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ProQuest Ebook Central

OCLC works with ProQuest Ebook Central to automatically add and maintain your knowledge base collection data. Get WorldCat records, holdings, and full-text links for content from ProQuest Ebook Central.

Get started

If you need access to Collection Manager (the Metadata tab in the WorldShare interface), follow the steps to Create a Collection Manager account.

An OCLC Cataloging and Metadata Subscription is required for record delivery from the collections listed below. If your library does not have a subscription, see Options for libraries without a cataloging subscription.

Verify your collections have not been manually selected

If your institution has manually selected a collection in full, OCLC will not overwrite your selections. Before the initial load of holdings from your provider, we recommend that you verify that the collection has not been manually selected.

Verify that your collections have not been manually selected

Before the initial load of your collections, please:

  1. Sign in to the WorldShare interface at your library's WorldShare URL https://yourlibrary.share.worldcat.org/wms [Replace yourlibrary with your library's identifier].
  2. Navigate to Metadata > Collection Manager and locate the search box.
  3. Select Collections as the Data Type and All Collections as the Scope. Click Search.
  4. Once you have returned the collection in a search, perform one of the following:
    • If the collection is selected in FULL: You will need to deselect it. Our system will not be able to overwrite the collection with the title data directly from your provider. If you have holdings set in WorldCat, de-selecting the collection will remove these holdings. Holdings will be added after OCLC loads the collection (if WorldCat Holdings is enabled in Institution Settings)
    • If the collection is partially selected to reflect a subset of the titles available in the collections: The system will overwrite your title selections and collection data. If you want to preserve the title selections and collection data before OCLC overwrites it, do so before making a request for your collection to be loaded by OCLC. Within your collection, navigate to Titles > More Actions. Use the option to Download titles in local holdings and choose a format to download a spreadsheet of your title data
    • If the collection is NOT selected: Proceed to the instructions How to request automated collection loading

 Note: Once the holdings feed is set up, OCLC will select all applicable collections according to the data received from the vendor.  

Request collection loading

Collection names and IDs

There are many collections in the global WorldCat knowledge base. Use the collection data in the table to help you find the relevant collections. If your collection is not returned when you search within Collection Manager, try entering a root word and an asterisk (*) as a truncation operator. For example: Ebook Central*

The below collections are available for automatic collection loading:

Collection name Collection ID Demand-driven acquisition collection Frequency provider sends OCLC data
Ebook Central Academic Complete pqebk.acadcomplete

