The Online Catalogs of Other Libraries

Local Catalogs

 

University of Pittsburgh

  • PITTCat+, the online library catalog of the University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Carnegie Mellon University

  • Use the E-ZBorrow system to search and request a book from CMU.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

  • Stop at Hillman Circulation Desk for the information that allows University of Pittsburgh affiliates to borrow directly from this library.

Duquesne University

  • Use the E-ZBorrow system to search and request a book from Duquesne.

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania

  • The Historical Society offers a non-circulating collection of materials documenting life in Western Pennsylvania. The Reading Room and collections are located at the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222.

E-ZBorrow (Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, Inc.)

  • The system provides access to the catalogs of more than 50 academic libraries in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia.

National Catalogs

 

Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Catalog
CRL holds over four million newspapers, journals, dissertations, archives, government publications, dissertations and other traditional and digital resources for research and teaching. Holdings include such diverse materials as 800,000 doctoral dissertations (including those of Albert Einstein, Dag Hammarskjold and other Nobel laureates), some of the earliest African-American newspapers and the 100,000-plus-page archive of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge security force. Emphasis is on materials produced outside the United States, and the Center has special strength in publications and archives from many developing nations. These holdings are available for use by students, scholars and other researchers affiliated with CRL member institutions. Additional information abour CRL collections is also available.

 

Library of Congress Catalogs

Global Catalogs

WorldCat WorldCat is a collective catalog of books and other materials in libraries in the United States and worldwide, and can be used to identify libraries which own a particular item. WorldCat contains approximately 50 million records and is updated daily.

KVK: simultaneous searching of hundreds of library catalogs world-wide.

Library Catalog Directories

LibDex LibDex links to thousands of library homepages and web-based library catalogs.

LibWeb Libweb currently lists over 5700 pages from libraries in over 100 countries.