Finding resources has never been easier...

Now it's easy to make libraries part of your Web search for information: You can locate items in Anne Springs Close Library and in libraries around the world on the WorldCat.org Web site at http://www.worldcat.org/. You can also link to it from the library website...just scroll down to the bottom of the library homepage and type in your search under where it says "Search for an item in libraries near you" and then click on "go."

WorldCat is a global network of libraries that unite their collections in one master catalog. You may already be familiar with WorldCat from the FirstSearch reference service via our Interlibrary Loan link on the library website. Our participation in this master WorldCat catalog allows you to find items in our collection, and in the collections of many additional libraries, at WorldCat.org.

WorldCat.org allows you to search for a particular resource--be it a book, video, audio CD, full-text article or another format--and then locate a library near you that owns the item. If our library has it, our name will appear as a link to our Web site and the online record for the item.

WorldCat is on the Web search sites you use every day
You can also perform WorldCat searches on Google and Yahoo! Search. Simply include the phrase "Find in a Library" (including quote marks) with your search terms. Your search results should include one or more links with the prefix "Find in a Library" and the name of a library-owned item that matches your terms.

Tools that let you find and contribute
WorldCat.org lets you install one of several browser plug-ins that keeps WorldCat searching close at hand. The site also helps you put a special version of the WorldCat search box on your own Web site or blog, or learn how to create links to the WorldCat Web page for a specific item. And all WorldCat Web pages let you add your own rating and review of a work, or contribute factual notes about its contents or its historical or cultural context.

Visit http://www.worldcat.org/, where you always "find in a library"!