WorldCat is an international catalog that allows you to search for resources that are not located in Kentucky Christian University's Young Library. This increases access to information available to you to complete your research assignments.
To locate the WorldCat Catalog on Young Library's web page, please follow the steps below:
If you type "WorldCat" into a search engine it will provide a screen that will let you search for items in other libraries and help you locate the nearest copy to your current location. You will be able to use this catalog, even when you leave KCU. However, it will not allow you to request items through Inter Library Loan.
Conducting the Search
1. Look at your Key words that you have identified and select one or two to place in the search boxes.
2. Click on search.
3. The new screen will be the "Results" screen. If you used broad terms you will get a high number of results.
4. Look for the tabs above the results. These will be labeled with material types such as "Books", "Sound", "Articles", etc. You will want to click on the "Books" tab.
6. As you scroll through the results list, you can click on the titles to see a detailed view of the item. Look for the phrase/link "Libraries worldwide that own the item". The higher this number, the better are the chances of a library being willing to lend it to us.
7. After reviewing a result, if you would like to use that book, go up to the top left side of your screen and look for the symbol that has two hands shaking with the letters ILL underneath. 
8. Click on this link and fill out the form.
9. Click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the screen. Please do not use the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
10. Watch your KCU email account. As soon as the book arrives, the library will send you an email to tell you that it is ready to be picked up.
