WorldCat is the world's largest bibliographic database, maintained by OCLC. It contains records of over 50,000 libraries in over 90 countries. Created in 1971, WorldCat allows users to search the catalogs of multiple libraries at once to find resources and their locations. It provides citations, full text links, photographs, and resources in multiple languages. Users can borrow items through their local library using WorldCat.

1. What is WorldCat? Background Information It’s the world's largest bibliographic database. Built and maintained by the Online Computer Library Center, otherwise called OCLC. WorldCat maintains a collection of over 50,000 libraries, in over ninety countries. WorldCat was created in 1971 through OCLC’s global cooperative. WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services.

2. WorldCat Home Page How to search WorldCat @ worldcat.org

3. WorldCat Basically means World Catalog

4. What can I find on WorldCat? Article citations with links to full text. Authoritative research material such as: - photographs of local historical significance - digital versions of rare items - resources are available in several languages Popular books, music CDs, Videos. Downloadable audiobooks

5. Special features on WorldCat? Search many library catalogs at once. Links of published reviews and excerpts. Locate resources in a library near you. Link to “Ask a Librarian” & “Find similar items” You can post your reviews and contribute to factual information on an item.

6. Requirements As a Howard student you are allowed to use WorldCat. You will log in with a valid library membership card.

7. How can I borrow from WorldCat? WorldCat allows you to find an item and then locate a library near you that owns it. If you find an item of interest and Howard owns it, use normal procedures to get it.

8. If Howard does not have item, these are the available options for Howard students Join a waiting list Reserve the item Check the item out Have the item shipped to you Have it delivered to you __________ To use WorldCat, you must have active Membership with a cooperating library.

9. Search by: title / subject / person

10. Title search Quiet as it’s kept, shame trauma and race in the novels of Toni Morrison.

11. Results Page

12. Discuss the Results Page (Voice over) Talk about the book record Scroll down We notice that Howard owns the book

13. Hands on Have students search: A person

14. More Features Talk about other features on the page __________ Get it…search Sterling or buy from Amazon save it…things I own, I recommend, things I checked out. add to it… You could review an item, or add/ edit some public notes.

15. Features cont’d share it... Using a list of social networking interfaces e.g. _________________ Favorite, Digg, Facebook, Live, Furl, Ask, Google, RDeddit, Yahoo MyWeb, myAOL, Propeller, Blogmarks, FeedMeLinks, Technorati and others.

16. Features cont’d Talk about the list of libraries near where you live that own the book. Show how the mileage changes from near to far. Explain how it changes from local, national to international. Go to end of the list.

17. Features cont’d Languages - German, Spanish, French Netherlands Japanese Sign in accounts - MyWorldCat, My Lists, Sign In, Register

18. Features cont’d Best page of all… WorldCat Help!!! This page features everything you every thing you would want to know about World Cat but were afraid to ask. (picture of page)

19. Help !!!! Every Question can be answered

20. Hands on Keyword search Adoption and race and America Adoption and race and United States Multiracial adoption and United States Interracial adoption and United States Transracial adoption and United States ______________ Look up these key words and compare

21. Hands On Subject Heading searching Interracial adoption - United States - Moral and ethical aspects Open adoption – United States – Case studies Adoption – Law and legislation – United States Adoption – United States

22. Hands on person search Toni Morrison Barack Obama Gwendolyn Brooks Dionne Brand Austin Clarke Jamaica Kincade

23. Advance search On the WorldCat home page click on: Advanced search

24. Advance Search

25. Advance Search page Discuss the Advance search page