WorldCat Discovery live and recorded classes

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Closed captioning is available in the US upon request with 5 business days' notice. To request closed captioning for a training session, please contact us at training@oclc.org.

Cancellation policy

In the event of low attendance, OCLC may cancel a training session. In this situation, registrants will be notified by email before the session.

WorldCat Discovery search fundamentals

Upon completion of this session, learners will be able to execute basic and advanced searches, select indexes and enter terms for guided searching, and identify specific databases to search from a presented list.  This module does not cover information about how to get started with WorldCat Discovery Services.

This course is for library staff members who want to enhance their abilities and develop new approaches to searching WorldCat and other databases that are part of WorldCat Discovery.

WorldCat Discovery interface features

Learn how to customize the appearance of your Discovery site and your item details screen. Also covered: My Account features, creating citations and building lists to save and share, and access options for resources. This module does not cover how to get started with WorldCat Discovery. 

This course is for library staff members who want to understand the user interface features available in WorldCat Discovery and how to use these features most effectively.

WorldCat Discovery staff configuration

This course provides instruction on how to set up institution information, enable databases and links to open access e-content and use the staff features in WorldCat Discovery.

Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to administer the management of staff accounts, user support and feedback, the configuration of default databases and full text access, and other staff-maintained search features.