NCompass Live: Introduction to WorldCat - What is it and how can it help me do my job?
Channel: Nebraska Library Commission
Date: 2013-07-26

Recorded on April 7, 2010.
NCompass Live - http://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/

OCLC's WorldCat database is an essential tool of librarians around the world. If you're not a regular user of WorldCat through FirstSearch, and aren't familiar with its value, then this session is for you. Join Susan Knisely, the NLC's Online Services Librarian, and learn how to: •Search for a known item (e.g., perform an author/title search)
 •Limit a search to just juvenile (or non-juvenile) material
 •Limit a search to just fiction (or non-fiction) material
 •Limit a search by document type
•Identify nearby libraries that own items of interest 
•Search for books on a particular topic (e.g., perform a subject search)
 Special emphasis will be placed on using WorldCat to identify items to purchase or request through interlibrary loan to meet patrons' information needs.