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WorldCat Toolbox

The following are links to popular WorldCat-related Web tools for library professionals, affiliates and Web users.

WorldCat.org and Web distribution of WorldCat data

  • Subscribe to e-mail updates
    Stay up-to-date on the latest WorldCat.org enhancements (Select "WorldCat" as an area of interest)
  • Install a Web browser plug-in (At worldcat.org)
    Have WorldCat.org searching always available from your browser toolbar or personalized Google home page
  • Download WorldCat search box (At worldcat.org)
    Put the modular version of the WorldCat.org search box on your Web site, blog, etc.
  • WorldCat.org linking syntax (At worldcat.org)
    Create URLs to WorldCat.org item records or search results using standard numbers or embedded keywords
  • Affiliate Web services (At worldcat.org)
    Web services that allow Web sites and Web-enabled applications to query WorldCat or the WorldCat Registry and receive data
  • WorldCat Registry
    Register or modify links to your library's services that are displayed in WorldCat.org
  • Promote WorldCat in your library
    Customizable materials you can use to announce availability of your holdings on WorldCat.org to patrons, administrators, funding bodies and others

WorldCat library services

  • WorldCat Services logon
    Log into FirstSearch, WorldCat Collection Analysis and WorldCat Resource Sharing
  • OCLC Usage Statistics
    View statistics about links to your library services from WorldCat.org and usage of other WorldCat services

Cataloging statistics

WorldCat record change request forms

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