Virtual libraries More information on this topic can be found in Chapter 8 of the textbook. If a library has an OPAC online, you can search that library's holdings without physically visiting the library.
Some libraries also offer full text cataloguing and the ability to search their special collections.
Once you've located a text you wish to physically check out, you can oftentimes obtain the book through interlibrary loan from your local library. A guide to library resources on the internet - is good for lists of special collections and the names of libraries where they can be found.