September 13, 2007
New Features in WorldCat.org
New features have been added to OCLC's WorldCat.org, providing library patrons the opportunity to improve their citation skills, add information to their social bookmark lists and more.
Library patrons now can view and save citations using the five common bibliographic styles, add library-owned items to their social bookmarks or use the Advanced Search option to locate words with Library of Congress subject headings. Highlights of these new features include:
Citations Available in WorldCat Lists
- The lists of library-owned materials your library users can create on WorldCat.org now be viewed and saved as bibliographic citations.
- The Citations View for a WorldCat list allows users to display citations of listed items in their choice of five common styles: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA or Turabian.
- Users can export a list in their selected citation style, choosing which list items should be exported. A handy Select All link lets them quickly include every item on the list.
- Exported list citations can be saved locally in HTML, Rich Text or RIS format, and are compatible with Endnote bibliographic software or the RefWorks research management Web tool.
- The previously available WorldCat list display which featured basic item information, the ability to add personal notes and move, copy or delete list items, is now available under the Details and Notes View tab.
To create your own WorldCat lists, log into WorldCat.org or create your account at worldcat.org/account/?page=login.
Social Bookmarking Added to Detailed Records
- Patrons who maintain social bookmarks on Web sites such as Digg, Del.icio.us, Facebook, Yahoo! or Google can add library-owned items to their bookmarks using the AddThis.com bookmarking button. The button is available on the detailed record page for any item in WorldCat, under the Share It heading.
- When a user mouses over the bookmarking button, they see a window with links to 11 popular Web bookmarking services. (Clicking More presents a full menu of 34 such services.) After selecting a bookmarking site, users can log into or create a new account with that site. A link to the WorldCat detailed record is automatically added to their bookmarks.
Subject Index Added to Advanced Search
- The Advanced Search on WorldCat.org lets users search on words within Library of Congress subject headings, helping them find similar items and related subject matter more easily. The advanced search also lets users query WorldCat by keyword, title, author and ISBN or ISSN, with limiting by language, format and publication date range.

