WorldCat
Database Description
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Description:
The WorldCat database is the OCLC Online Union Catalog. It contains more than 43 million records describing items owned by our libraries or libraries around the world. WorldCat contains records for the following types of materials:
- books*
- journals*
- musical scores
- computer data files
- magazines*
- newspapers*
- computer programs
- manuscripts
- sound recordings
- films and slides
- maps
- videotapes
* Does not include individual articles, stories in journals, magazines, newspapers, or book chapters.
Coverage
- Indexing: 1000 A.D.-
Information Type:
- Citations? Yes
- Abstracts? No
- Full Text? No
Frequency of Updates:
- Daily
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