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Search (Fundamentals)

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WorldShare Record Manager Fundamentals provides a variety of methods to search and browse WorldCat holdings. You can also set your search preferences to suppress bibliographic search scopes and indexes.

 Note: If you are a WMS library or using full WorldShare Record Manager, please see Search.

 Learn more in a training video: Search for WorldCat bibliographic records

  • Advanced search (Fundamentals)
    Discover how to perform an advanced search, which allows you to combine up to five indexes and apply multiple limits and an expert search, which allows you to combine multiple index labels and search terms in a single string.
  • Basic search (Fundamentals)
    Discover how to perform a basic search for bibliographic, local holdings (LHR), and unresolved records in WorldShare Record Manager Fundamentals.
  • Browse (Fundamentals)
    Discover how to browse bibliographic records  and local holdings records in WorldShare Record Manager Fundamentals.
  • Expert search (Fundamentals)
    Discover how to perform an expert search, which allows you to combine multiple index labels and search terms in a single string, in WorldShare Record Manager Fundamentals.
  • Saved - In Progress (Fundamentals)
    Discover how to search for saved bibliographic  records in WorldShare Record Manager Fundamentals.
  • Search results (Fundamentals)
    Find an overview of the interface and features available on the search results screen and the search result record summary in WorldShare Record Manager Fundamentals.
  • Search result record summary (Fundamentals)
    Find an overview of the information available in the search result record summary provided for bibliographic and local holdings (LHRs) records in WorldShare Record Manager Fundamentals.