When I search for a title with special characters I get zero results.

If you are trying to search for a title in WorldCat Discovery that contains special characters, such as colons, parentheses, or question marks:

Option 1: Omit special characters from the search and replace them with a space

• Example: Who Can Afford to Improvise James Baldwin and Black Music, the Lyric and the Listeners by Ed Pavlić

Option 2: Use a phrase search

• Example: "Who Can Afford to Improvise? : James Baldwin and Black Music, the Lyric and the Listeners"

Option 3: Search using the Primary Title index

• Example: te: Who Can Afford to Improvise? : James Baldwin and Black Music, the Lyric and the Listeners

If you are still having difficulty finding a title that contains special characters, you can contact OCLC Support for assistance