WorldCat Discovery
WorldCat Discovery is a cloud-based application that helps people easily find resources available at their library and in libraries worldwide through a single search. Library users and staff use their WorldCat Discovery instance to search the WorldCat database, to identify materials they need, and to see where they are available.
- See Introduction to WorldCat Discovery to get started.
- See how to Configure WorldCat Discovery features and Search in WorldCat Discovery.
- Find live and recorded Training.
- Get started
- Get started with WorldCat Discovery.
- Configure WorldCat Discovery features
- Find information about configuring staff and patron facing features for WorldCat Discovery.
- Display local data
- Learn how data unique to your institution displays in WorldCat Discovery including full-text links, local bibliographic data (LBD), and local holdings records (LHRs).
- A - Z List
- Chat with a librarian and send feedback
- Create locally preferred subjects for display and search expansion
- Direct linking and article clustering
- Display order of branches, shelving locations, and items
- Enable "Report a broken link" and receive emails
- Fulfillment and discovery options
- Full-text link display in WorldCat Discovery
- Local bibliographic data (LBD) field mapping
- Local holdings record (LHR) field mapping
- View Terms of Use for eResources
- Search in WorldCat Discovery
- Use advanced search strategies and filter results to optimize your search results in WorldCat Discovery.
- Search results
- Learn about how WorldCat Discovery search results display.
- Browse the Shelf to view nearby items
- Display locally held formats on search results
- Format display in search results
- Image display in WorldCat Discovery
- Item bibliographic data display
- LibKey Discovery search results
- Locate items in the library with StackMap
- Open content in WorldCat Discovery search results
- Physical item availability on electronic resources
- Reading Lists and Resource Lists
- Representative record and availability display on grouped search results
- Saved Items and Personal Lists
- Search result record display
- Share records and create citations
- Reserve and request items
- Use WorldCat Discovery's advanced features to request and reserve discovered items.
- Promote
- Use advanced features to create search links and search boxes to promote your library's WorldCat Discovery service.
- WorldCat Discovery release notes and known issues
- Find WorldCat Discovery release notes and known issues. Release notes are documents that contain information about new product features and enhancements as installed in scheduled releases.
- WorldCat Discovery training
- Find training on WorldCat Discovery here.
- OCLC Community Center: WorldCat Discovery
- Find more information about the Community Center. Current WorldCat Discovery product users may use their WorldCat Discovery credentials to sign in and join the OCLC Community Center to connect with peers and OCLC staff on Discovery workflows, attend webinars, and provide feedback on the product.
- Troubleshooting
- Find frequently asked questions (FAQ) and troubleshooting steps (Troubleshooting).
- I see an error when using WorldCat Discovery with staff roles.
- All searches using our search box result in messages that say "One or more databases selected are no longer available at your institution" or ""The following databases are not available to this institution"
- Are knowledge base notes searchable by patrons in the WorldCat Discovery catalog?
- Articles from a journal in a database I subscribe to do not appear as results in Discovery when I search for them
- Why are the issues appearing out of order on a journal in WorldCat Discovery even though the order in WorldShare Circulation is correct?
- Items are appearing as Not Available. Why are these items unavailable in Discovery?
- A database I see in the Complete list of databases does not appear in the Metasearch database list, where is it?
- A search in WorldCat Discovery results in an error stating "There was an error while displaying your record."
- A title in a knowledge base collection with print periodicals is not showing availability in the A-Z list
- A title is an Optical disc, why does it appear as a Print Book in my search?
- CAMIO support ended 31 December 2018
- How can I request a database be added to WorldCat Discovery?
- Can a new record be added to a previously saved list?
- Can a patron make ILL requests from the A-Z titles page?
- Can a user email or print a list of all search results from Discovery?
- Can I add a PDF to course reserves?
- Can I get cover art images via the WorldCat Search API?
- Can more than one email address be configured for broken link reports?
- Can reCAPTCHA be disabled in WorldCat Discovery?
- Can we point an external hostname to our WorldCat Discovery instance?
- Can we set passwords to access course reserves in Discovery?
- What is a session ID for WorldCat Discovery and what is it for?
- Discovery doesn't show editions and formats known to be on a title
- Why are knowledge base links not including our proxy URL?
- Does my subscription to WorldCat Discovery include the A-Z list?
- Duplicate items appear on a Discovery record
- eBooks do not appear in the search results when we limit searches by branch location.
- When searching for a proceeding in Discovery, if a user clicks on “Check holdings in your Library Catalogue” then it will find the ebook in which the proceeding is contained, but the ebook link doesn’t display automatically.
- Embargoed article appearing in a search
- Error message saying please speak with the librarian Invalid access token
- Featured WorldCat Discovery Troubleshooting articles
- How are languages filtered in Discovery?
