[Yulpub] Fwd: Article-level records added to WorldCat.org search results

[Suzanne Lorimer]

OCLC announces the addition of article-level records to the public database it
offers through worldcat.org .  Note that these records will not be added to the
FirstSearch databases to which we subscribe.

-Sue

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OCLC Special Updates and Offers -- WorldCat
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Article-level records added to WorldCat.org search results

OCLC has added article-level citation records to WorldCat.org
search results from four FirstSearch base package databases:
GPO, ArticleFirst, Medline and ERIC. Now a broad base of Web
users performing searches at WorldCat.org can discover article
citations as well as relevant WorldCat records for books, audio
and video recordings, and other content formats.

More than 30 million article citation records from the four
databases were indexed in late March. WorldCat control or
"accession" numbers were assigned to the records in order to
allow citations to appear in search results. These records were
not added to the WorldCat database.

What users can do
Article records link to fulfillment options appropriate to a
user based on their IP address. IP information determines what
nearby WorldCat libraries offer access to the article and which
options are displayed to the user via the record. Options may
include:

 - Links to full text in subscription-based online databases;

 - Links to library-maintained resolvers for access to available
articles; or

 - Links to an article delivery service.

As with checkout and other local-system functionality also
reachable via WorldCat.org, article fulfillment links may require
a user to authenticate access with a library account.

Full-featured FirstSearch access to articles still available

GPO, ArticleFirst, Medline and ERIC continue to be available for
full-featured searching by individual database in the OCLC
FirstSearch service. In FirstSearch, researchers may search these
databases individually or combine them with up to two additional
databases for cross-database searching. The FirstSearch interface
also supports flexible options such as searching indexes specific
to each database.

Try a search now

Visit WorldCat.org and try a search to locate articles on a
favorite subject. Hint: Limit your search results to just
articles by using the "Refine Your Search" feature--just click
the "Article" link under the "Format" heading.

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WorldCat.org

Search for what you want among more than 1 billion library-
owned items, then find it at a library near you.

< http://www.worldcat.org/ >


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Suzanne Lorimer
Coordinator of Research Services
Sterling Memorial Library
Yale University
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
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