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What does UA WorldCat Local include?

  • Resources that are owned by University of Arizona libraries, including books, journals, DVDs, CDs, maps, musical scores, media, government publications and more.
  • Online resources to which the UA Libraries provide access.
  • Resources that are available from other libraries in Tucson and Arizona.
  • Resources in libraries around the world.
  • Over 66 million citations for articles included in the following sources:
    • ArticleFirst (articles from a wide range of journals in all subjects)
    • British Library Serials
    • ERIC (education)
    • MEDLINE (medicine and health)
    • GPO (U.S. government publications).
    • *New*  Elsevier article citations from ScienceDirect and Scopus

Citations from MLA Bibliography, H.W. Wilson and EBSCO databases will be added later. (More will be added as agreements are reached with data providers.) Links are provided to help locate the articles in full-text.

What is not yet included?

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Type of Information: Collections Status: To get this information, look in:
Local information (call numbers, locations, volumes/copies) for: Many English language books acquired in the last 10 years Completed  
Materials that are on order or in the process of being added to the collection In process UA Library Catalog
Many print journals held in UA Libraries (except for those of AHSL and Law Library, which are mostly available)   UA Library Catalog
UA Media Arts Library collection *New* Completed  
UA Poetry Center collection *New* Completed  
Government Documents (Marcive records) Completed  
Citations and/or local information for: Some materials included in some UA-licensed large online collections, such as MyILibrary, Ebrary, Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), Early English Books Online (EEBO)

Ebook & other online collections now completed:

  • ACLS
  • Early American Imprints (Evans)
  • Ebrary
  • ECCO
  • EEBO
  • Lit Online
  • NetLibrary
UA Library Catalog
Film Media Group streaming video   UA Library Catalog
Some local materials, such as UA theses since 1990 In process UA Library Catalog
Articles not listed in ArticleFirst, ERIC, Medline (PubMed), British Library Serials and GPO

*New*
Now includes Elsevier article citations from ScienceDirect and Scopus.

More will be added later

Databases listed under Article & Database Searching

What else does UA WorldCat Local do?

  • Allows you to place holds or request materials through Interlibrary loan.
  • Provides links to full-text content if UA Libraries subscribe to it.
  • Contains user-contributed reviews, ratings and cover art for some items.
  • Allows you to sign up for a free account to create personalized lists, bibliographies and to contribute reviews.
  • Allows you to mark, save and email citations, or export individual citations or lists to RefWorks or EndNote.
  • Provides links to Amazon or other third parties if you wish to purchase your own copies.
  • Lets you choose the interface language: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, or Spanish (at bottom of search pages).

What other resources are available to me?

If you do not find what you need in UA WorldCat Local:

For more information about WorldCat Local, see the WorldCat FAQ .
For more information about searching and using WorldCat Local, see WorldCat Local Help page .[ Advanced search tips ]