No

Weekly
Ebook Central Academic Complete International Edition pqebk.acadcompleteintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Academic Complete UKI Edition pqebk.acadcompleteu No Weekly
Ebook Central Academic Complete, Middle East Edition pqebk.actechknowledg No Weekly
Ebook Central Aerospace Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengaerosp No Weekly
Ebook Central Business Complete Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpbuscomplt No Weekly
Ebook Central Business Ebook Subscription pqebk.ac10busecon No Weekly
Ebook Central Business Ebook Subscription - International pqebk.ac10buseconintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Business Project Management Ebook Subscription pqebk.corppm No Weekly
Ebook Central Byron Hoyt Online Sheet Music Subscription pqebk.cp10000260 No Weekly
Ebook Central Canada Subscription - Collection Canadienne pqebk.canadasub No Weekly
Ebook Central Chemical Engineering Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengchem No Weekly
Ebook Central Civil Engineering Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengcivil No Weekly
Ebook Central College Complete pqebk.commcollege No Weekly
Ebook Central College Complete - International pqebk.commcollegeintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Computing Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpcomputing No Weekly
Ebook Central Corporate Engineering Subscription pqebk.corpengineerin No Weekly
Ebook Central Custom SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) Source™ Ebook Subscription pqebk.cp10000760 No Weekly
Ebook Central DDA Titles pqebk.catalogdda Yes Weekly
Ebook Central Deutsche Sammlung Ebook Subscription pqebk.germansubsc No Weekly
Ebook Central Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion pqebk.dei No Weekly
Ebook Central EBA Custom Collection for NYU pqebk.eba100000002 No Weekly
Ebook Central Education Ebook Subscription pqebk.ac10education No Weekly
Ebook Central Education Ebook Subscription - International pqebk.ac10educationintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Electronics Engineering Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengelec No Weekly
Ebook Central Employee Development Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpempdev No Weekly
Ebook Central Engineering & Industrial Management Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengrgmgt No Weekly
Ebook Central Engineering Core Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengrgcore No Weekly
Ebook Central Engineering Select Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengrgsel No Weekly
Ebook Central Engineering Systems Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpsysengine No Weekly
Ebook Central Environmental Engineering Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengenvir No Weekly
Ebook Central Finance Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpbfinance No Weekly
Ebook Central Food Science Engineering Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpfoodsci No Weekly
Ebook Central Health & Medicine Ebook Subscription pqebk.ac10healthmed No Weekly
Ebook Central Health & Medicine Ebook Subscription - International pqebk.ac10healthmedintl No Weekly
Ebook Central History Ebook Subscription pqebk.ac10history No Weekly
Ebook Central History Ebook Subscription - International pqebk.ac10historyintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Human Resources Ebook Subscription pqebk.corphr No Weekly
Ebook Central IGI Global InfoSci Books Subscription pqebk.igiinfosci No Weekly
Ebook Central IGI Global InfoSci Journals Subscription pqebk.igiinfoscijrnl No Weekly
Ebook Central Law Ebook Subscription pqebk.ac10law No Weekly
Ebook Central Law Ebook Subscription - International pqebk.ac10lawintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Leadership Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpbbusadmin No Weekly
Ebook Central Literature & Language Ebook Subscription pqebk.ac10litlang No Weekly
Ebook Central Literature & Language Ebook Subscription - International pqebk.ac10litlangintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Materials Engineering Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengmaterl No Weekly
Ebook Central Mechanical Engineering Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengmech No Weekly
Ebook Central Medical Technology Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengmedtch No Weekly
Ebook Central Mental Health and Wellbeing Ebook Subscription pqebk.mentalhealth No Weekly
Ebook Central Military Complete pqebk.militarycomp No Weekly
Ebook Central Nordic Ebook Subscription pqebk.prionordic No Weekly
Ebook Central Octavio Ebook Subscription pqebk.octavobranded No Weekly
Ebook Central Open Complete pqebk.opencomplete No Weekly
Ebook Central PALCI/SAGE EBA pqebk.palcisageeba Yes Weekly
Ebook Central Perpetual Titles pqebk.perpetual No Weekly
Ebook Central Petroleum Engineering Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengrgpetr No Weekly
Ebook Central Pharmaceuticals Ebook Subscription pqebk.corppharma No Weekly
Ebook Central Power Engineering Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpengpower No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Business & Economics Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07business No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Computers Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07computers No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Education Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07education No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Engineering Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07engineering No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: History & Political Sciences Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07histpolsci No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Humanities Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07musicfilmar No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Interdisciplinary & Area Studies Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07ethnicgende No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Language & Literature Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07langlinglit No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Law Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07lawintlrel No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Life Sciences Ebook Collection pqebk.f07lifesci No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Medical Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07medical No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Nursing & Allied Health Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07nursing No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Physical Sciences Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07physscience No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Psychology & Social Work Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07psychsw No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Religion & Philosophy Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07relphilclas No Weekly
Ebook Central Pre 2015: Sociology & Anthropology Ebook Subscription pqebk.f07anthsoc No Weekly
Ebook Central Public Library Complete pqebk.publiccomplete No Weekly
Ebook Central Public Library Complete - International pqebk.publiccompleteintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Reference Ebook Subscription pqebk.RefSub2015 No Weekly
Ebook Central Reference Research Ebook Subscription pqebk.RefSubResearch No Weekly
Ebook Central Reference Research Ebook Subscription pqebk.RefSubResearch No Weekly
Ebook Central Religion & Philosophy Ebook Subscription pqebk.ac10relphil No Weekly
Ebook Central Religion & Philosophy Ebook Subscription - International pqebk.ac10relphilintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Religion Ebook Collection pqebk.freligion No Weekly
Ebook Central Religion Ebook Collection - International pqebk.freligionintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Rowman & Littlefield (All) EBA pqebk.rowlittleeba Yes Weekly
Ebook Central Sales & Marketing Ebook Subscription pqebk.corpbsalesmkt No Weekly
Ebook Central Schools & Educators Complete pqebk.highschool No Weekly
Ebook Central Science & Technology Ebook Subscription pqebk.ac10scitech No Weekly
Ebook Central Science & Technology Ebook Subscription - International pqebk.ac10scitechintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Social Sciences Ebook Subscription pqebk.ac10socialsci No Weekly
Ebook Central Social Sciences Ebook Subscription - International pqebk.ac10socialscintl No Weekly
Ebook Central Spanish LanguageEbook Subscription pqebk.spanish No Weekly
Ebook Central Suncor Custom Ebook Collection pqebk.corpbusiness No Weekly
Ebook Central Sustainability Subscription pqebk.sustainability No Weekly
Ebook Central Taylor & Francis (10Yr) EBA pqebk.tf10yreba Yes Weekly
Ebook Central The Arts Ebook Subscription pqebk.ac10arts No Weekly
Ebook Central The Arts Ebook Subscription - International pqebk.ac10artsintl No Weekly
Ebook Central University of Chicago Press Collection pqebk.cp10003246 No Weekly
Ebook Central University Press Subscription pqebk.upsub2015 No Weekly
Ebook Central Wiley eTextbooks: Business pqebk.wileybus No Weekly
Ebook Central Wiley eTextbooks: Education pqebk.wileyedu No Weekly
Ebook Central Wiley eTextbooks: Health Sciences pqebk.wileyhea No Weekly
Ebook Central Wiley eTextbooks: Physical Science & Engineering pqebk.wileyeng No Weekly
Ebook Central Wiley eTextbooks: Psychology pqebk.wileypsy No Weekly
Ebook Central Wiley eTextbooks: Social Science & Humanities pqebk.wileysoc No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Académica Spanish pqebk.elibrospanish No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño pqebk.elibroarquitect No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Bellas Artes, Artes Visuales y Ciencias Semióticas pqebk.elibroartes No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Biblioteca Digital Municipal pqebk.elibrodigmun No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Biblioteca para abogados pqebk.elibroabogados No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Biblioteca para Contadores pqebk.elibrocontadore No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Cátedra pqebk.elibrocatedra No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Cengage pqebk.elbrocengage No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Ciencias Biológicas, Veterinarias y Silvoagropecuarias pqebk.elibrobiologvet No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Ciencias de la Información y de la Comunicación pqebk.elibrocomunic No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Ciencias de la Salud pqebk.elibromedicine No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas (elibro business) pqebk.elibrobusiness No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Ciencias Exactas y Naturales pqebk.elibroexactnat No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Ciencias Sociales (incluye Leyes y Ciencias Políticas) pqebk.elibrosociales No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Community College pqebk.elibrocomcol No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Derecho Comparado pqebk.elibrodercomp No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Ecoe pqebk.elibroecoe No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central English pqebk.elibroenglish No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Escuelas Secundarias pqebk.elibrosecundari No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Ficción pqebk.elibroficcion No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Gedisa pqebk.elibrogedisa No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Grupo Patria pqebk.elibrogpatria No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Hispanics in US pqebk.elibrohispanics No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Informática, Computación y Telecomunicaciones pqebk.elibroinformat No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Ingenierías y Tecnologías pqebk.elibroingtec No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Interés General (incluye los clásicos de literatura) pqebk.elibrointgral No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central McGraw Hill Especial pqebk.elibromgh No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central McGraw Hill Premium Library pqebk.elibromghplib No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Minha Direito pqebk.elibrombdireito No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Modalidad Compra pqebk.elibroperpetual No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Negocios pqebk.elibronegocios No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Pearson pqebk.elibropearson No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Premium pqebk.elibropremium No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Psicologia pqebk.elibropsicolog No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Public Library pqebk.elibropublib No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Religion pqebk.elibroreligion No Weekly
elibro via Ebook Central Wolters Kluwer pqebk.elibrowolterskl No Weekly
elivro via Ebook Central Minha Biblioteca pqebk.elibrominhabib No Weekly
elivro via Ebook Central Perpetual pqebk.elivroperpetual No Weekly
elivro via Ebook Central Portugués pqebk.elibroport No Weekly