- How can I avoid getting article citation records in my WorldCat search results?
- How can I change the language of interface text in WorldCat Discovery?
- How can I correct the We are unable to get availability information for this item error?
- What determines the search indexes in my Advanced Search?
- How can I get my book images to appear in the catalog summary display?
- How can I make temporary items searchable in WorldCat Discovery?
- How can I request a quote for FirstSearch/WorldCat Discovery?
- How can I resolve an IP Range Overlapped error, and find the institution who owns the IP address?
- How can I stop bibpurl.oclc.org links from surfacing on my Discovery records?
- How can I view other editions and formats of an item?
- How can patrons send messages from WorldCat Discovery?
- How does Google Analytics track IP addresses?
- How do I add a library to relevancy in our group catalog?
- How do I change incorrect information in a record?
- How do I change my default pickup location for holds in WorldCat Discovery if I am not a WMS library?
- How do I change the display name on our WorldCat Discovery site?
- How do I change the order branch holdings display in WorldCat Discovery search results?
- How do I control the order that the Access Online links appear on an e-resource record?
- How do I do an li: search in WorldCat Discovery?
- How do I fix Discovery hanging when trying to display availability or title pages?
- How do I integrate Google Analytics 4 with WorldCat Discovery?
- How do I keep the place hold button from displaying for items in specific shelving locations?
- How do I know which metasearch databases correspond to our selected Knowledge Base collections?
- How do I link two editions of the same item under Editions and Formats?
- How do I remove a symbol from a relevancy group?
- How do I remove Course Reserves from the navigation bar of the WorldCat Discovery screen?
- How do I remove the Check Holdings button from my library's name in the Libraries Worldwide dropdown?
- How do I set my library's default search to Libraries Worldwide?
- How do I set up Z39.50 ILL linking from Discovery to SHAREit?
- How do I subscribe to the WorldCat Discovery Listserv?
- How do I turn off ILL requests coming to my library through WorldCat.org and WorldCat Discovery?
- How do I update my library's link to our local catalog?
- How do I update my chat widget in WorldCat Discovery?
- How Do I Update the Call Number Information on Items in My Personal List?
- How do we install the Google Analytics 4 tag in WorldCat Discovery?
- How to correct identical records when duplicated and displaying twice in Discovery ?
- How to display the shelving location in the “Access Options” panel in WorldCat Discovery?
- Knowledge base link in WorldCat Discovery goes to a different item or different edition
- How to stop incorrect links from Digital Collection Gateway from displaying in Discovery
- How to tell if a record in Discovery is a WorldCat record or a central index record
- I'm logged into WorldCat Discovery, but I still can't see items with the My Library staff audience level
- I'm unable to download a PDF from Discovery
- Is an OCLC number required in knowledge base titles for links to appear in WorldCat Discovery?
- Is it okay to delete a shelving location if there are still records associated with it?
- Is it possible to limit results to only microform?
- Is it possible to substitute a new set of icons instead of the set automatically generated by the search box generator?
- Is it possible to turn off the best fulfillment option in WorldCat Discovery?
- Is there an item limit to a Course Reserves list?
- Is there a session time-out for WorldCat Discovery?
- Is there a way to create a search box widget in Discovery that searches only print books in our collection?
- Is there a way to remove the database recommendations?
- Items in a location that are unavailable are showing a green check mark
- I added a new location to the grid for Any Status, why aren't my settings working?
- I added a Resolver Image Location to my OpenURL resolver. Why doesn't it show up?
- I am getting an error when I try and save in the Service Configuration
- Why am I not able to view a link to a shared list sent by email?
- I am setting up Default Databases and Licensed Content. I see the Treat as Held Toggle appears. Does that mean we don't have the collection selected in the Knowledge Base?
- I deselected Group related editions in WorldCat Discovery. Why aren't all of the versions of an item my library holds visible?
- Why am I getting error message "HTTP Status 403 - The number of requests exceeded the 24 hour quota" when I execute a search?
- I am having trouble with subject heading replacement of phrases with double dashes.
- I get an error when I try to save my relevancy groups in the Service Configuration
- I have gone to the Modernized UI for WorldCat Discovery. How do I get back to the current WorldCat Discovery?
- I have replaced an old OpenURL resolver but it still shows up in Discovery
- I just purchased access to a licensed database, what do I do now?
- I searched for a title and got a result that was completely unrelated to the item I searched, why?
- I selected a title from a collection in Collection Manager, why is it not showing as being held by my library?
- I’m not able to retrieve a record in Discovery by any search except OCLC number.
- Language changes don't take place in WorldCat Discovery
- LibKey link appearing for content outside your library's holdings
- Why are links to open access content still showing despite being de-selected in Service Configuration?
