WorldCat Search API Bruce Washburn Consulting Software Engineer, OCLC.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
MCB/Emerald. Name of service: Emerald License in place: country-wide for all university libraries, not-for-profit research and learning institutes within.
Advertisements

Finding and Getting: Google Books, Google Scholar, and Free OpenURL Browser Tools Melissa Belvadi January, 2009 OLA 2009 SuperConference.
OCLC Grid Services Boot Camp About the WorldCat API Bruce Washburn Consulting Software Engineer, OCLC.
xID Web Services (xISBN, xOCLCnum, xISSN) FRBR grouping of editions and formats Tim McCormick Product Manager, Grid Services Xiaoming.
A worldwide library cooperative OCLC Online Computer Library Center OCLC CJK Users Group 2007 Annual Meeting March 24, 2007, Boston David Whitehair, OCLC.
Searching for Information Search engines vs. subscription services.
7++Ways to Improve Library UIs with OCLC Web Services Karen A. Coombs Product Manager, Developer Network Feb 23, 2010 Code4lib Asheville, NC.
WorldCat Search API Bruce Washburn Consulting Software Engineer OCLC.
XID Web Services Roy Tennant OCLC Research OCLC API Mashathon Monday, 8 February 2010.
Library 2.0 and OCLC Eric Childress Consulting Project Manager OCLC Programs & Research Amigos Tecnología aplicada: innovación en los servicios.
Aligning BIBFRAME with The Schema/Bib Extend model
XID Web services Xiaoming Liu Senior Software Engineer OCLC.
MRSEC Webmasters Meeting Feb 7, Agenda Introductions Webmasters' mailing list/user group (creating space for mrsec webmasters to exchange knowledge.
Moving Libraries to the Cloud Roy Tennant. What Are You Talking About? A cloud is a common metaphor for the Internet:
Using Reference Sources Fleet RISD. Why Use Reference Sources? Reference Sources provide an overview of a subject at the beginning of the research.
WORDPRESS. SEO AKA – “Search Engine Optimization” Technique to make sure large search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing find your site and let others.
 A bibliography is a specifically organized list of books, journal articles and other sources that were used in the research process.  There are several.
How to Create an MLA citation for a web document....
Elibrary.worldbank.org World Bank eLibrary User Guide Take full advantage of your eLibrary subscription!
CS 101 Sect 7 – Databases (DB) Why databases Difference between a DB and a Web search What is a DB An hands-on case: the JCU Library 1
The world’s libraries. Connected. Single-search access to Tenn-Share library resources through WorldCat Group Catalog September 28, 2012 Suzanne Butte.
Demystifying Library Databases Or… What you don’t know can hurt you. LJG 9/24/04.
Janet Weber Manager, Publisher Relations OCLC MLAIB Discussion Group MLA & OCLC Update ALA Annual 28 June 2008.
MIRLYN IS THE UM LIBRARIES’ CATALOG. MIRLYN LISTS WHAT THE UM LIBRARIES OWN AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO. YOU CAN SEARCH MIRLYN TO.
Libraries Australia Annual Report 2006/2007 Tony Boston Assistant Director-General Resource Sharing National Library of Australia.
AGent Demonstration Multi-Tier Solution Presented by Auto-Graphics Pomona, CA December 8-9, 2003 Version 2.0.
OCLC Research Library Partners, Works in Progress Series, 12 August 2015 Looking inside the Library Knowledge Vault Bruce Washburn Consulting Software.
Developer Network: Fostering Innovation Roy Tennant OCLC Research.
Instructional Guide Original presentation created by EasyBib, adapted by S. Hall for educational purposes following Fair Use Guidelines and permission.
GOLD/GALILEO Conference Agenda OCLC FirstSearch Databases: GALILEO and beyond WorldCat.org The Open WorldCat Project Encouraging Usage.
Access 2008 Using WorldCat Grid Services in Library Applications Roy Tennant Senior Program Officer OCLC Research.
Goals for Shared ILS Development √ 4.10 upgrade (2/7/12) √ (Feb – April, 2012) √ 4.12 upgrade (5/31/12) 4.12 bug fix release – late.
ERIC and the WorldCat Registry Lawrence Henry ERIC Program Manager Joanna White WorldCat Registry Product Manager.
LET’S WORK TOGETHER: Integrating Social Media, Online Marketing, and Outreach ALA Annual 2012 June 25, 2012 Marshall Breeding Independent Consultant, Author,
OPAC Review Catalog functions Inventory and control Locating known items Discovery tool.
DLF Forum Nov OCLC Grid Services Roy Tennant Senior Program Officer OCLC Research EVERY CONNECTION has a starting point.
WorldCat Local & World Cat Quick Start a new way to search your library’s resources and the world beyond.
Apps Find the latest version of this document at
9/26/2007OCLC Orientation & Services1 What is OCLC?
Easy Access with jumpstarts Transforming Research into Results Lund, 17 mars 2011.
Emily Puleston. Wordpress is a free blogging website It is the #1 Content Management System site today First released in May, 2003 Has been downloaded.
Instructional Guide. How does EasyBib make research easier? Citation Generation Easily create a bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles Export to.
FREQUENCY LIST OF FIRST-YEAR ENGLISH COURSES IN X UNIVERSITIES By Author, Author, Author, Author, Author Name of Institution, Address, Date APA Citation:
Free the Data: creating a web services interface to the online catalog Emily Lynema NC State University Libraries Code4lib 2007 February 28, 2007.
Instructional Guide. How does EasyBib make research easier? Citation Generation Easily create a bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles Export to.
Web 2.0: Making the Web Work for You, Illustrated Unit A: Research 2.0.
Matt Goldner Product & Technology Advocate Mela Kircher Product Manager WorldCat Local Metasearch 13 November 2009.
OCLC Online Computer Library Center World Cat Cataloging Partners service Affordable records, delivered with your library materials.
OCLC and the Social Web: Building tools, providing platforms, engaging the community International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications.
Presentation by Giorgos Theodoridis. WordPress is a free web software you can use to create a beautiful website, blog, or app, (CMS) based on PHP and.
How to Develop and Write a Research Paper.
PIWIK JUNIOR TIDAL ASSOCIATE PROF., WEB SERVICES & MULTIMEDIA LIBRARIAN NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, CUNY.
Quick services Wala Amjad Faqeh. Computer engineering
Instructional Guide.
Summon discovers contents from one search box!
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? Ann Ellis Dec. 18, 2000
Introductions Deployment Strategy Receive Feature Set Next Steps
Reach People when it matters with Location Extensions
Flipster for Mobile Devices
The Future of the ILS: Add on or Start Over? Ann Montanaro
IEEE WordPress Tutorial: Twitter
Instructional Guide.
WorldCat: Broad Web visibility for our collection
Once you have searched in WorldCat and found an item for which you want the citation information, click on the title of the item to go into the item record.
Today’s Goal Today’s objective is that you learn how to be critical in selecting the sites you are getting information from. You will learn how to analyze.
Week 5 Websites and Creative Commons
WorldCat.ORG is the world's largest network of library content.
Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies
Lesson 2: Gathering and Organizing Information Using ICT KEY QUESTION: HOW DO YOU GATHER AND ORGANIZE INFORMATION USING THE COMPUTER AND INTERNET?
Search for Article Citation
Presentation transcript:

