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OCLC Updates and Special Offers: *WorldCat Local*
Latest enhancements for WorldCat Local
/New search options in the WorldCat Local service give users more access
to local library data and additional ways to refine search results.
/
*Limit to peer-reviewed content
*
A peer-reviewed limiter has been added to the service in response to
user requests. The new limiter lets users refine searches and search
results to peer-reviewed articles, e-articles, journals and e-journals
in databases accessible through the WorldCat Local central index with
the exception of WorldCat. The limiter will be added to WorldCat as a
future enhancement.
Users can limit to peer-reviewed using the new Popular Limits section of
the Advanced search screen or they can refine search results by the
peer-reviewed facet under the Article format and under Content on the
WorldCat Local interface.
Limit to peer-reviewed content sample
/Limit to peer-reviewed content/
An item's peer-reviewed status is determined through the xISSN service
<http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=2617253&l=25684&ctl=3729C52:7D9A13F40F244FA9C72E06CECF02F68AB99A427DD10DD538&;>,
an OCLC API which harvests data including peer-reviewed status from
approximately 60 sources. This list of the sources and the service are
available at http://www.oclc.org/developer/services/xissn
<http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=2617253&l=25684&ctl=3729C53:7D9A13F40F244FA9C72E06CECF02F68AB99A427DD10DD538&;>.
**Search of local bibliographic data**
Local data such as local subject headings, uniform titles and notes is
now searchable in WorldCat Local. Since February, 2011, WorldCat Local
libraries have been able to add their local data to the service through
OCLC Batchload, and this rich locally-created content began to display
in the interface in May. This additional data complements the full
bibliographic data from the WorldCat database already available in the
service and gives users more access points to their libraries' resources.
When a library adds its local data to a WorldCat Local site, it is
available only to users of that site, and will not display to other
WorldCat Local library sites.
*An example of a search of local bibliographic data:*
WC_enhancement_7
//Search for "public performance" in notes field and "odyssey" in
uniform title field//
Details about providing access to local bibliographic data through
WorldCat Local are provided in "Quick Reference: Local Bibliographic
Data for WorldCat Local
<http://visit.oclc.org/t?r=896&c=2617253&l=25684&ctl=3729C54:7D9A13F40F244FA9C72E06CECF02F68AB99A427DD10DD538&;>."
