Sorry it took me so long to post these. If anyone is interested here are the links from my training session about union catalogues.
- WorldCat (OCLC - 1.4 billion items)
Advanced options/features: Keyword search, limit by format/publication date/audience/language; select only results in fiction/non-fiction/biography/thesis
- AMICUS (Library & Archives Canada - 30 million records from 1,300 Canadian libraries)
Advanced options/features: Keyword search, subject browse, limit by date/format/language, specific target audience, specific publication type (including government publications!)
- LibraryThing (User-driven website - 38,549,578 books catalogued [4 million + titles])
Advanced options/features: Search using tags (including combining or excluding tags!)—great for compiling book lists or doing readers’ advisory; includes reviews and recommended “readlikes”
- AlouetteCanada
Search Canadian digital collections including records, diaries, photos, artefacts… from a large number of contributing institutions including libraries and archives
- The European Library
Access the 48 national libraries of Europe from one portal. Includes books but also all kinds of other materials, including digital resources. 150 million records.
- Google Book Search
7 million titles in full text (although not all books are browsable cover to cover), with advanced search functionality.
- OpenLibrary
The goal: “One webpage for every book.” 20 million records with a wiki interface and philosophy. A project of the Internet Archive. Audience: public rather than libraries.
