Databases in detail
Find all of the databases available from OCLC that your library might choose to provide through WorldCat.org.
To view a list of the databases your library currently provides, go to the Advanced Search screen on your library's WorldCat.org site and click& Add / Remove databases.
Ask your library staff if you have questions about the databases that your library provides or does not provide.
Click any database name below to view detailed information about that database, including indexes and search examples.
- ArchiveGrid
- Detailed archival collection descriptions written by archivists
- OCLC ArticleFirst (ArticleFirst)
- OCLC index of articles from the contents pages of journals
- Electronic Books (Ebooks)
- OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries worldwide
- Electronic Collections Online (ECO)
- An OCLC collection of scholarly journals
- ERIC (ERIC)
- Journal articles and reports in education
- GPO Monthly Catalog (GPO)
- U.S. government publications
- MEDLINE (MEDLINE)
- All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing
- OAIster (OAIster)
- Union catalog of digital resources
- OCLC PapersFirst (PapersFirst)
- OCLC index of papers presented at conferences worldwide
- ProceedingsFirst (Proceedings)
- An OCLC index of worldwide conference proceedings
- SCIPIO (SCIPIO)
- Art and rare book sales/auction catalogs
- OCLC WorldCat (WorldCat)
- OCLC catalog of books, web resources, and other material worldwide
- WorldCat.org
- WorldCat.org provides localized and personalized content from your library’s collection and those of more than 10,000 other WorldCat libraries globally.
- OCLC WorldCat Dissertations and Theses (WorldCatDissertations)
- OCLC catalog of dissertations and theses available in OCLC member libraries