- My holdings are not displaying in WorldCat Discovery
- My library is changing their ILS and we need to update our availability for WorldCat Discovery, how do we update this?
- My Links Plus links display in WorldCat Local but do not display in Discovery
- How do we update our OpenURL link resolver in WorldCat Discovery?
- Our libraries share an IP address. How do I add it to both sites?
- Print availability doesn't show up on a grouped record.
- Request button isn't displaying for articles
- Subject heading vocabularies are not being hidden as desired when viewing a record from the search results
- There is only one LHR on a record, but Discovery shows two holdings.
- The database I want to set up for the search box feature does not appear in the drop-down list.
- The Google Preview Button Links to the Wrong Book
- The Icon is missing for our OpenURL Link Resolver in all of our databases
- The item a patron requested in available so why does My Account say Not Ready For Pickup?
- The “Request through Interlibrary loan” button is not appearing on search results even though we do not have access to the articles
- The same record is displaying twice in Discovery
- The tabbed search box I created using my WorldCat account is not working.
- The WorldCat holdings audience level for a record is set to "My Staff Users" but Knowledge Base links are appearing on the record.
- Unable to retrieve availability error in WorldCat Discovery
- User ineligible to request item error when placing hold
- I am using the WorldCat Search API, why do I keep getting an XML response when I am sending a json accept header?
- We've disabled holdings on a collection in WorldShare Collection Manager, but items from the collection are still appearing as available in WorldCat Discovery
- We are finding “Access online” linking buttons to titles that we do not own
- We are finding that WMS Place Hold settings are getting enabled automatically.
- We are unable to select "Links from Local OPAC" to be set for our WorldCat Discovery.
- What's the value of turning on an index-only or abstract database if they don't display full text links?
- Tips to identify elink sources in WorldCat Discovery
- What determines the display order for "Other Editions" in WorldCat Discovery?
- What is a discrete database?
- What is a good way to break a search into multiple searches?
- What is FRBR - how is that applied to search results?
- What is meant by the term availability in WorldCat Discovery?
- What is the difference between the two "Proquest Central" databases in the Central indexes list?
- What is the difference between WorldCat and WorldCat.org? What do I need to know about the central index?
- What is the URL for my institution's WorldCat Discovery site?
- What materials are included in the A-Z list?
- What private or personally identifiable information does Google Analytics collect?
- What URL do I enter in GOBI Library Preferences for searching ISBNs in WorldCat Discovery?
- When are WorldCat Discovery statistics available each month?
- When a patron clicks a link to an article, they are prompted to login even on campus
- When doing an Advanced search in WorldCat Discovery I get an "oops something went wrong" page.
- When I click on my library's hold fulfillment button, I get directed to an ILL request form.
- When I search for a title with special characters I get zero results.
- When I select the "article, chapter" format as a search filter, the "subject" area of the search filters disappears.
- When I tried to use the ‘Cite’ tab for an article I got an error.
- When trying to place an ILL request, I get the error: "This search record cannot be retrieved at this time"
- When using wildcards in a search, I get bad search results
- Where can I add or remove shelving locations?
- Where does our A-Z list generate from in WorldCat Discovery?
- Where do I need to update Talis IP address?
- Which discrete databases should be added to our Discovery search?
- Which MARC fields do WorldShare and WorldCat Discovery pull for item type identification?
- Who owns and is allowed to edit the Local Subject Re-mapping template?
- Why am I getting an error message instead of additional database recommendations when searching remote databases in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why am I getting an "OOPS" error when going into WorldCat Discovery?
- Why am I getting an Oops error when I search Discovery?
- Why am I getting a "Cannot publish to OCLC" error when updating the OpenURL resolver?
- Why am I getting a "following databases are not available to this institution" error?
- Why am I getting a "We're sorry, there has been an error publishing the record" error when saving in the Service Configuration?
- Why am I getting no results when I use a wildcard in my search?
- Why am I getting the error, "This endpoint supports POST requests only"?
- Why am I receiving an 'Unauthorized' error when I try and access the WorldCat Search API v2 using our V1 key?
- Why am I receiving a "This ILL request form requires IP authentication" error?
- Why am I seeing View eBook links on numerous records with the same title - even when we don't hold them ?
- Why am I unable to choose remote databases?
- Why are articles showing as held by our institution when they are outside of our coverage dates?
- Why are duplicate article records surfacing in a Discovery search?
- Why are duplicate links appearing on an A to Z list citation?
- Why are my database recommendations not showing in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why are my Google Analytics statistics different from my OCLC Discovery Usage Statistics?
- Why are my OpenURL Resolver links returning a Bad Request - Invalid URL error?
- Why are some articles treated as mass digitized?
- Why are some records not returned when searching using a Unique Identifier?
