WorldCat

WorldCat. Dublin, Ohio: OCLC,

Each entry in WorldCat represents books by and about specific vessels. Unlike other resources in ShipIndex.org, these are books that are primarily about vessels, not just books that mention vessels. In addition, some books are "by" vessels, which means they are logs, manifests, or journals that describe voyages of the mentioned vessel.

WorldCat is a worldwide union catalog created and maintained collectively by more than 9,000 member institutions. With millions of online records built from the bibliographic and ownership information of contributing libraries, it is the largest and most comprehensive database of its kind.

Special thanks to Lorcan Dempsey and Thom Hickey for suggesting and then generating the file containing these ship Identities.

Ship Name:

ShipIndex.org tells you which books, magazines, and online resources mention the vessels you're researching. With 142,804 entries in the free database and 2,717,531 entries available with premium access, you're bound to find useful information here.

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A note about searching:

Searches will match both ship names and the citation text by default. There are many options for crafting your query outlined on the searching help page.

A note about icons:

means the resource includes an illustration of the ship

means the resource includes a main entry about the ship

means the resource includes a passenger or crew list for the ship

means the resource is in the premium database

means the resource was added in the past 45 days

means the resource requires an additional subscription to access

means the resource is a book

means the resource is a journal (magazine)

means the resource is a native online resource (digitized books or journals are still noted as 'book' or 'journal', even when they're accessed or accessible online)

To see all the books, magazines, and online resources included in this index, check the Resources page.