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Libraries in the Rochester area and New York State

  • LIBRA (Library Information Bridge for the Rochester Area) provides access to the Monroe County Library System Catalog, in addition to useful information about the city of Rochester, New York.
  • Rochester Regional Library Council (RRLC) web page provides access to regional libraries, libraries in New York State, and New York State information, in addition to linking to other libraries and Federal information.
  • WorldCat-FirstSearch RRLC Member Libraries holdings are now accessed via WorldCat, a union catalog containing over one billion records of thousands of member libraries worldwide. Regional holdings for academic and public libraries in the Rochester, New York area, as well as many healthcare, corporate, and museum libraries are included. Materials of all types are included: books, journals, newspapers, magazines, videos, and CDs. Use WorldCat-FirstSearch to highlight local area holdings.
  • SchoolCat is the union catalog of the Greater Rochester Area School Library Systems -- Genesee Valley BOCES SLS, Monroe #1 BOCES SLS, Monroe#2 Orleans BOCES SLS, Rochester City School District SLS and Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES SLS.

Library Catalogs of Area Colleges

Directories of libraries in the United States and other countries

  • Worldcat is the world's union catalog containing over one billion records of thousands of member libraries worldwide. You can search WorldCat via 2 different interfaces:
    • WorldCat-FirstSearch highlights holdings of regional Rochester libraries and allows for advanced searching.
    • Worldcat.org a simple to use web interface open to all web users.
  • LibWeb (Library Servers via WWW) currently lists over 1000 libraries in over 45 countries on 6 continents, and is updated frequently.
  • Libdex: The Library Index index to 18,000 libraries.