- Why are so many Google links appearing on my Discovery record?
- Why are there different results when searching FirstSearch vs. WorldCat Discovery?
- Why are there fewer results in WorldCat Discovery for a centrally indexed database?
- Why are the 856 URL links not displaying in Discovery?
- Why are we getting the "Try again. Populating the search results took too long" error?
- Why can't I find Academic Search Premier in the Service Configuration list of Central Index databases?
- Why can't I see the Course Reserves link in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why can't I see the Search box generator in Service Configuration
- Why can't I search by barcode in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why can't I see the availability for a print book on an eBook record of the same title in Discovery?
- Why doesn't Discovery include the database name when creating a citation?
- Why doesn't StackMap integration work in Discovery?
- Why doesn't the record display options or the correct links when linking to the A-Z list?
- Why does an article that just came out of embargo not show as held by my library?
- Why does a knowledge base link resolve correctly in Discovery but not in the A-Z list or Tipasa?
- Why does data from our Local Holding Records show up on article records outside of our print holdings?
- Why does my item show with a red crossed circle when the item status is Available?
- Why does our OCLC Link Resolver resolve to a dissertation and not an article?
- Why does our WorldCat Search API key stop working?
- Why does the Access Online button not display on titles I have selected in Collection Manager?
- Why does the A - Z list not bring up all the links to a journal when we do a partial title search as opposed to a full title search?
- Why does WorldCat Discovery show that we do not have v.1 and v.2, followed by an indication that we do have those items available?
- Why don't I get newspaper articles in my results when I filter to Newspapers or eNewspapers?
- Why don't I see my call numbers in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why don't the results match between the A-Z Link Resolver and the WorldCat knowledge base when searching by journal title?
- Why don't all the authors and contributors available display in the facet column in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why don't I see all of the volumes in a multi-volume set in WorldCat Discovery availability?
- Why do articles appear as Peer-Reviewed?
- Why do ebooks we own only show as held At Other Libraries Worldwide?
- Why do ebooks we selected from Open Access collection only show as held at Other Libraries Worldwide?
- Why do fiction records display as "non-fiction" in my search results?
- Why do I get the Error "There was an error while displaying your record." when I search WorldCat Discovery from the Search Box widget?
- Why do I keep getting a "Preview not available for this collection" error when I open a collection in the A-Z list?
- Why do I not see local availability data appearing on an article record in Discovery?
- Why do I see an error message when clicking on a title in a Course Reserves list?
- Why do LHRs that are not attached to the Bib records in Record Manager show up on the records in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why isn't a link showing to our local catalog from the A to Z list?
- Why isn't the audience filter displaying in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why aren't the links to my library's catalog resolving correctly in the A-Z list?
- Why is an item my library holds not showing as held in Discovery?
- Why is a record that we do not hold shown as being held in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why is a knowledge base link not appearing on a title in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why is a link appearing in WorldCat Discovery that is not from a collection selected in Collection Manager?
- Why is a word that I searched not underlined in WorldCat Discovery search results?
- Why is call number searching failing in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why is WorldCat Discovery not searching a newly selected database?
- Why is my course reserves search box no longer working?
- Why is my item record showing a "Circulation information is unavailable" or "Item status unavailable" availability error?
- Why is there no Place Hold button when an item is checked out?
- Why is the A-Z Link Resolver taking users to a journal provider who doesn't have the full text for the article ?
- Why is the availability of my course reserves displaying incorrectly?
- Why is the ILL Request button showing up in Discovery on one computer but not another?
- Why is the Libraries Worldwide accordion in Discovery showing 0 holdings for all results?
- Why is our custom message for the sign-in username box truncated?
- Why is the message "Please visit your library to get this item" appearing above our library's availability?
- Why is the option to turn on WorldCat knowledge base links in WorldCat Discovery greyed out in Collection Manager Institution Settings?
- Why is the Place Hold Request Button not visible on a record?
- Why is the title I'm searching for not appearing as the first result?
- Why is this item showing as an ebook in WorldCat Discovery?
- Why is WorldCat.org linking to an item which has the same title but a different format?
- Why is WorldShare or Discovery taking so long to load?
- Why was I able to find a record in WorldCat Discovery and not Record Manager?
- Why won't my logo display properly on WorldCat Discovery?
- Will my ILS interoperate with WorldCat Discovery to deliver real-time availability status?
- Will my WorldCat Search API 1.0 WSKey work with 2.0?
- WorldCat Discovery has returned the error message "An error occurred on the MetaAuthentication System"
- Off campus users are getting a "Try your search again" error on all searches in WorldCat Discovery
- Can you limit searches in Discovery by shelving location?
- You are not authorized to view this content error comes up when a logged-in user attempts to place an ILL request