The image below is an example of the search results screen. After you search for a record (using a basic or advanced search), any search results matching the terms you entered will display. From the search results screen, you can perform different actions.
Use the facets to filter your results by Open Content, Format, Author/Creator, Language, Content Type, Publication Year, Audience, and/or Subject.
Note: Only facet categories relevant to your search query appear with your results.
To filter your results:
To remove a selected facet:
Select Retain Filters to apply selected facets to subsequent searches in a session
Use the options in the Sort by drop-down list to determine how your search results are sorted.
Sort option | Behavior |
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Favorite Libraries | Sorts based on your selected favorite libraries with items held by your favorite libraries listed first.
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Location | Sorts based on your location with closest items listed first. |
Best Match | Blends Title, Author, Date, and Worldwide Holdings with an emphasis placed on Title. |
Most Widely Held | Presents an "unclustered" view of search results with an emphasis on Worldwide Holdings in a blend of Date, Title, and Author. Use this sort option to view the best results for interlibrary loan requests. |
Date (Most Recent) | Sorts chronologically by publication year with newest items listed first. |
Date (Least Recent) | Sorts chronologically by publication year with oldest items listed first. |
Title (A-Z) | Sorts by special characters, then alphabetically by Title. Only the article "the" is ignored. |
Author (A-Z) | Sorts by special characters or numbers in the first name, then A to Z by last name. |
The Search Results screen provides an item overview for each record in the results list. The item overview contains the following information:
OCLC does not load cover art for individual titles due to the large volume of titles covered in WorldCat, but instead we load large files from a variety of providers, with whom we have contractual relationships.
Titles that do not include cover art will show the default images below.
Format facet in WorldCat.org | Cover art default icon |
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Book | |
Audiobook | |
Article, Chapter | |
Archival Material | |
Music | |
Musical Score | |
Video | |
Toy | |
Image | |
Visual Material | |
Map | |
Journal, Magazine | |
Newspaper | |
Interactive Multimedia | |
Computer File | |
Kit | |
Object | |
Website | |
Encyclopedia Article |
Collections from CONTENTdm and other OAI-PMH compliant digital repositories which have been synced through WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway will display a thumbnail image in the brief results and detailed view in WorldCat Discovery. For more information on syncing your collection, see Digital Collection Gateway.
Note: CONTENTdm sites automatically include a thumbnail. If you are using a different OAI-PMH compliant repository, see Use the Digital Collection Gateway, Add a thumbnail image for more information.
Digital repository | Required fields/subfields to display thumbnail in WorldCat Discovery |
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CONTENTdm |
WorldCat Discovery will use the URL in the 856 u to display as the thumbnail. |
Other OAI-PMH compliant digital repositories |
WorldCat Discovery will use the URL in the 856 u to display as the thumbnail. |
If an Open Access version exists for an item, the Access Free button will appear below the item overview. Click Access Free to view the item in a new tab.
If there are other formats and/or editions of the item available, they will appear below the item overview.
The Year column displays date of publication subfield data from fields 260 or 264 subfield $c of your bibliographic record. Both Year sort options look at the data in field 008/7-10. If no data is present in field 008/7-10, some items may appear out of order by date.
Example - When selecting either Year sort option, an item that has a publication date of 2016 but an undefined field 008/7-10 will appear beneath an item that has a publication of 2015 and a defined field 008/7-10 that matches the data in 260 or 264 $c.
See format/document type values and codes for more information about formats.
If your search returns more than 10 results, the number of results per page drop-down list and page navigation buttons appear at the bottom of the results list.