Michal, There is no absolute 100% union catalog of all the libraries in the US. Most libraries that are automated have individual access over the web, or directly from their campus or institution. But there is nothing that handles 100% of all cases.
The closest thing that can be found is OCLC's WorldCat. WorldCat has about 40,000,000 bibliographic records and is the shared cataloging source for thousands of libraries. Not every library in the US (or the world) catalogs through Worldcat, but the ones that do are marked with a "holdings symbol" that shows that library owned and cataloged that book. So it is not exhaustive, but it is pretty good. The problem is that access to OCLC is not free -- you need to have a password or similar access to their database. If you have a title or two, send it to me via email, and I'll check and see. If you have a lot of titles, then you'll need to go to someplace that has access to OCLC Worldcat and check through them. Ted Michal Avrahamy wrote: >Hi everyone, > > > >Does anyone know how I can check which libraries have a certain book? > > > >When I was in Hebrew University we had an online library, and I can >imagine that many libraries in the States have an online library service >as well, but is there a place where I can find at once for many libraries? > > > >Thanks for all your help! > > > >Michal Avrahamy > ><http://www.israelbooks.com/>www.IsraelBooks.com > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > >========================================================================== >HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries > >Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/ > > > ========================================================================== HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
