• An online catalog is an electronic listing of materials available in a library.
• An online catalog will provide citations to and locations for materials.
• An online catalog will not provide the text of the item.
• At the Benedictine University Library, the online catalog is knows as I-Share.
• I-Share is a shared catalog of the Benedictine University Library as well as the collections of the I-Share libraries (65 other academic libraries in the state of Illinois).
• Circulating materials you locate in I-Share maybe be borrowed directly from the holding library or requested on interlibrary loan

Not all the libraries in Illinois are open to the public. Libraries at other educational institutions or special, hospital and corporate libraries may require special passes or permission to use their collections. If you wish to visit a library which is not an I-Share or LIBRAS member, please call them or visit their web page to determine their access policy, or ask one of our Benedictine University librarians if the library you wish to visit requires an appointment, a special pass, etc.