 How to request automated collection loading

Contact OCLC Support with the following message.  Replace [xxx] with your information.

Please load my ProQuest Ebook Central collections.

  • My OCLC Symbol is [xxx].
  • My Registry ID is [xxx].
  • My ProQuest Ebook Central site id is [xxx].

See if your collection loaded

We recommend that you wait until your collection is available before you proceed so that all of the settings will be available in Collection Manager.

The amount of time it takes for your titles to be available depends on the timing of your request, how often your provider sends data, when OCLC loads the data, and the place of your institution's data in a queue. The time for the initial loading process varies from about one week to one month.

 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 contact OCLC Support with examples.  

To see if your collection has loaded in the WorldShare interface:

  1. Sign in to the WorldShare interface at your library's WorldShare URL (https://yourlibrary.share.worldcat.org/wms [Replace yourlibrary with your library's identifier]).
  2. Navigate to Metadata Collection Manager. Do one of the following:

Configure institution settings

Institution settings apply across all your collections. Use caution as changes might impact other collections. For complete instructions, see Institution Settings.

Navigate to the institution settings:

  1. Sign in to the WorldShare interface at your library's WorldShare URL. Replace yourlibrary with your library's identifier: https://yourlibrary.share.worldcat.org/wms
  2. Navigate to Metadata > Collection Manager > Institution Settings.

OCLC Symbol

Verify that your OCLC Symbol is selected

Collection Manager uses the symbol displayed here to maintain WorldCat holdings and to output records. Verify that your OCLC symbol is selected:

  1. Navigate to Institution Settings > OCLC Symbol.
  2. Select your OCLC symbol if it is available in the interface but is not selected. 
  3. Click Save.

