Using WorldCat

OCLC WorldCat

OCLC WorldCat is a union catalog of international institutions, making it the world's most comprehensive bibliography. Listing over 62 million books and other materials in libraries worldwide, WorldCat can be used to determine:

• location of the nearest institution with the publication you want
• what book and other materials are available on a particular subject
• citation accuracy

The UF Libraries has access to the freely available version and a commercial version, both with links back to the UF Library Catalog and Interlibrary Loan service:

• WorldCat.org- free version (provides limiters for narrowing directly from result list)
• FirstSearch - commercial version (allows for quick identification of UF holdings; requires log on from off-campus)

WorldCat Subset Databases

You may also limit your WorldCat Search to any of the following subset databases:

• *WorldCat Dissertations and Theses
  Provides access to to over 5 million records of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries catalogs in the WorldCat database. Many theses are available electronically, at no charge, directly from the publishing institution.
• *WorldCatE-Books
  Citations link to full text licensed from the EBSCO eBook Collection and other electronic providers as well as to free electronic books available from educational, government and other websites. Not all e-books listed are accessible to the State Universities of Florida.
• *FloridaCat
  Search only records from Florida Libraries
• *FloridaCat - State University Libraries Only
  Once connected, at any time you may easily change the LIMIT to enable searching "All Florida Libraries", or some other segment.