1. WORLDCAT DISCOVERY@MINTEK
The New OPAC: WorldCat Discovery

2. 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)

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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)

7. STAR

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

9. FROM THE LIBRARY HOMEPAGE
[Search box]

10. DISPLAY IN DISCOVERY
Brief and Full [Filters]

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

12. 2 1 ITEM BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA
AS DISPLAYED IN THE WORLDCAT DISCOVERY INTERFACE 1 2
The table refers to two areas of the interface

13. BRIEF DISPLAY

14. FULL DISPLAY

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

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

17. AVAILABILITY EASY ACCESS TO MATERIAL IN YOUR LIBRARY/BRANCH

18. AVAILABILITY EASY ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

19. DESCRIPTION

20. HOLDING LIBRARIES

21. EDITIONS & FORMATS

22. FILTERS IN WC DISCOVER
Format/Refine

23. SORT BY & FILTERS

24. SEARCH MATERIAL AT MINTEK ONLY

25. 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

26. ADVANCED SEARCH
LIMITERS & DATABASES

27. 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.

28. Databases/Select Group and save changes1
Select individual databases or groups of databases

29. 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.

30. 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

31. SEARCH GUIDELINES
Several techniques are available for searching.

32. 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.

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

34. 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

35. 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:

36. 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:

37. REFERENCING
Cite/export

38. 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 . 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.

39. REFERENCING: CITATION PROCEDURE
A to Z list

40. 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.

41. EXPORT TO MENDELEY

42. A TO Z LIST
eResources

43. 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.

44. BROWSE COLLECTIONS

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

46. TOOLS FOR USERS
In WorldCat Discovery

47. 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 – link available for 24 hours]

48. RENEW MATERIAL & MANAGE HOLDS1
RENEW MATERIAL & MANAGE HOLDS
Renewing books, manage your requested/holds items 2

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

51. TOOLS FOR STAFF
In WorldCat Discovery

52. 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

53. OCLC NUMBER; MARC DISPLAY; GOOGLE PREVIEW

54. STAFF ILL REQUEST

56. OTHER
LINKS: MOBILE: OFF-CAMPUS

57. 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)

58. 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