What is the difference between FirstSearch and WorldCat?

Choose FirstSearch if the primary need is for specific, precise searching of WorldCat. Choose WorldCat Discovery to provide users with single-search access to your library’s resources, including licensed content collections.

How do I use WorldCat discovery?

With your WorldCat Discovery, you can:

  1. Select databases to search through advanced search.
  2. Select library and sort options.
  3. Share items from search results.
  4. Create a WorldCat Discovery search box to place on your institution’s Web pages.

What is FirstSearch?

FirstSearch is an online service that gives library and education professionals access to a rich collection of reference databases. FirstSearch offers electronic access to dozens of databases and more than 10 million full-text and full-image articles.

What is FirstSearch OCLC?

FirstSearch is a proven and highly trusted tool that empowers anyone to find the authoritative content they need in every format from worldwide library collections. FirstSearch delivers the precise, full-featured WorldCat searching that library staff and researchers value.

How do I add a book to WorldCat?

Use the title, permalink/OCLC Number, ISBN, or ISSN for specific item

  1. Use the title to create a WorldCat link.
  2. Use the permalink/OCLC Number to create a WorldCat link.
  3. Use the ISBN to create a WorldCat link to a specific item.
  4. Use the ISSN to create a WorldCat link to a specific serial.

How do I search ArchiveGrid?

Search for repositories in ArchiveGrid Hover over the red markers to see the names of institutions. Click on them to find contact information and search their collections.

Is OCLC the same as WorldCat?

OCLC makes WorldCat itself available free to libraries, but the catalog is the foundation for other subscription OCLC services (such as resource sharing and collection management). WorldCat is used by librarians for cataloging and research and by the general public.

How do I search WorldCat?

On the WorldCat.org homepage, enter one or more basic keywords in the search box. Select Search for Library Items from the Search drop-down menu and then enter one or more basic keywords in the search box. Click Search. Your results appear, sorted by relevance.

What happened to WorldCat?

Our ability to learn from this experimental linked data on WorldCat.org has reached an end, and the quality of links has diminished over time, so we will remove it on 17 February 2021.

How do I download books from WorldCat?

Once you find the eBook title you’re looking for, just click on the View eBook link, which will take you directly to the book. If you are off campus, you will be prompted to enter your campus user name and password. You will not be able to link to ebooks from other libraries.

Where can I find original manuscripts?

ArchiveGrid can help. A little-known free website can help you locate old documents and manuscript items available in over 1,500 different archival collections. It’s called ArchiveGrid, and it currently includes close to 5 million archival item entries!