geographic area, vendor and keyword. Edited and compiled by
Peter
Scott.
- LibWeb ; library
servers via WWW; part of the incredible SunSITE.; currently
lists over
6100 pages from libraries in over 100
countries
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