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February 01, 2007

WorldCat.org Further Refined and Expanded

OCLC continues to refine and expand WorldCat on the Web. New developments in January include:

  • More visible evaluative content and Web Resource links
  • Expanded faceted browse options

More Visibility for Evaluative Content and Web Resource Links Individual item records reached from WorldCat.org/ search results now include links to supplemental Web content on the top-level page. Previously displayed beneath the Details tab, these links can include publisher-provided item descriptions, author biographies and Web sites, tables of contents and content excerpts.

Additional links may be provided with the heading Web Resources. These may give a user access to content related to the displayed item, such as a print serial's Web site. In the case that the displayed item is a digital object — such as an electronic book or a digitally preserved photo, document or artifact — the link may provide direct viewing or retrieval of the object (if authentication is not required).

Sample records with Web Resources links:

Wall Street Journal: worldcat.org/oclc/4299067 Consumer Reports: worldcat.org/oclc/1564931 "General Joseph Warren Park" (Photo, Warren PA Library Assoc.): worldcat.org/oclc/67983465 "Yellowstone Falls (from below)" (Painting, Univ. of Puget Sound): worldcat.org/oclc/61267918

Faceted Browse Now Includes Facet Expansion The faceted browse feature of WorldCat.org/ search results now allows a user to expand the abbreviated results within each facet via a Show More... link.

Faceted browse lets a user filter his or her search results by categories (facets) using the left-hand Refine Your Search panel. This dynamic navigation, increasingly popular in a variety of Web search facilities, further leverages WorldCat's structured metadata and helps users who may have difficulty narrowing a large result set understand the refinement options available to them.

Each facet in its initial state displays only the five most relevant results. The Show More link lets the user incrementally reveal 25 additional results at a time, up to 100 results within the facet.

Learn more about WorldCat on the Web at WorldCat.org/.


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