COOLCAT
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Gateway to the resources of Victorian academic and research libraries
Use the links below to access individual and combined library catalogues. The COOLCAT Virtual Union Catalogue service is no longer available.
How do you get the items?
Students and staff of CAVAL member institutions
- You can visit the Library holding the item and use it there
- You may be able to borrow using the CAVAL Reciprocal Borrowing Program. Ask at your home institution's Loans Desk for a CAVAL Reciprocal Borrower card before visiting the other library.
NOTE: Borrowing is not available from the State Library of Victoria. - For staff members and some students, interlibrary loans may be an option - ask about eligibility, and how long it can take, at the Information or Reference Desk.
- Make sure you note down the author, title, library and call number details of any items of interest.
Others
- Contact the Library holding the item to ask about access.
Search Catalogues
- Australian Catholic University
- CARM Centre
- Deakin University
- La Trobe University
- Monash University
- RMIT University
- State Library of Victoria
- Swinburne University of Technology
- University of Ballarat
- University of Melbourne
- Victoria University
Other useful links
Libraries Australia provides access to the national database of material held in Australian libraries. You can search for any item and locate which library in Australia holds it.
LibraryLink Victoria search the combined catalogues of Victorian public libraries, eight academic libraries and a selection of state libraries, including the State Library of Victoria.