WorldCat Online Catalog: Difference between revisions

From FamilySearch Wiki
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
(2 billion)
(35 intermediate revisions by 7 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox
OCLC WorldCat is an online union catalog of over 2 billion titles at 72,000 libraries in 172 countries and territories. The catalog of the [[Family History Library]] was made available via OCLC WorldCat in 2014.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/ Official website].</ref> Although it is the world’s largest bibliographic database for materials held around the world, OCLC WorldCat is not comprehensive. {{Wikipedia|WorldCat}}<br><br>
|name        = WorldCat
|title        = <center>WorldCat</center>
|image        = [[File:Logo wcmasthead en.png|center|150px]]
|label1  = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL Web&nbsp;address]
|data1  =    [http://www.worldcat.org/ www.worldcat.org]
|label2  = Type of site
|data2  =    Catalog and community
|label3  = Registration
|data3  =    Free}}<br>OCLC WorldCat is a free online bibliographic database of over 2 billion distinct works (books, newspapers, periodicals, videos, manuscripts, and more) at 72,000 participating libraries<ref> For list of the small portion of those libraries which have a descriptive page in this Wiki, see the [[:Category:WorldCat libraries]].</ref> in 172 countries and territories. The catalog of the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] also has been made available via OCLC WorldCat starting in 2014.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/ Official website].</ref> Although it is the world’s largest catalog of library materials held around the world, WorldCat does not list collections housed in non-member repositories.


== Using WorldCat  ==
=== Using WorldCat  ===


'''Searching WorldCat''' for sources is simple:
See also [[Finding Microfilmed Newspapers]], which includes WorldCat instructions and screenshots.


*Go to [http://www.worldcat.org/ www.worldcat.org]  
Searching WorldCat is simple:
*Type in some keywords for the title, place, subject, or person. An advanced search option is also available.  
 
*Go to [http://www.worldcat.org/ http://www.worldcat.org/]  
*Type in some keywords for the title, subject or person. An advanced search option is also available.  
*Click on the name of the title you need.  
*Click on the name of the title you need.  
*Enter your zip code in the Location box, then click Find Libraries. Your search results will be sorted geographically by nearest libraries.
*Enter your location and then click "find libraries<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1291140319052_212" />".  
*Scroll down and click on the name of a holding library. This usually opens the same record in their own online catalog and may give more details.
*Scroll down and click on the name of a holding library.  
 
*Click on details to see description of the item. You can see a Full Record, Brief Record, or have A Look Inside.  
'''Newspapers.''' The [[Finding Microfilmed Newspapers]] Wiki page includes WorldCat instructions and screenshots.
*Click on Request Interlibrary Loan to see details on lending, or check with your local library for assistance.
 
== WorldCat Libraries  ==
 
For a partial list of libraries, archives, societies, and museums with catalog records in WorldCat, and whose collections are described in this Wiki, see [[:Category:WorldCat libraries]]. You can also enter a zip code or place name at the  [https://www.worldcat.org/libraries Find A Library] tool to identify and locate participating libraries.
 
==Tips==


*In most cases, the book or other item you are seeking will be available only in hard copy. If the WorldCat record shows no links to digitized copies, print it out, take it to your local library, and ask them to borrow a copy or request page scans/photocopies for you via [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan interlibrary loan] (ILL). This service is usually inexpensive or free.
=== References  ===
*The Advanced Search page enables you to limit your search to certain date ranges, types of materials, languages, and more.
*WorldCat is not a full-text search engine. It will not find ancestral names or other key words inside of books. An individual's name will be built into a bibliographic record, and therefore findable in WorldCat, when he or she is the author or other creator, or a substantial part of a book's subject matter.


== References  ==
{{Wikipedia|WorldCat}}
{{reflist}}  
{{reflist}}  


[[Category:WorldCat_libraries]]
[[Category:Online_library_catalogs]] [[Category:Family_History_Library]] [[Category:WorldCat_libraries]]

Revision as of 13:39, 23 January 2014

OCLC WorldCat is an online union catalog of over 2 billion titles at 72,000 libraries in 172 countries and territories. The catalog of the Family History Library was made available via OCLC WorldCat in 2014.[1] Although it is the world’s largest bibliographic database for materials held around the world, OCLC WorldCat is not comprehensive.

Wikipedia has more about this subject: WorldCat



Using WorldCat[edit | edit source]

See also Finding Microfilmed Newspapers, which includes WorldCat instructions and screenshots.

Searching WorldCat is simple:

  • Go to http://www.worldcat.org/
  • Type in some keywords for the title, subject or person. An advanced search option is also available.
  • Click on the name of the title you need.
  • Enter your location and then click "find libraries".
  • Scroll down and click on the name of a holding library.
  • Click on details to see description of the item. You can see a Full Record, Brief Record, or have A Look Inside.
  • Click on Request Interlibrary Loan to see details on lending, or check with your local library for assistance.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Official website.
Retrieved from "https://integration-ru.familysearch.org/en/wiki/index.php?title=WorldCat_Online_Catalog&oldid=1549810"