World Cat Tutorial Group 5 project

1. WorldCat Tutorial
By Arielle Middleman, Elaine Menken, Geraldine
Brennan, Harriet Simons, Lesley Carey, Melanie
Schneeflock, Melinda Helfer, &Thomas Holloway

2. Links the collections of 72,000
libraries in 170 countries that
participate in Online Computer
Library Center (OCLC).
Currently 1,900,000,000 holdings
in World Cat and Growing!

3. What is found in
WorldCat?
Physical Items:
Books
Music CDs
DVDs
Journals and Magazines
Government Publications
Digital Items:
E-Books
Powerpoint Presentations
Audiobooks
Images
Films
Sound Recordings
Other
Video games
Maps
Digital Versions of Rare Items

4. How to access WorldCat:
Through your own library http://www.worldcat.org

5. General tips:
Clear all fields before a new search.
Click on “show tip” to the right of exit.
? Marks signs which indicate helpful hints.
Basic Search:
Narrow search by placing search term in quotation marks.
Author’s name can be in any order (last first or first last).
Use keyword, author, title, ISBN or year.
Help Me!
Search Tips for WorldCat

6. Advanced Search:
Search can be limited to a particular library.
There is a selection of databases.
You can search by format, language, or type of content.
Expert Search:
Click on ? Sign for an extensive list on Boolean searching.
+ = and/or.
Use + at end for plurals.
Truncation (*) searches a term and its variations.
Wildcards (#) represent from zero to nine characters in a search.
# represents a single character.
Both truncation and wildcards can be used after the third character.
Help Me! (More)
More Search Tips for WorldCat

7. Boolean Operators

8. Basic WorldCat
Search
Example: searching for a book on Chaucer written in French.
Enter “Chaucer” in first search box.
Click on “search”.
52,315 items appear. (Voila!)

9. You can limit your search to:
Advanced
“books, articles, visual materials,
and musical scores” Search Options:
“author, title, publisher, ISBN”
“specific years, or language”

10. Expert WorldCat Search:

11. Desired Results
After a book is found you will click
on “see more details for locating
this item”.
Then on “search the catalog in
your library”.
Lastly, click on “Send a request to
ILL” (interlibrary loan).

12. Results:
Narrow by Format Detailed Record
Mark/ Marked Records Availability

13. What to do with Your Results:

14. For More
Help with  http://www.clarion.edu/395/ to view
WorldCat: Clarion Library options including:
 Illiad Instructions
www.worldcat.org  Help from a librarian
www.oclc.org  Various tutorials for library use
OCLC phone 1-800-848-  Citation help
5878

15. Citations:
 OCLC. (2012). WorldCat. Retrieved from
http://firstsearch.oclc.org.navigator-
clarion.passhe.edu/WebZ/FSPrefs?entityjsdetect=:java
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