Library Resources for Mobile Devices: Research Tools

Search WorldCat

WorldCat is the world's largest library catalog. It has more than 1.4 billion items available in libraries from around the world. Use WorldCat.org to find materials in your local library, plus get citations, read reviews, make lists and more.

   WorldCat Mobile Interface

  Get the WorldCat Local iPhone App at the iTunes store

  For Nexus One: search for "Worldcat" in the Android Market

  Google Book Search Mobile

  Search the full text of many of the books digitized by Google.

Browse to http://books.google.com/googlebooks/mobile/ with your mobile browser.

RefWorks Mobile Interface

RefWorks -- an online research management, writing and collaboration tool -- is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

  Browse to http://rwt.refworks.com/mobile/ with your mobile browser to login to RefMobile

   Working with RefMobile

LibraryThing Local Books App

Local Books resembles popular dining apps like LocalEats or UrbanSpoon—but for book lovers. It shows you local bookstores, libraries and bookish events wherever you are or plan to be.

LibraryThing Local Books

Download from the App Store

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