WorldCat.org
Find support materials about WorldCat.org and WorldCat Find.
- Search
- Discover how to search WorldCat.org, search local and global libraries, and how to use the Item Details screen.
- Find an item
- Discover how to find an item at your library, a nearby library, or online using WorldCat.org.
- WorldCat lists
- Discover how to create, manage, import, share, and view WorldCat lists in WorldCat.org.
- Manage your library's visibility in WorldCat.org
- Discover how to configure and manage deep links, keep your library holdings up to date, and manage your library's profile page in WorldCat.org.
- WorldCat Find
- The WorldCat Find mobile app allows you to search for books, videos, articles, and even games from your phone or mobile device. Using your location, the app will provide a list of libraries nearby that have the item.
- Information for authors
- This page is intended to provide information to authors regarding their works in relation to OCLC.
- Are there reviews on titles in WorldCat.org?
- Can I remove my works from WorldCat?
- Does Google get cover art from OCLC?
- How can I add my work to WorldCat?
- How can I request a change to my work’s record in WorldCat?
- How can I search for my title in WorldCat.org?
- How can I see which libraries own my work?
- How did my work get into WorldCat?
- How do I correct the cover art for my work?
- I am an EU resident. How do I contact OCLC’s Data Protection Officer?
- What do I do if my work has a different author's name in the record?
- Why does the number of libraries owning my work fluctuate?
- Why does WorldCat.org not display a library which owns my work?
- Why is my work no longer on WorldCat.org?
- Troubleshooting
- Find frequently asked questions (FAQ) and troubleshooting steps (Troubleshooting).
- Why do I receive the error "Unable to process your request. Please try again." when signing in to WorldCat.org?
- Can authenticated users access my library's online services?
- Can a user link from WorldCat.org directly to the FirstSearch service?
- Can a user perform queries on Google that return only links to library materials?
- Can I recover a deleted WorldCat list?
- Does OCLC remove bibliographic records from WorldCat if they do not have attached holdings?
- Do OCLC libraries have to make their holdings available via WorldCat.org?
- Do WorldCat.org search results apply the FRBR concept?
- From where does the information displayed in an individual library listing on WorldCat.org come?
- How can I export my search results in WorldCat.org?
- How can I print a WorldCat.org page to a printer?
- How can I see the call number for an item in WorldCat.org?
- How do I delete my Worldcat.org account?
- How do I remove incorrect Open Access links?
- How do I reset my WorldCat.org password?
- How do I update the base URL for my institution in WorldCat.org?
- How do we update the information found in the WorldCat Registry?
- I'm getting an error "You are not authorized to access User Portal for (library name). You are logged into My Account in the United States Data Center. Log out before logging into another institution."
- ILL Button in WorldCat.org going to the incorrect ILL form
- In what order are institutions displayed in WorldCat.org results, and how is that order determined?
- In WorldCat.org what is the sorting order of the search results?
- Is it possible to generate URLs to WorldCat.org that search by ISBN, ISSN, and Title?
- I cannot view access options in WorldCat.org or I'm not seeing the ILL request button in WorldCat Discovery
- I found a book in WorldCat.org, how do I request it from OCLC?
- I receive the error "The requested URL was rejected" when trying to access WorldCat.org
- Only part of the page loads when visiting WorldCat.org
- What is the difference between access to databases such as the GPO, ArticleFirst, Medline, and ERIC on WorldCat.org and in WorldCat Discovery?
- Where does a cataloging-only library display on WorldCat.org?
- Which Web sites are currently WorldCat partners?
- Why aren't my library's holdings displaying in WorldCat.org?
- Why are the search filters showing a higher number of results than the number of search results in WorldCat.org
- Why can't I add my library as a Favorite Library in WorldCat.org?
- Why Does the Location in WorldCat.org Not Match My IP Address Location?
- Why does WorldCat.org require cookies?
- Why does WorldCat.org show we own a item that we do not have?
- Why do I not see my library's branch location in WorldCat.org?
- Why do I receive "A system error occurred" message when submitting an ILL Request?
- Why do I receive the error, "Unable to find your institution" when attempting to sign in to WorldCat.org as an Institutional User?
- Why is it that the same WorldCat search performed on WorldCat.org and then on FirstSearch produces different results?
- The library that I am at does not appear first in the "Find a Copy at a Library" list
- Why are the new WorldCat.org statistics reporting lower numbers than the previous Clicks to Library report?
- Why should my library continue to subscribe to FirstSearch/WorldCat Discovery if my users can search the entire WorldCat database through WorldCat.org?
- Will WorldCat.org lead to an increase in the number of resource sharing requests I receive?