# Does your state/country have a (somewhat) unified library catalog available? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [March 29, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-country-have-a-somewhat-unified-library-catalog-available/1028877 "2026-03-29T21:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-country-have-a-somewhat-unified-library-catalog-available/1028877/21 "2026-03-31T17:44:17Z")
One of the biggest possible resources not available in Link+ (California) is the University of California’s libraries. I don’t think any of them are part of Link+. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-country-have-a-somewhat-unified-library-catalog-available/1028877/22 "2026-03-31T18:23:54Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > You can sort by the distance of the library from you, > Hmm - just looked up our book on it (169 libraries) and found that you can borrow using it. There’s a borrow button, but when you click on it, it takes you to that library system, and I believe you have to be a member of whatever system you’ve landed on. ---
**Author:** ![Lizzie1210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Lizzie1210](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizzie1210)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-country-have-a-somewhat-unified-library-catalog-available/1028877/23 "2026-04-07T16:34:37Z")
I can ask the librarian to order anything in any public library in the US. Items from outside the state take 7 to 10 business days to arrive at my local branch. It really is mavelous! ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-country-have-a-somewhat-unified-library-catalog-available/1028877/24 "2026-04-07T21:04:30Z")
This thread makes me wonder if the Union List of Periodicals (ranging from popular magazines to academic journals that I created for the southwestern portion of Virginia back in the early nineties still exists. That was my first professional library job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-country-have-a-somewhat-unified-library-catalog-available/1028877.md?page=1)