When you find an interesting book on the Oregon Authors site, where do you go to look for a copy of that book? Most of us are used to searching by Title or Author or ISBN at individual library catalogs or bookstore websites, but now, thanks to the clever folks at LibraryThing, you can find out if a book is available on a shelf near you with a single search.

To use LibraryThing’s Local Book Search feature, go to http://www.librarything.com/search and enter a book title. When the book’s page displays, click the Local Book Search link at the right-hand side for a list of bookstores and libraries in your geographic area with copies of that book. You’ll see contact information for the store or library and (whenever possible) you’ll even see the number of copies available at that location.

 Here’s the Local Book Search page for Virginia Euwer Wolff’s Bat 6:

http://www.librarything.com/work/86236/getlocal

Have fun searching locally!