WORLDCAT DISCOVERY@MINTEK The New OPAC: WorldCat Discovery

WHAT IS WORLDCAT DISCOVERY? WorldCat Discovery lets you find everything you need with one simple search interface.  It’s a way for you to locate books, articles, journals, videos and other items of interest in your library or other libraries.  Through WorldCat Discovery, you can search the WorldCat database, which provides access to millions of items.  In addition, your library make other specialized databases available—such as articles or special collections. (EBSCO, ScienceDirect, SAePublications, McGraw Hill etc.) These searches (in WC Discovery) produce direct links to articles and other resources in these databases. To access these resources, though, you will be required to log in using your library membership, (Student/staff number & Password) to link to the full text of an article right from the Item Details screen. (View online)

single search WC DISCOVERY single search discovery from wherever users are search Intuitive delivery to the point of need Massive content from many sources

CONTENT + DISCOVERY + DELIVERY = (WorldCat Discovery) Physical Materials Electronic / Licensed Materials Digital materials

WHAT DOES WORLDCAT DISCOVERY DO? Connects users to all your materials - Electronic, digital and physical with easy ways to get to items you own, license and those in the public domain Connects users to your library from wherever they are with a customizable Web site, mobile solution, direct links from Google, Yahoo! Bing and other partners, and integration with search tools like Google Scholar & Google Books Connects users to what they need through intuitive links with ILS systems, consortia borrowing, resource sharing systems, and an integrated knowledge base WorldCat Local is the world’s largest, most comprehensive library discovery service.

EXTEND YOUR LIBRARY’S CONTENT AND REACH BEYOND Mintek’s own collections Catalogue your group (Minteks Library) and eResource collections the world’s library collections (WorldCat.org)

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FROM THE WEB INTO MINTEK’s LIBRARY worldcat.org mintek.on.worldcat.org/discovery

FROM THE LIBRARY HOMEPAGE [Search box] https://mintek.on.worldcat.org/discovery

DISPLAY IN DISCOVERY Brief and Full [Filters]

AS DISPLAYED IN THE WORLDCAT DISCOVERY INTERFACE SORT BY & FILTERS AS DISPLAYED IN THE WORLDCAT DISCOVERY INTERFACE Availibility

2 1 ITEM BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA AS DISPLAYED IN THE WORLDCAT DISCOVERY INTERFACE 1 2 The table refers to two areas of the interface

BRIEF DISPLAY

FULL DISPLAY

SEARCH TERM>>BOOKS ETC 1. DISPLAY TITLE >>2 SEARCH TERM>>BOOKS ETC 1. DISPLAY TITLE >>2. DISPLAY AVAILABILITY BRIEF DISPLAY 1 2 3

SEARCH TERM>> ERESOURCE >> 1. DISPLAY TITLE >>2 SEARCH TERM>> ERESOURCE >> 1. DISPLAY TITLE >>2. CLICK ON LINK “VIEW ONLINE” BRIEF DISPLAY 1 3 2

AVAILABILITY EASY ACCESS TO MATERIAL IN YOUR LIBRARY/BRANCH

AVAILABILITY EASY ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

DESCRIPTION

HOLDING LIBRARIES

EDITIONS & FORMATS

FILTERS IN WC DISCOVER Format/Refine

SORT BY & FILTERS

SEARCH MATERIAL AT MINTEK ONLY

Sort by: Refine your Search: *Format: Library Content Format* Library and Relevance Date Refine your Search: Library Content Format* Databases Author Year Language Topic *Format: All formats Top 6 Formats

ADVANCED SEARCH LIMITERS & DATABASES

ADVANCED SEARCH 2 Enter Search term Narrow your search When selecting & searching databases Enter Search term Narrow your search Limit to: Location Libraries Worldwide OR Mintek Library 2 Mintek Databases can only be search when MINTEK is selected.

Databases/Select Group and save changes 1 Select individual databases or groups of databases

LIMITERS IN ADVANCED SEARCH Within Advanced Search, options to limit your search are available at the bottom of the screen. The available limiters depend on what content you are searching: a single database, multiple databases, WorldCat, and so forth. Note that Year and Location (Libraries Worldwide, etc.) are always available. Note: Search terms, indexes, and limiters do not persist when navigating from search results back to Advanced Search.

LIMIT SEARCH When searching a single database, limiters will appear in the following order (if they are available)  - Peer review  - Format  - Year  - Language  - Any other limiters in any order  - Location When searching multiple databases, limiters will appear in the following order:  - Peer review (if available)  - Format (as represented in WorldCat.org)  - Year  - Location

SEARCH GUIDELINES Several techniques are available for searching.

