Search Assistance

General       

• General Search Tools
  • OCLC Worldcat:
    • Videos:
      • How to use the WorldCat Database, published by ISU Libraries, November 2, 2020.
  • International ILL Toolkit:
    • Please see the International ILL Shared Sphere page for more information about the Toolkit.
• Digital Borrowing:
  • Ebooks:
    • E-Book ILL Lender Tracker, published by the Boston Library Consortium. Can assist in determining what libraries are licensed to lend Ebooks from particular publishers.

Journal Abbreviations       

• Archaeology: 
  • Abbreviazioni Bibliografiche, published by Ministero Per I Beni E Le Attivita’ Culturali.
  • American Journal of Archaeology, published by The Journal of the Archaeological Institute of America.
  • List of Abbreviations for Journals, Series, Lexika and Frequently Cited Works, published by Institutum Archaeologicum Germanicum.

Union Catalogs & National Libraries       

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• International

  • Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Services (COBISS), member countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
  • Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog/Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog (KVK), member countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States

• Australia

  • TROVE

• Austria

  • Die Österreichische Systematik Öffentlicher Bibliotheken/The Austrian Systematics of Public Libraries (ÖSÖB)
  • Österreich Archive Online (Archivnet)

• Belgium

  • Union Catalog of Belgian Libraries (UniCat)

• Canada

  • Voilà

• China

  • China Academic Library & Information System (CALIS)

• Colombia

  • Colombia Discovery Catalog

• Croatia

  • Metelwin Skupni Katalog
  • Nacionalna i sveučilišna knjižnica (The National and University Library in Zagreb)

• Denmark

  • Bibliotek.dk

• Egypt

  • Egyptian Libraries Network

• Estonia

  • ESTER  Online Catallogue

• Finland

  • Finland Union Catalog

• France

  • Bibliothèque nationale de France (Bnf) Catalog
  • Catalogue Collectif de France (Collective Catalogue of France)
  • Système Universitaire de Documentation (Sudoc)

• Germany

  • Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (German National Library)
  • Gemeinsamer Verbundkatalog (German Union Catalog)

• Hungary

  • Magyar Országos Közös Katalógus (MOKKA)

• Iceland

  • Leitir (formerly Gegnir)

• India

  • IndCat: Online Union Catalogue of Indian Universitie

• Israel

  • Israel Union Catalog (ULI)

• Italy

  • Cataloghi Storici Digitalizzati
  • Catalogo Italiano dei Periodici (ACNP)
  • Manuscripts of Iatlian Libraries (Manus Online)
  • OPAC of the Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (OPAC SBN)

• Japan

  • CiNii Books
  • National Diet Library (NDL)

• Luxembourg

  • Luxembourg Union Catalog (A-Z.lu)

• New Zealand

  • Te Puna Search

• Norway

  • Norway Union Catalog

• Philippines

  • Department of Science and Technology (DOST) 
  • Philippine eLib

• Russia

  • eLibrary.ru
  • National Electronic Library

• South Africa

  • South African Union Catalogue (SACat)

• South Korea

  • Research Information Sharing Service (RISS)

• Spain

  • Catálogo Colectivo de la Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias (REBIUN)

• Sweden

  • Sweden Union Catalog

• Taiwan

  • National Bibliographic Information Network (NBINET)

• Thailand

  • The Union Catalog of Thai Academic Libraries (UCTAL)

• United Kingdom

  • Library Hub Discover

• United States

  • Library of Congress