WorldCat Alternatives

WorldCat is described as 'The world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat libraries are dedicated to providing access to their resources on the Web, where most people start their search for information' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to WorldCat for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, iPhone, Android, iPad and Android Tablet apps. The best WorldCat alternative is Internet Archive, which is free. Other great apps like WorldCat are Goodreads, Discogs, LibraryThing and Google Scholar.

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  1. AbeBooks icon
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    Online marketplace offering a vast selection of new, used, rare, and out-of-print books from independent sellers, including first editions, signed copies, textbooks, fine art, and collectibles, with monthly discounts and worldwide shipping to readers.

    26 AbeBooks alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • AbeBooks is the most popular commercial alternative to WorldCat.

    • AbeBooks is Paid and ProprietaryWorldCat is Free and Proprietary
  2. viaLibri icon
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    The world’s largest search engine for old, rare & second-hand books. Search for books on over 150 websites worldwide.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. BookSurfAI icon
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    BookSurfAI analyzes your preferences and recommends books you’ll love! Find the books you want as quickly as possible with BookSurfAi's search engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. OfferUp icon
     9 likes

    Buy. Sell. Simple. The largest mobile marketplace for local buyers and sellers. Great Deals. Better than Classified Ads.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  5. BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 300 million documents from more than 10,000 content providers. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open Access).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Wallapop icon
     4 likes

    Buy and sell great things locally. More than 13 Million people are listing and discovering items in their neighborhoods. Wallapop is in major cities like NYC, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, Charlotte, DC, Los Angeles and many more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
  7. Target icon
     3 likes

    Shopping, gifts, style & more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
     
  8. Alibris icon
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    Extensive online marketplace featuring over 250 million new, used, rare, and out-of-print books, music in various physical formats, and movies on VHS and DVD from more than 6000 independent sellers across 65 countries, including collaborations with major retailers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Bibliotheca icon
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    Bibliotheca is a self-hosted personal library and reading tracker web app built with Flask. It lets you log, organize, and visualize your reading journey. Add books by ISBN, track reading progress, log daily reading, and generate monthly wrap-up images of your finished titles.

    53 Bibliotheca alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • Bibliotheca is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to WorldCat.

    • Bibliotheca is Free and Open SourceWorldCat is Free and Proprietary
    • Bibliotheca is Privacy focusedWorldCat is not according to our users
  10. Bookopedia icon
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    A complete iOS companion for book readers: taking notes, tracking quotes, listing characters, saving new words and so on.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. ISBN Lookup icon
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    Discover comprehensive book information with just an ISBN number. Get covers, descriptions, and AI-powered overviews for any book.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. The Digital Public Library of America, or DPLA, is a website that collects materials from museums, libraries, etc around the country and links to them, acting as a directory.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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