The CAT is the online catalog of materials owned by Penn State Libraries. The CAT provides circulation information for individual books. The CAT includes more than 1.9 million records. However, it is important to remember that The CAT does not include indexing of journal articles.
All research libraries have uncataloged materials.
At Penn State, this includes parts of the special collections, microforms, government publications, and maps collections. Always ask, particularly for older materials. The Keyword search page is for searching a topic. Through the VEL, a user at any CIC libary can search and borrow the materials at any other CIC library, as easily as at one's local library. The database includes records for material as early as the 11th century.