Statewide Illinois Library Catalog

  The Statewide Illinois Library Catalog, known as SILC, is Illinois' first all inclusive statewide union catalog that integrates WorldCat and the Illinois Library Systems' local consortial OPACs, to provide both shelf status and interlibrary loan capabilities in a single searchable interface. SILC resides on the familiar FirstSearch platform as an additional WorldCat database that allows users to scope to regional groups within Illinois, as well as by type of library. From a single WorldCat record, users will be able to link to a local shared catalog record to see if and where an item is available for loan.

Map Translation Key City of Chicago :: Chicago Public Library plus libraries of the Metropolitan Library System located in Chicago Far West Suburbs :: DuPage North Suburbs :: North Suburban South Suburbs :: suburban Metropolitan Central Illinois :: Rolling Prairie East Central :: Lincoln Trail Metro East St. Louis Area :: Lewis and Clark North Central Illinois :: the southeastern portion of Prairie Area, the former Heritage Trail Library System Northwestern Illinois :: central Prairie Area, the former Northern Illinois Library System Quad Cities Area :: southwest Prairie Area, the former River Bend Library System Southern Illinois :: Shawnee West Central Illinois :: Alliance