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Nashville Public Library is in Worldcat

Nov 11, 2014

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Nashville Public Library is in

WorldCat

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Nashville Public Library is in

WorldCatWhat is WorldCat?

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WorldCat is a global library catalog. Search NPL’s collection as well as libraries around the world.

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“What’s the point? Can’t I just search the online catalog from the library web site?”

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Yes, you can search the online catalog from the library website. But WorldCat let’s you find the library in lots of places on the web.

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We’ll do a search for Team of Rivals.

team of rivals

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Here’s our title. Click to see the record.

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WorldCat gives you Title, Author, Publisher, Summmary…

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…ISBN, Format, Physical description, Table of Contents, Characters…

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…and Reader Reviews from Amazon and weRead.

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If you’re looking for a copy of this book at your local library…

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…type in your location to see what libraries near you own it.

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Team of Rivals is owned by the Nashville Public Library.

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Why is this a big deal?

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What if you use Google to find a book instead of the library catalog? WorldCat puts the library’s collection in Google search results.

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Do a Google search for:

Team of rivals find in a library

Team of rivals find in a library

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Follow book link to WorldCat…

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…and you’ll see that same library locator. Type your zip code and find a library nearby with the book! All from a Google search.

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Nashville Public Library is in

WorldCatWhere else can you find WorldCat?

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npl.worldcat.orgVisit Nashville Public Library at

npl.worldcat.orgto search NPL’s holdings.

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Place Holds orInterlibrary Loan requests

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Look for WorldCat in Wikipedia. Here the link is called OCLC but it goes to WorldCat.

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Look for Worldcat in LibraryThing.

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Nashville Public Library is in

WorldCatNashville Public Library is in WorldCat, so people can find our collection all over the web.

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Nashville Public Library is in

WorldCatWhat can you do in WorldCat?

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Create your own profile

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Share Lists, Bibliographies, and Personal Collections…

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…Reviews, Ratings, and Tags.

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Nashville Public Library is in

WorldCatVisit npl.worldcat.org or www.worldcat.org today!