KEYWORD SEARCH A keyword search uses one or more complete words that are contained anywhere in the item's record, including: titles, notes, abstracts, summaries, descriptions and subjects. Keywords can also be names of people and places that are the subjects of a library resource or a listing in a directory. You can enter words in upper or lower case, and if you use multiple words you can enter them in any order.

BOOLEAN OPERATORS Boolean operators allow you to group, include, or exclude certain terms in your search. You can use these operators: AND + OR | NOT - “ “ ( )

PHRASE SEARCH A phrase search uses quotation marks “ “ to allow an exact match to the phrase Or use = eg. ti=blood chemistry au=John Smith

WILDCARDS Wildcards are special characters used to represent additional characters in a search term. They are useful when you are unsure of spelling, when there are alternate spellings, or when you only know part of a term. You can use these two wildcards: ? # Pound sign (#).   The pound sign, also called a number sign or hash mark, represents a single character. See the examples below:

TRUNCATION Truncation allows you to search for a term and its variations by entering a minimum of the first three letters of the term followed by a question mark symbol (?) or an asterisk (*). Examples:

REFERENCING Cite/export

REFERENCING In WC Discovery there is the ability to generate bibliographic citations for the displayed work. To copy or export a citation, click Cite/Export within WCD item details. A pop-up window provides citations from citation styles. Highlight and copy the citation you need and paste it into a word-processor document or e-mail. Make sure that none of the citation's text formatting has been lost in the process. You can also export a citation for the individual item in popular formats such as EndNote, Refworks and Zotera & Mendeley.

REFERENCING: CITATION PROCEDURE A to Z list

EXPORT TO ENDNOTE You must have EndNote® installed on your computer. If you select EndNote and have the software installed on your computer, the application should automatically launch and accept the exported file. To export to EndNote bibliographic software: Note: If you do not have EndNote installed, a File Download window opens asking if you want to save the file or find a program online to open it. If you choose to save, a file with the extension .ris is provided.

EXPORT TO MENDELEY

A TO Z LIST eResources

A TO Z LIST https://mintek.on.worldcat.org/atoztitles Save staff time with an integrated link resolver and a built-in A-to-Z list when your library’s data is present in the WorldCat knowledge base. This allows your users to quickly connect to the full-text content you own and license. It also connects users to full-text resources through open-access collections such as Hathi Trust, JSTOR, Project Gutenberg and others.

BROWSE COLLECTIONS

1. SEARCH JOURNALS/ARTICLES >> 2. SEARCH TERMS >>3 1. SEARCH JOURNALS/ARTICLES >> 2. SEARCH TERMS >>3. CLICK ON JOURNAL/FULL TEXT 1 2 3

TOOLS FOR USERS In WorldCat Discovery

  MY LIBRARY ACCOUNT Your library membership—the account associated with your library card—is what allows you to perform activities, renewing books, manage your requested/holds items, search databases, or pull up the electronic full text of a magazine article. Search results and item details link into these online services at your library. But only your library membership will give you full access to them. If you aren't sure whether you have already created an account on the library's Web site, or have forgotten the user name or password associated with your account: click on– Sign in [right-hand side upper corner] Enter your student number/staff number –[User name] Set/reset password [check email – link available for 24 hours]

RENEW MATERIAL & MANAGE HOLDS 1 RENEW MATERIAL & MANAGE HOLDS Renewing books, manage your requested/holds items 2

CREATE LIST Add Items Temporary List (100 items) Permanent Lists

TOOLS FOR STAFF In WorldCat Discovery

STAFF FEATURES IN WORLDCAT DISCOVERY Library staff has the option to Sign In to the WorldCat Discovery interface in order to benefit from the staff features that are not visible to patrons. The staff view of WorldCat Discovery includes the: OCLC number in the brief record shown in search results Option to display the MARC record (available for libraries that maintain up-to-date holdings in WorldCat and have an OCLC cataloging Ability to search by and see holding libraries’ OCLC symbols Staff view of WorldShare ILL

OCLC NUMBER; MARC DISPLAY; GOOGLE PREVIEW

STAFF ILL REQUEST

OTHER LINKS: MOBILE: OFF-CAMPUS

LIBRARY LINKS Your library has set up custom Web links that display in the institution's drop-down menu at the top of the screen. These links lead to useful resources such as your library's home page, Library Services, A to Z eResources etc. 3 links available (customizable)

MOBILE ACCESS A new, mobile-ready discovery interface provides consolidated access to your electronic, physical and digital collections through a single search. Staff-specific features, such as MARC views, support streamlined reference workflows. Available on any device