For librarians, students, and researchers comparing catalog results, paste record text to spot edition differences, publication details, and overlapping holdings. Get a side-by-side comparison, a shortlist of likely sources for interlibrary loan, or notes for a collection decision. You’ll need to bring the catalog records or citations; live catalog searching and current availability checks aren’t included.
Union Catalogs
Compare pasted library catalog records to choose editions and locate likely holdings.
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What it writes
- Side-by-side catalog record comparison
- Interlibrary loan candidate shortlist
- Collection overlap and edition notes
How to use it
In your first message, name the decision you need to make—such as choosing an edition or finding an interlibrary loan source—and paste the relevant records with titles, ISBNs, and holding-library names.
What you bring
- Catalog record text or citations
- Title, author, or ISBN when available
- Your comparison goal
- Copy records from catalogs you can access
A good fit for
- Choosing among catalog results with different editions or publication dates
- Finding candidate libraries for an interlibrary loan request
- Reviewing overlapping titles before a collection purchase decision
Ways to start
A few requests this Agent can handle.
Compare these three records for The Left Hand of Darkness: 1969 Ace paperback, 1976 Berkley edition, and 2019 Library of America edition. Which are distinct editions?
I need a copy of a 1998 edition of The Oxford English Dictionary. These pasted catalog records list holdings at five libraries; which entries look like matches?
We’re considering buying these 12 titles for a small history collection. Compare the pasted records for duplicate editions, publication dates, and likely gaps.
Good to know
This workspace provides text assistance.
- Searching live library catalogs or databases
- Confirming current copy availability
- Cannot access catalog systems or check live holdings
- Comparisons rely on the record text you paste
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