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Find what you want in the worlds largest
library catalog!
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Find what you want

• Genealogy
• Music
• Gardening/Landscaping
• Real Estate
• Cooking and Nutrition
• Languages
• Current Events
• Materials for People with Disabilities

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Dig into your roots

• We all like to know where we
• came from. Now youll know
• where to start looking.
• Right here in WorldCat.
• Find genealogy materials in libraries.
• Access collections of historical societies.
• Locate resources on how to begin or
• expand your family tree research.
• You may be surprised at what you uncover.

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Dig into your roots

• What you can find
• Genealogy books
• Ship passenger lists
• Historical society records
• Archival photos
• Articles on research techniques
• How-to guides
• Family histories

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Getting started
1. Ask library staff to help you get to a
WorldCat search page. 2. You should now be on
the Advanced Search screen. Enter your family
name or one for an ancestor in the Search for
field. Add family to the end (e.g., Anderson
family). Select Subject Phrase from the Keyword
pull-down menu. 3. Click Search. All results in
their available formats will be displayed on the
List of Records page. 4. Use the Limit results
options to fine-tune your search results or find
related items using the Related Subjects links in
the upper left of the screen.
GENEALOGY
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Tune into your musical tastes
Need sheet music for your guitar? Or lists of
silly songs for kids? How about some pointers
on songwriting? Put in your requests to
WorldCat. From favorite tunes of past and present
generations to details on every conceivable music
style, youll find volumes of musical resources
here. Even the most musically inclined will be
delighted at what turns up.
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Tune into your musical tastes

• What you can find
• Sheet music for almost every instrument
• Complete scores from operas and musicals
• Instructional books for playing woodwinds
• Reviews of works and performances
• Artist biographies
• Music videos

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Getting started
1. Ask library staff to help you get to a
WorldCat search page. 2. You should now be on the
Advanced Search screen. Enter the song or music
material you want to research in the Search for
field. For example, type in oboe sheet music and
click Search. 3. Results in all available formats
are displayed on a List of Records page. 4. From
the Advanced Search screen, use the Limit type
to option to choose types of materials such as
Musical Scores or Sound Recordings.
MUSIC
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Here, information is always growing

• Whether youre growing a corn crop or
• planting a single cornflower, you'll find
• a bountiful supply of gardening and
• landscaping resources in WorldCat.
• And because WorldCat grows every
• 10 seconds, chances are youll always
• find the latest and greatest information
• on these topics.
• So plant yourself in a chair and start digging.

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Here, information is always growing

• What you can find
• Gardening books for specific regions
• Landscaping designs of famous parks
• How-to videos on planting
• Lawn care tips
• Landscaping design software
• Dictionaries of plants

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Getting started
1. Ask library staff to help you get to a
WorldCat search page. 2. You should now be on the
Advanced Search screen. Enter the topic you want
to research in the Search for field, such as
landscaping in the Midwest. 3. Results in all
available formats are displayed on a List of
Records page. 4. Use the Limit results options
to fine-tune your search results or find related
items using the Related Subjects link in the
upper left of the screen.
GARDENING/ LANDSCAPING
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Were your home for information

• Whether youre buying a house,
• selling one or starting a career
• in real estate, do your homework
• in WorldCat.
• Come visit our comprehensive collection
• of real estate-related resources or narrow
• your search to more specific areas of
• interest such as home loans. WorldCat
• will show you useful Web-based resources,
• online articles, how-to books and more.

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Were your home for information

• What you can find
• How-to books on buying and selling houses
• Articles on loans and financing
• Links to Web sites on home buying
• Biographies of real estate moguls
• Archives of public records and real estate laws

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Getting started
1. Ask library staff to help you get to a
WorldCat search page. 2. You should now be on the
Advanced Search screen. Enter the topic you want
to research in the Search for field, such as
home inspections. 3. Results in all available
formats are displayed on a List of Records page.
4. Use the Limit results options to further
fine-tune your research or click the types of
materials icons (for example Books or Visual
icons).
REAL ESTATE
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A virtual buffetof recipes, tips andhealth
information

• For centuries, cooking has been an art.
• Mix in todays health concerns and
• cooking has become a very important
• part of our daily lives.
• Thats where WorldCat can serve as
• your personal culinary consultant.
• Search it for gourmet recipes.
• Ethnic bakery tips. Nutrition information.
• Even diet and exercise resources.
• Youll get your fill with WorldCat.

