The search results include bibliographic data, the locations of each item found, and information on interlibrary loans. While many libraries and other research institutions have access to RLIN, it is possible for an individual to use RLIN by establishing an individual prepaid account. It strives to broaden the availability of information by providing on-line products and services related to cataloging, interlibrary loan, collection development, and reference searching. As of July 1995, the database contained over thirty-one million records, with nearly two million more added each year. The EPIC service is tailored to professional searchers and reference librarians.
EPIC includes extensive indexing and searching by subject or keyword.
Over six thousand libraries are subscribers to FirstSearch. OCLC does not sell its services to individuals, only to libraries. OCLC has posted a list of its subscribing members on its Internet homepage. The information in this guide on each repository and its holdings has been compiled from material submitted by scholars and the repositories. The information is current as of December 1996.