Guides: Andean Studies: Catalogs

General Library Catalogs

Penn Libraries Catalog
Catalog of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries' books, journals, films, scores, recordings, microforms, electronic resources, etc.
WorldCat
The combined catalogs of most U.S. libraries;71,000 libraries in 112 countries. Material not owned by Penn can usually be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan.
BorrowDirect
The combined catalog of the holdings of the eight Ivy League institutions plus MIT and Chicago. Students can use it to request books not owned or not currently available at Penn.
EZBorrow
The combined catalog of the 60+ members of the Pennsylvania Academic Library Consortium, as well as a number of New Jersey and West Virginia academic libraries. One can request books not owned or currently available at Penn.

Major Andean Catalogs

Biblioteca Nacional del Perú
Biblioteca Nacional del Ecuador "Eugenio Espejo"
Archivo y Biblioteca Nacionales de Bolivia
Memoria Chilena
Chile's National Library
Biblioteca de Comunidad Andina
BiblioCAN is an open access initiative of the Comunidad Andina. It includes 1,200 full-texts representing the cultural heritage of the Andean countries. A network of 28 agencies, including national libraries, universities, government agencies, and NGOs, contribute to the project.

Searching Andean Studies in Franklin

One approach to using the library catalog is to search Library of Congress subject headings that pertain to Andean Studies. Here are some linking to results in Franklin. Some are the result of a subject heading browse search; others display the results of a subject heading keyword search. You can also use these subject headings to search in WorldCat.