Library Catalogs
University of Chicago Catalogs
- Library Catalog
- Find items in all campus libraries, including books, periodicals, sound recordings, videos, DVDs and more.
- Lens
- Lens presents a new way to search the Library Catalog and beyond. It offers ranking by relevance
and limiting by topic, language, format and more. It also automatically searches for spelling variations and
related terminology. Read the Lens FAQ
for more information.
Guide to reading call numbers
Other Important Catalogs
- WorldCat
- WorldCat includes the holdings for more than 45,000
academic, public, special and national libraries from 84 countries. Displays
which local libraries own items. Use
to
initiate your ILL request for materials not owned by the U of C.
- Center for Research Libraries (CRL)
- CRL is a consortium of North American academic and independent research libraries. Its shared collections include newspapers (foreign, domestic, and specialized), foreign doctoral dissertations, and other traditional materials. Use Interlibrary Loan to request materials from CRL. CRL is located on the south side of the U of C campus.
- NUCat -- Northwestern University Libraries
- U of C faculty, staff, and students may borrow directly from NWU library via a reciprocal borrowing agreement or use Interlibrary Loan to request books not owned by the U of C.
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- U of C faculty, staff, and students may use Interlibrary Loan to request books not owned by the U of C. U of C faculty may borrow directly from UIC via a reciprocal borrowing agreement.
- I-Share
- Provides information about the collections of many Illinois academic and research libraries. Participating libraries are collectively referred to as the I-Share libraries. Currently, there are 71 I-Share libraries and more than 30 million library items represented in the I-Share catalog. The UofC does not participate in I-Share but items in these libraries may be requested through Interlibrary Loan
Hyde Park Area Libraries
- Bechtold Library (Catholic Theological Union)
- JKM
Library
Serves the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and McCormick Theological Seminary - NORC (National Opinion Research Center)
- Oriental Institute Research Archives
- Wiggin Library (Meadville Lombard Seminary)
National Library Catalogs
Chicago Area Libraries
- Art Institute of Chicago (Ryerson and Burnham)
- Chicago History Museum
- Chicago Public Library (CPL)
- DePaul University
- Donors Forum
- Loyola University
- Newberry Library
Catalogs of Archival Collections
For information about borrowing material not owned by the Library, please consult Interlibrary Loan.
For information about access to other libraries, please see our Reciprocal Access page.