Other Library Catalogs

Verify information about an item not held at the UMass Libraries or look for additional materials on your topic through other library catalogs. Search the catalogs, request items through Inter-Library Loan (limited to currently enrolled students, faculty and staff), and we will have the book sent to us on loan for a specific period of time.

BLC Gateway (OIT account needed for remote access)
Leads you to the catalogs of the Boston Library Consortium (BLC), a cooperative association of sixteen academic and research libraries, mostly located in the Boston area, but also including UMass Amherst and Brown University. BLC Cards are used to gain access to, and to borrow from, member libraries of the consortium. BLC Cards are available to faculty, staff and students of UMass Amherst by contacting the Circulation department at 413-545-2623.

WorldCat. (OIT account needed for remote access)
Also known as the OCLC Online Union Catalog. Contains the merged catalogs of libraries around the world, making it the world's largest database of bibliographic information. Over 46 million bibliographic records.

The Library of Congress
Approximately 12 million records representing books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic materials, music, sound recordings, and visual materials.

The British Library
Over 150 million items covering every age and place of written civilization, from unique historical documents to the latest information sources for business, industry and research. This website describes their collections and their wide range of services for tracking down and accessing information.