Addition of Wilson databases to WorldCat Local single search

Submitted by carol.w on Thu, 2010-09-16 14:24

OCLC has expanded the amount of content accessible through WorldCat Local with the addition of popular databases from H.W. Wilson.

Twenty-one H.W. Wilson databases are now available in the central index and eight additional Wilson databases are available via a Z39.50 search of WilsonWeb. The addition of more databases to the WorldCat Local central index demonstrates OCLC’s progress on the expansion of single-search access to resources from familiar content providers most used by libraries today.

The H.W. Wilson databases now accessible through WorldCat Local are:

Central index (21 databases):

  • Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
  • Applied Science & Technology Index
  • Art Abstracts
  • Art Index
  • Biography Index: 1984 to Present
  • Biological & Agricultural Index
  • Book Review Digest
  • Education Abstracts
  • Education Index
  • Essay & General Literature Index
  • General Science Abstracts
  • General Science Index
  • Humanities Abstracts
  • Humanities Index
  • Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
  • Library Literature & Information Science
  • Readers’ Guide Abstracts
  • Social Sciences Abstracts
  • Social Sciences Index
  • Wilson Business Abstracts
  • Wilson Select

Remote index (8 databases):

  • Applied Science & Technology Retrospective
  • Art Index Retrospective
  • Biography Index Retrospective: 1946 – 1983
  • Biography Index: Past & Present
  • Index to Legal Periodicals Retrospective
  • Library Literature & Information Science Retrospective
  • Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890- 1982
  • Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature
  • Social Sciences Retrospective

For the twenty-one additional databases now available in the central index, WorldCat Local libraries can configure access to this content regardless of where they purchase their subscriptions.

WorldCat Local libraries with subscriptions to these databases can use the Service Configuration module to configure their accounts to include this content from H.W. Wilson in WorldCat Local search results.

WorldCat Local libraries that do not currently subscribe to this content may contact H.W. Wilson directly for subscription details.

The complete list of databases available through WorldCat Local is available on the OCLC Web site.

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