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Online Catalogs

The Library Catalog is available by clicking on the link from the home page of the Library Web site. The Library Catalog is where you search for books, videos, journals (but not the articles within journals - that is what an online database is for!), music CD's and other material in our collection.

Other library catalogs from nearby public and university libraries are also accessible from this page.

Remember that all Angelinos can register and obtain a library card at the downtown Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL), whether you live in the city itself or in the county.

The Central Library is located downtown at 630 5th St. You can search the holdings of all branch libraries through a single search interface and the catalog is also available in Spanish!
 

Your LAPL library card will also entitle you to use the HUNDREDS of databases to which LAPL subscribes.

The County of Los Angeles (CoLAPL) is also a system of public libraries, and there are many nearby branches -- La Mirada, La Puente, Hacienda Heights, South El Monte, Walnut, Rosemead, and others. The catalog provides access to the 7+ million volume collection that include books, magazines, newspapers, microfilm, videos, laserdiscs, audiocassettes, and compact discs.
 

Finally, the MELVYL catalog available through the California Digital Library, contains the combined holdings of all the University of California libraries as well as the California State Library in Sacramento.