databases

If I was on a desert island and could have only one database it would be...(drum roll, please) - Worldcat!!!

Not only will Worldcat tell you who has a book, it will also give you a SuDoc number, it will tell you if the item is linked to an electronic site and if our library's catalog is down it will tell you the call number area for other libraries (who use Dewey)so that you can go to the shelf and be reasonably confident that the number is correct.

But if you were on a desert island you most likely have no books or bookshelves. 8-)

Unfortunately, all though our periodical holdings (courtesy of moi) are mostly correct, our book holdings are not.

I always use this when we don't have have a book.