> > For What It Is Worth Department: > > If you go to: > DOCUMENTATION AND PUBLICATIONS at: > http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/sources.htm > you will note a section called: > > University level user-friendly resources: UC Systemwide sample > See: LIBRARIES for access and overview information. > > Within this section is: > FIRSTSEARCH > OCLC databases and catalog > > The WorldCat section of this site has > current connections to over 17,000 OCLC > libraries worldwide and over 38,000,000 > [38 million items]. A brief study of the record > database indicates that approximately 25%-50% > or more of the non-circulating book collection, as > well as many of the microform collections, > in the SLC LDC FHC, is in this OCLC system. > If you can access FIRSTSEARCH from a > local resouce center and use Interlibrary loan > facilities, you will find you may make a > tremendous savings in time, talent, means > and effective effort in your research projects. > Additionally, there are many rare and more > expensive scholarly resources that can be > obtained via this route that are NOT in the > SLC LDS Library. If you set up a rotating > request schedule, you may be able to have > a constant flow of Interlibrary Loan books > arriving at your local library as you advance order. > In the case of the UC Davis Shields Library, all > patrons within the library have free access to the > system. The local Davis Branch of the Yolo County > Library System allows free Interlibrary Loan service > for four(4) books/microforms at a time, unless there > is a fee charged by the sending institution. Thus, in > this case, a massive and free worldwide extension of > the genealogical research process. Since the loan > system obtains records from any depository site that > will offer a book/microform for transport, there is a good > possibility that you will be able to find what you want > delivered locally. This can be, for example, from > Princeton University Library [NJ], Seattle, Washington, > or somewhere in the State of Virginia, all in the same > shipment. The highly restricted LDS Library system > is greatly complimented by the active use of this > parallel resouce by genealogists and family historians. > > Respectfully yours, > Tom Tinney, Sr. > Listed in: Who's Who In The West, 1998/1999 > Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, > [both editions] >