Last week I wrote about The Alberta Library (TAL) and how it assists individual public libraries and their patrons to access more materials than are on the shelves of the local library.

One of the may services provided for library patrons by The Alberta Library is TAL Online, an easy way to search the library collections of TAL member libraries. With virtually all public and postsecondary Alberta libraries being members, this one search can check hundreds of libraries for the item you’re seeking.

There are several ways to use the TAL Online search engine. The video below, which I created for the Shortgrass Library System, will give you some suggestions.