Catalogs of Vanderbilt and Partner Libraries

Use ACORN to find materials in any Vanderbilt library. You can search all VU libraries at one time. ACORN permits both very simple and highly complex searches.   Acorn

IRIS is a consortium of Vanderbilt, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and the University of Kentucky. The IRIS catalog allows you simultaneously to search the catalogs of all three libraries and the Center for Research Libraries. Vanderbilt-affiliated patrons can place direct Interlibrary Loan requests for materials held by the other libraries. Items at the UTK and UK libraries are delivered on an expedited basis.   IRIS

In ATHENA you can simultaneously search the holdings of Vanderbilt and 11 other Nashville area libraries, including Nashville Public. Vanderbilt-affiliated patrons can place direct Interlibrary Loan requests for expedited delivery of items held at other libraries.   Athena

Catalogs of Other U.S. and International Libraries

Search these catalogs from other libraries to identify materials not held by Vanderbilt.
Items found in these catalogs can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan.
 
Worldcat
The OCLC Online Union Catalog, containing more than 35 million records describing items owned by U.S. libraries and libraries around the world; each record contains library holdings. 
Center for Research Libraries
CRL does not hold books and journals similar to those held by other libraries. It is a consortium of North American research libraries that acquires highly specialized materials such as microform archival resources, foreign dissertations, U.S. and foreign government documents, and research collections from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and South and Southeast Asia.
Library of Congress
National Library of Medicine
Libweb:
Links to libraries across the world
Lib-web-cats
A database of library webpages, catalogs, and system profiles for over 4,000 libraries worldwide