Select a knowledge base collection in full
About adding knowledge base collections
To see the collections in the global knowledge base, browse the collections available in the WorldCat knowledge base (updated monthly). Alternatively, perform a search in Collection Manager to return all available collections. Deselect My Selected Collections and click Search.
For some collections, OCLC and your provider can automatically add and maintain your library-specific collection data. See Providers and contacts for automatic collection loading for more information.
OCLC Support with examples.
Caution: Once you have requested to have your collections selected automatically, do not add, delete, or update any of the titles within the collection. If there is an issue with the titles selected or missing from your collection, please contactFor other methods to add knowledge base collections, see Choose a method to add or create a knowledge base collection.
Watch a video
Select and modify WorldCat knowledge base collections (12:28)
This video demonstrates how to use the WorldShare Collection Manager application to select and modify WorldCat knowledge base collections, as well as modifying these collections using the KBART file method.
Select an entire knowledge base collection in full
Search for a knowledge base collection
View or download title information
To view the titles in the collection and compare them to those in your subscription:
- From the search results list, click on the name of the collection to open the collection.
- Expand the Titles accordion.
- You can view the titles in the following ways:
- View the titles in the interface, and/or
- Use the Collection Actions drop-down list to select Download Titles in this collection.
For instructions to download the file, see the More Actions section of the Collection-level settings in knowledge base collections.
Select a collection
To select a collection in full:
- From the search results list, you will see collection data for each result such as: collection name, type/attributes, provider and the number of titles selected over the number of titles in the collection (For example: 0/2,519).
- From the Selections column, use the Select button to select all titles in the collection.
- Libraries with WorldShare Acquisitions will also see an Add to button allowing you to add the item to an Order or Purchase Request.
- Click Select.
- After selecting the collection, a Locked for re-indexing message will appear to alert you that the titles in the collection are being indexed.
It can take up to 24 hours for re-indexing to complete and large files can take longer to process.