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A Library Catalogue...
- is an index to the contents of a library or group of libraries
- allows you to locate material by author, title, subject, etc.
- can include: books; journal, magazine & newspaper titles (not articles); government publications; archives; e-resources; other materials
- gives details (e.g., publisher, date of publication, etc.) required for bibliographies and endnotes
- may give the location, call number and status (e.g., checked out) of an item
- that is available online may be called an OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)
- that combines the contents of several library catalogues may be called a union catalogue
- can typically be searched by anyone, anywhere in the world, with no restrictions
McMaster University Library Catalogues | |
| Catalogue | Description / Home Page Links |
NEW Library Catalogue (VuFind) | Classic Library Catalogue (eLibrary) - News: New Catalogue Launched September 8, 2011 OLD Library Catalogue (Endeca and MORRIS) - no longer available. | McMaster's Library Catalogue includes holdings for Mills, Innis, Thode, Health Sciences libraries and affiliates |
| Fonds/Collections Descriptions & Finding Aids | William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections @ Mills Memorial Library (Lower Level) |
| BRACERS | Bertrand Russell Archives Catalogue Entry and Retrieval System Bertrand Russell Archives and William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections @ Mills Memorial Library (Lower Level) |
| Lyons Resources via McMaster's Library Catalogue | Lyons New Media Centre @ Mills Memorial Library (4th floor) |
| HHS (Hamilton Health Sciences) and FHS (Faculty of Health Sciences) Collections | Archives & Records Management of Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University's Faculty of Health Sciences @ Health Sciences Library (Lower Level) |
| Library @ IAHS Catalogue | Mohawk-McMaster Institute for Applied Health Sciences. Click the Choose a library to search link from the catalogue home page and select IAHS from the resulting list. |
| OPIRG Resource Centre Listing via McMaster's Library Catalogue | Ontario Public Interest Research Group at McMaster @ McMaster University Student Centre (MUSC), Room 229 |
| CLL Library Search | Centre for Leadership in Learning @ Mills Memorial Library (5th floor) |
| SHEC Resources via McMaster's Library Catalogue | Student Health Education Centre @ McMaster University Student Centre (MUSC), Room 202 |
| Canadian Baptist Archives via McMaster's Library Catalogue | Canadian Baptist Archives in McMaster's Divinity College |
| Cordoba Islamic Studies Library via McMaster's Library Catalogue | Cordoba House is a Muslims Association of Canada Institution located on 88 Forsyth Avenue North, Hamilton, ON |
Hamilton Libraries |
| Hamilton Public Library Catalogue (Classic) | New Hamilton Public Library Catalogue (Bibliocommons) |
| Mohawk College Library Catalogue |
| Redeemer University College Library Catalogue |
Southwestern Ontario Libraries |
| Brock University Library Catalogue |
| Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning |
| Guelph, Laurier, Waterloo (TriUniversity Group) - TRELLIS Library Catalogue |
| Media Catalog (Watmedia) - Search audiovisual materials in selected Ontario universities. |
| RACER (Rapid Access to Collections by Electronic Requesting) - Search Ontario university library catalogues simultaneously. |
| Ryerson University Library Catalogue |
| University of Toronto Libraries Catalogue |
| University of Western Ontario Libraries Catalogue |
| University of Windsor Library Catalogue |
| York University Library Catalogue |
Other Canadian Library Catalogues | |
Catalogue | Description |
| AMICUS | Canadian National Catalogue - Library & Archives Canada |
| Canada | Provides links to Canadian library catalogues and home pages by province. |
| NRC-CISTI | National Research Council and Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information |
| Ontario | Provides links to Ontario library catalogues and home pages. |
International Library Catalogues | |
| Catalogue | Description |
| British Library | Great Britain |
| COPAC | Merged online catalogues of many major University, Specialist, and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library |
| CRL Catalog (Center for Research Libraries) | A consortium of North American universities, colleges and independent research libraries [More Info] |
| The European Library | Gateway to Europe's national libraries |
| HAMNET (Folger Shakespeare Library) | Folger's web-based catalogue HAMNET contains bibliographic records for materials from the Folger collection, including many 18th century, STC and Wing books. |
| lib-web-cats | Library web sites and catalogs is a directory of libraries worldwide. Search by name, type and geography. |
| Library of Congress Online Catalog | United States |
| National Library of Medicine (NLM) | United States |
| UB Libraries Catalog - BISON | University at Buffalo (State University of New York) - United States |
| UNBISnet | United Nations Bibliographic Information System - Dag Hammerskjold Library |
| UNESCO Libraries Portal | Worldwide listing of libraries by type (e.g., academic, government, etc.) and by geography. |
| United States | Provides links to U.S. library catalogues and home pages by state. |
| World | Provides links to international library catalogues and home pages by country. |
WorldCat - McMaster Users Only | A compendium of library catalogues worldwide. |
Union Catalogues | |
| Catalogue | Description |
| AMICUS | Canadian Union Catalogue - Library & Archives Canada |
| CCFR | Catalogue Collectif de France |
| COPAC | Provides access to the merged online catalogues of major UK and Irish university research libraries, plus the British Library & the National Library of Scotland. |
| The European Library | Gateway to Europe's national libraries |
| Media Catalog | Search audiovisual materials in selected Ontario universities |
| Ontario Colleges Library Catalogue | Library holdings for publicly-funded community colleges in Ontario. |
| RACER | (Rapid Access to Collections by Electronic Requesting) - Search Ontario university library catalogues and more. |
| WorldCat - McMaster Users Only WorldCat - Free version McMaster WorldCat - Free version | International union catalogue of research libraries, owned and operated by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center). Contains 1.3 billion items in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide. NOTE: McMaster WorldCat highlights McMaster library holdings in the search results. |
Last Reviewed: January 6, 2012
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