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A virtual buffetof recipes, tips andhealth
information

• What you can find
• Ethnic recipe books
• Cooking Web sites
• Kids cooking videos
• Articles on nutrition different age groups
• Food-based computer games
• Interactive cooking lessons

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Getting started
1. Ask library staff to help you get to a
WorldCat search page. 2. You should now be on the
Advanced Search screen. Enter the topic you want
to research in the Search for field such as
pastries. 3. Results in all available formats are
displayed on a List of Records page. 4. Look
through the list to find what you want or do the
search again but limit the criteria to narrow the
results. Use Limit results on List of Records
page, or any of the Limit fields on the Advanced
Search page.
COOKING AND NUTRITION
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Were multilingual

• Speak a language other than English? Studying
  one?
• Maybe youre doing research and need a particular
  book
• printed in German? Whatever the reason, WorldCat
  is a great
• place to locate materials produced in almost any
  language.
• WorldCat will first show you whats available at
  your library.
• If you cant find what you need there, look up
  what other
• libraries have to loan.

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Were multilingual

• What you can find
• Language dictionaries
• Non-English films
• Fiction books in French
• Latin American music
• Health books in Japanese
• Country- and language-specific newspapers
• Language tapes and instructional materials

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Getting started
1. Ask library staff to help you get to a
WorldCat search page. 2. You should now be on the
Advanced Search screen. Enter the topic you want
to research in the Search for field such as
Spanish. Select Subject in the Keyword pull-down
menu. Click Search. 3. Also, you may want to
search for materials in a specific language by
selecting a language in the Limit to Language
pull-down menu. 4. Available items and formats
are displayed on the List of Records page.
LANGUAGES
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Know the news,not just the headlines

• Theres no denying that newspapers and Web-
• based news sites are great sources for up-to-
• the-minute coverage. But where do you go for
• in-depth coverage of a subject? From multiple
• angles? Your library and WorldCat, of course.
• Search any subject and see what comes up.
• Chances are youll see quite a bit. Find books,
• Web sites and more. Not only will you locate
• recent materials, but also older materials
• that provide a historical perspective on
• a topic.

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Know the news,not just the headlines

• What you can find
• In-depth news articles
• History books
• Maps of countries and regions of the world
• Video documentaries
• Government reports
• Newspapers from around the world
• Almanacs

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Getting started
1. Ask library staff to help you get to a
WorldCat search page. 2. You should now be on the
Advanced Search screen. Enter the topic you want
to research in the Search for field. 3. Results
in all available formats are displayed on a List
of Records page. 4. You can adjust your search
criteria using the Limit results options or by
clicking the types of materials icons.
CURRENT EVENTS
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Access for unique needs

• The best place to look for special materials such
  as Braille
• books for children or large print editions is
  your library. The
• second best place is WorldCat.
• Almost any resource you want to find you can
  locate in
• WorldCat. Books about learning disorders.
  Information on
• physical disabilities. Audio books. And more.
• After all, WorldCat is all about accessibility.

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Access for unique needs

• What you can find
• Braille books for all ages
• Resources on learning disabilities
• Large-print books of best sellers
• Audio books of classic works of literature
• ADA regulations and interpretations
• Disability laws

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Getting started
1. Ask library staff to help you get to a
WorldCat search page. 2. You should now be on the
Advanced Search screen. Enter fairy tales in the
Search for field. Under Subtype Limits, select
Juvenile from Any Audience pull-down menu and
select Braille from Any Format pull-down menu.
Click Search. 3. Results will appear on a List of
records page. 4. An icon identifying your
library will appear if your library has a
particular item. If not available locally, you
can use the link called Libraries Worldwide to
locate and obtain the item.
MATERIALS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
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The worlds bestinformation resource

• With more than 62 million records, WorldCat
  is the most comprehensive bibliographic database
  available. WorldCat connects librarians,
  students, researchers and other library users to
  4,000 years of recorded knowledge.
• Updated at a rate of one new record every 10
  seconds, WorldCat contains bibliographic records
  and more than 1 billion holdings contributed by
  more than 8,900 libraries around the world.

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