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Harold Washington College

Online catalog
Use the library's online catalog to find books in the physical collection (of approximately 70,000 volumes) as well as in one of the library's e-books collection.

Databases for ebooks
Search the full text of ebooks in any of these databases (scroll to ""Ebooks" category).

Additional Online Catalogs

Chicago Public Library
Search for books in the Chicago Public Library system including the downtown location of the Harold Washington Library Center as well as the branch locations throughout the city.

I-Share Libraries Catalog (temporarily unavailable)
Search for books in the CARLI consortium libraries catalog (I-Share). Consult an HWC librarian to borrow books found in I-Share.

World Cat
Contains more than 32 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Each record contains library holdings. Entries include books, journals, musical scores, magazines, newspapers, manuscripts, video materials, maps, etc.