A search in WorldCat Discovery results in an error stating "There was an error while displaying your record."
Symptom
- When performing a search in WorldCat Discovery the results give an error stating "There was an error while displaying your record."
Applies to
- WorldCat Discovery
Resolution
Check to see if WorldCat.org has been selected as a database for your institution's Metasearch content in the service configuration.
Please contact OCLC Support with the following:
- Replication steps to perform the search
- The URL of the end search that resulted in the error
More information
This error is known to happen when a discrete database has not been selected to be searched in WorldCat Discovery. Which discrete databases should be added to our Discovery search?