WorldCat Search API Bruce Washburn Consulting Software Engineer, OCLC

Searching OpenSearch and SRU searches XML responses Familiar formats: RSS, Atom, MARC21 XML, Dublin Core

Searching A broad range of indexes, including a way to limit searches by holding library, for authenticated users Other users search a smaller set of indexes, similar to those in the WorldCat.org advanced search Sort by relevance, author, title, date, library count, and more

For a single record List nearby libraries Nearbyness – ip address, zip code, country, state/province, latitude/longitude Get standard citations … APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, and Turabian See other editions

The Search API overview describes all of its features with working examples, links to other resources, and more. Find the overview on the OCLC Developers Network site at Implementers Overview

Test Requests and Responses The URI Evaluator offers an easy way to test API requests and evaluate their responses.

WorldCat API and Facebook

Mobile web apps

WorldCat API and the iPhone

Visualizing WorldCat Holdings

CSU Library Search

CSU Library Search

WorldCat WordPress Widget

Android Application: CompareEverywhere

CompareEverywhere Splash Page

CompareEverywhere Searching

CompareEverywhere Search Results

CompareEverywhere Library Links

CompareEverywhere Library Information

A Library Catalog on an Android Phone

CompareEverywhere Driving Directions

CompareEverywhere Maps

CompareEverywhere API Traffic Spike CompareEverywhere, Day 1

Some Practical Uses Extend searches to WorldCats 100M+ records Format citations Add library links to search results Create search-based Atom and RSS Feeds