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xISSN : Application gallery

Application gallery

The following are user-created applications that utilize xISSN.

WorldCat Python Module
An open source module for the Python programming language that interacts with the WorldCat Search API and the xISBN/xLCCN/xOCLCNUM/xISSN web services. Developers can build working prototypes rapidly using the bibliographic, holdings and citation information available in WorldCat records. Sample applications, such as Google Maps, interface for displaying holdings information and a subject-based book recommender are included.
Developed by: Mark A. Matienzo, Digital Experience Group, The New York Public Library
WebVoyage Tomcat—OCLC Citation in ActionBox
This actionbox/standalone citation feature, built with the WorldCat Search API, is really popular with UCOL first-year students who are new to citing sources. It retrieves a formatted citation for a book or journal in APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA or Turabian formats. The script is flexible to also use xISSN or xISBN if the OCLC number is unavailable. Downloadable code and documentation of changes are available.
Developed by: Tom Pasley, UCOL (Universal College of Learning), New Zealand
Peer Reviewed Journals and Writers for Henrik Ibsen
This mash up, built during the WorldCat Mashathon 2009 in Seattle, takes an index of Ibsen scholarship from journals and conference proceedings and adds authoritativeness from canonical sources. Elements added include a peer review indicator for journals via xISSN and a WorldCat Identities links to writers listed in the Ibsen database.
Developed by: Peter Leonard, University of Washington
Serials Solutions E-Journal List/360Link and xISSN Mashup
Submitted virtually as a part of the WorldCat Mashathon 2009 in Seattle, this mashup helps researchers identify peer-reviewed journals. For every ISSN the script finds using the JQuery library, it checks the OCLC xISSN service to see if the item is peer-reviewed. If it is, then it adds a “Peer Reviewed” indicator.
Developed by: Karen Coombs, University of Houston Libraries