Difference between revisions of "Template:Worldcat Access links"

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** [http://www.worldcat.org Public WorldCat interface] is a beta Web interface available for free since August 2006. Only a few basic bibliographic fields per record are available via this interface and there is no Z39.50 access as of mid-2007. User-submitted reviews have been enabled.
 
** [http://www.worldcat.org Public WorldCat interface] is a beta Web interface available for free since August 2006. Only a few basic bibliographic fields per record are available via this interface and there is no Z39.50 access as of mid-2007. User-submitted reviews have been enabled.
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**[http://www2.zblibrary.org/cgi-bin/Webscript.exe?zbpl.scr FirstSearch] -- '''currently inactive''' -- is another Web interface to the WorldCat catalog and it shows all fields in each bibliographic record. FirstSearch access is provided to OCLC's subscribers, primarily libraries. Some subscribers have chosen to make it available on the Web for free, but there is no guarantee that it will remain available indefinitely.
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** [http://fictionfinder.oclc.org/ OCLC Fiction Finder] (currently on hiatus) provides access to all fiction cataloged by OCLC, including shrunk cover scans when available. There is an [http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/xisbn/ ISBN lookup page]. Use the <nowiki>{{OCLC}}</nowiki> template when referring to this source within the ISFDB Wiki.
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***Some fields of interest available through this interface (but not apparent through Worldcat):
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** [http://www.worldcat.org/genres/ WorldCat genres] - lets you browse WorldCat data by genre, e.g. science fiction
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****Original Price (Under 'Vendor Info:' Without currency symbol) (This may be the price paid by the library from their distributor. It may not be a publicly available price, and it may have been updated with later editions. Use when other sources are unavailable,  or as a confirming secondary source)
 
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****LCCN (Under 'Standard No:')
 
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****Library of Congress and Dewey Classification (Under 'Class Descriptors:')
 
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** [http://fictionfinder.oclc.org/ OCLC Fiction Finder] (frequently off-line) provides access to all fiction cataloged by OCLC, including shrunk cover scans when available. There is an [http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/xisbn/ ISBN lookup page]. Use the <nowiki>{{OCLC}}</nowiki> template when referring to this source within the ISFDB Wiki.
 

Revision as of 11:17, 2 July 2012

    • Public WorldCat interface is a beta Web interface available for free since August 2006. Only a few basic bibliographic fields per record are available via this interface and there is no Z39.50 access as of mid-2007. User-submitted reviews have been enabled.
    • OCLC Fiction Finder (currently on hiatus) provides access to all fiction cataloged by OCLC, including shrunk cover scans when available. There is an ISBN lookup page. Use the {{OCLC}} template when referring to this source within the ISFDB Wiki.
    • WorldCat genres - lets you browse WorldCat data by genre, e.g. science fiction
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