WorldCat is the collected catalog of materials (mostly books) owned by over 43,000 libraries worldwide.
Description: WorldCat is the collected catalog of materials (such as books) owned more than 54,000 libraries worldwide. Great for exhaustive searches for books on a topic. Look for the "Request via interlibrary loan" link in WorldCat records to borrow items from other libraries using Interlibrary Loan. Use the "Check OneSearch" link in the record to see if we have book first. Time Period: Antiquity-present Sources: over 43,000 libraries Subject Headings: Art & Architecture, Business, Education, English & Linguistics, General, Health, History, Humanities, Law, Mobile, Music, Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Science, Social Sciences, Technology (Books, etc.) Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly Primary Materials:Books, videos, computer software, music, etc. Information Included: Citations only FindIt@BALL STATE: No Print Equivalent: None Publisher: OCLC Updates: Daily Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
WorldCat Search Tips:
You can limit your search to a specific type or format. Know that WorldCat contains mostly books.
Items owned by Ball State University Libraries are noted in WorldCat. Use OneSearch to find the call number of the book at Ball State so you can find it on the shelf.
Items not owned by Ball State University Libraries can be requested through our interlibrary loan service. Click on the link in WorldCat to request an item through this service. Books will be mailed to the Ball State University and must be returned there.
Google Book Search
Use Google Books to see previews of books before you check them out or before you request them from other libraries.
Note that few of the books are available online in their entirety.
Google Books previews are also available in OneSearch for some of the books owned by the Ball State University Libraries.