WorldCat Discovery User Guide 2017

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What is WorldCat? WorldCat is the largest online library resource in the world holding up 2 billion unique holding records, connecting a network of libraries and their collections across the globe.

1 What is WorldCat? WorldCat is the largest online library resource in the world holding up 2 billion unique holding records, connecting a network of libraries and their collections across the globe. You are now able to search for items held in many other libraries, in addition to items held by Trinity Theological College Library (TTC). What is WorldCat Discovery? WorldCat Discovery is a version of WorldCat specifically set up for TTC Library. It allows our own holdings to appear at the top of search results lists, making it easier for users to see whether or not an item is available locally. It also gives direct access to our licensed content (electronic journals databases, e-books) on a login basis if you are accessing remotely. How do I find resources on WorldCat Discovery? Go to our WorldCat Discovery site: Type keywords into the search box, just as you would on any search site such as Google. Hit Enter or click on the Search button The system will take a moment to search both the catalogue and databases. By default, results appear according to library and relevance. There is a ranking of search results and the first level (Local) will be results from TTC library. The Libraries Worldwide results display for WorldCat Libraries within WA state, country and around the world in order of relevance after local results have displayed. 1

Clicking on the title link shows how many printed copies we have.

2 You will see immediately if TTC Library owns the item, and in what form (e.g. print book and e-book). The second item shows the print book and the location, call number and status next to Available. Clicking on the title link shows how many printed copies we have. Here you can find out if it is out on loan and you wish to reserve it, click on the button Place hold to secure your copy in due course. You need to sign in with your library card number and password. 2

From here you can also cite, save, email, forward, download the item.

There other filters for the obtaining search results.

3 From here you can also cite, save, , forward, download the item. To find similar items, click on the Subjects links found in the Description of the item. There other filters for the obtaining search results. The default results are sorted by library and relevance. You can also refine your search with faceted browsing. Choose an option under one of the facets on the left, Author, Format, Databases, Year etc. 3

Search results can be limited to certain libraries in your region, limit your results by selecting one of the location options in the drop-down box on the top button.

4 Search results can be limited to certain libraries in your region, limit your results by selecting one of the location options in the drop-down box on the top button. Advanced Search option allows searching by Ascension number, Author, ISBN, ISSN, Journal Source, Keyword, Subject and Title (up to 24 different options). Or you could narrow your search by year or format. You can also add or remove databases, include all the ones TTC subscribes to. Wildcards search: use # to represent a single character eg. wom#n retrieves words with woman or women. Wildcards search: use? to represent any number of additional characters, include a number if you know the number of characters the wildcard will replace eg. fine?2 will result in words containing finer or finest. Truncation using? or * retrieves a minimum of the first three characters of the term followed by its variations eg. securit? or securit* retrieves security, securities, securitization etc. Boolean operators: + plus sign will return results with all the words entered OR will return any of the terms entered in the search box 4

5 - Minus sign will result in words eg. Israel Gentiles will have results for Israel and not Gentiles God is love quotation marks will result in all the words located directly next to each other ( ) parentheses will result in more precise searches eg. dog (walking OR feeding OR grooming) - results will be dog walking OR dog feeding OR dog grooming Phrase searching Use of quotation marks results in an exact match eg Near East and not the words near and east You can access electronic resources: e-books and electronic journal articles by clicking on the Access Online button beneath the item. Login with the same username and password for My Library if you are on remote access otherwise you can read it straight away onsite at TTC. If it is an e-book (EBL one), click Access Online buttons. To download e-books, you must have Adobe Digital Editions installed on your computer. 5

How do I export bibliographic data from WorldCat Discovery? For Zotero First, install Zotero on your computer: http://www.zotero.

6 If it is an EBSCO e-book (we only have either EBSCO or EBL), you can Download (EPUB Full Text) all or read by section, contents, chapter by chapter. Full-text journal articles can be read online, ed, or printed out once you have logged in. How do I export bibliographic data from WorldCat Discovery? For Zotero First, install Zotero on your computer: (see Moodle) After finding the item on WorldCat Discovery, go into the detailed record. You should see a Z icon in the URL field: 6

7 Click on the Z icon. The data will then be saved to Zotero, and accessible by clicking on the Zotero button at the bottom right of your screen. For EndNote First, install EndNote on your computer (see Moodle for installation). After finding the item on WorldCat Discovery, go into the detailed record. Click on Cite/Export (top right of the screen). Select your preferred citation format. 7

8 Click on Export to EndNote/Reference Manager. The data will then be dropped into EndNote. G://library/publications and orientation materials/worldcatdiscovery user guide 2017.doc 8

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