WMS Z39.50 Service

Search your WMS catalog and retrieve real-time availability information for your physical resources.

  • Status: Production
  • Sandbox access: No

What you get

  • Search WorldCat and retrieve bibliographic records for materials in your WMS catalog
  • Retrieve single bibliographic records based on OCLC number, ISBN, ISSN, and other identifiers.
  • Retrieve real-time availability information for your physical resources.
  • Authorize consortial borrowing or other third-party clients that rely on the legacy Z39.50 protocol to search your holdings

For a more modern API integration, you may consider using the WorldCat Search API and WMS Availability API.

Who can use it

Access is available for libraries that use OCLC's WorldShare Management Systems.

Commercial partnerships are also available.