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WorldCat Collection Analysis User Gude

Second edition

Abstract

The WorldCat Collection Analysis User Guide describes the purpose and operation of the WorldCat Collection Analysis Service, including available analysis types, their corresponding displays, and how each analysis type can be manipulated.

Revision history

Date Section Description of changes
14 Feb 2008 Analysis Dimensions Added "2008" to Publication Date table
6 Aug 2007 Chapters 1, 2, 4, 8 Changed maximum number of libraries in a Peer Comparison from 5 to 10.
17 May 2006 Table of Contents Revised chapter order to place administrative information first
17 April 2007 All Release of second edition.
15 Jan 2007 Chapter 1
Appendix A		 Added "Microform" as format
Added No title available error message
1 Dec 2006 Chapters 4, 5, 7 Added Chapter 4, Data to Analyze, and Chapter 7, ILL Analysis for new ILL Analysis feature.
Moved WorldCat Comparison description to Chapter 5, Individual Library Analysis
18 Aug 2006 Chapters 1, 9 Added description for new Continually Updated Resources/Continually Updated Resources Electronic formats and corrections to Administrative functions
27 June 2006 Appendix A Changed text of Analysis under construction message
8 June 2006 Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 Added description for Predefined Group Comparison for groups, Authoritative List Comparison, new separators in Data-to-Analyze menu
10 Apr 2006 Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 Added information for new graphing technique
20 Feb 2006 Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 Added information for new date ranges
16 Dec 2005 Chapter 1 Corrected text for Holding Count and illustrations for row expansion
13 Dec 2005 Chapters 1, 3, 5 Revised description for display of Overlap information and added description for new Holding Count dimension
17 Oct 2005 Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 Added information to include Gov Docs division and electronic formats; updated some graphics to show new Conspectus divisions
10 July 2005 Chapters 1, 5, 6, 9, Appenedix A Added description for one-to-one comparison, updated some graphics, and added Appendix A for messages
15 May 2005 Chapters 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 Added description for zoom function and separate Adult/Juvenile data

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