Proxy and Authentication

Enter your proxy information

Collection Manager helps you manage patron access to materials by directing off-campus patrons through your proxy server. Collection Manager will prepend your proxy information to catalog links. Enter your proxy information:

  1. Navigate to Institution Settings > Proxy and Authentication > Proxy.
  2. Select Proxy:
  • None (default)
  • EZproxy
  • III WAM Proxy
  1. Base URL
  • EZproxy users: Enter your Base URL. Example of a EZproxy base URL: http://ezproxy.oclc.org/login?url=
  • IIIWAM Proxy users: Enter the Hostname. Example of a III WAM Proxy hostname: sys.lib.proxy.edu

 Caution:  Do not include a space after the Base URL.

Reports

Enable emailed reports

Reports will be available via email around the time when files of records have been output and/or after there are changes to your holdings in WorldCat. Enable emailed reports:

  1. Navigate to Institution Settings > Reports.
  2. Select Yes to Receive Email Reports.
  3. Enter your cataloging authorization or an admin code. This is a 9-digit number starting with 100. Only one authorization code is needed per institution.
  4. Select the Report Types you wish to receive. 
  5. Enter the Email Address(es) the reports will be sent to. If you are adding more than one email address, separate each email address with a semi-colon (;).
  6. Modify the Report Format and Receive as settings if needed.
  7. Click Save.

For more information, see Reports.

Provider Settings

Enter your provider-specific identifier for links

Some providers require an ID. Enter your identifier:

  1. Navigate to Institution Settings > Provider Settings.
  2. Select your provider from the drop-down list.
  3. Enter the identifier from your provider.

Choose the instructions that apply to your needs

Get WorldCat MARC records

Enable MARC record delivery in the institution settings

  1. Navigate to Settings > MARC Records.
  2. Select Yes for Enable MARC Record Delivery.

Once you enable record delivery, tabs of settings will appear: Customize Records, WorldCat Updates, Record Delivery, Cataloging Partner Options. You can leave the default settings or customize your records. By default, the following will be included in your records:

Customize your record profile (optional)

Define customizations that will apply across your collections in the Customize Records tab. For additional information, see Configure institution MARC Records settings for knowledge base collections.

Default and frequently defined record customization

By default, the following fields and data will be included in your records:

  • 049 $a: Holding library code (For example: MAIN)
  • 590 $a: Provider Name
  • 590 $b: Collection Name

Frequently defined record customization:

Delete Fields:

  • 029

Add Fields:

  • 945 $a: Transaction Type – New, Updated, Deleted
  • 740 $a: Collection-level notes. Note: If you map collection-level notes to a field in your records, remember to add a note within one or more of your collections.

Knowledge Base Collection 856 Field:

  • Add Subfield: z
  • Enter Free Form Text: Click here for access (Your 856 links will include $zClick here for access)

Enable collection-level record setting

  1. Search for the collection and open it. Expand the Holdings and MARC Records accordion.

  2. Choose Use institution setting: [Your institution settings will be displayed here].

After you enable record delivery in the collection, you will see the following tabs of settings: Customize Records, Record Delivery. You can leave the default settings or configure collection-level settings.

Configure collection-level settings (optional)

Define collection-level settings if desired. Listed below are some frequently used settings. For additional information, see Enable record delivery within your collection.

Configure separate file delivery

Many libraries choose to have their file of records delivered in a separate file. To configure separate file delivery:

  1. Click on the Record Delivery tab and find the Delivery File Output settings. Select Deliver records for this collection in a separate file.
  2. Enter a name to help you recognize your file. The file name will follow a format such as: metacoll.[XXX].new.D20160214.T210512.[YourFileName].1.mrc
Exclude records which already have holdings set in WorldCat

This setting acts as a filter to filter out from record delivery titles that you have set holdings on through some process outside of Collection Manager.

By default you will receive a full set of records for the titles in the collection. Your initial batch of records will have a record for every title. The default setting is:

  • Include new records already held in WorldCat (default)

If you do not want records for items you already have holdings on in WorldCat, you can choose to have those titles withheld from record delivery. Change the setting to Do not include records already held in WorldCat and you will only receive records that do not already have your holding attached in WorldCat.

 Note: If you choose not to have records output for titles you already hold in WorldCat, we recommend that you change this setting back to "Include new records already held in WorldCat" after you receive your first delivery.

Troubleshoot MARC record delivery
  1. Are the correct number of titles selected in your collections?
    • Once the holdings feed has been processed, the correct number of titles should be selected within one week. Do not select the collection manually unless explicitly directed to do so.  Selecting the collections manually will result in a significant delay in processing of your holdings feed.
  2. Have you enabled MARC records at the institution level?
    • Navigate to Collection Manager > Settings > MARC Records and ensure the Enable MARC Records Delivery option is set to Yes.
  3. Have you enabled MARC record delivery within the collection?
    • Navigate to the collection and expand Holdings and MARC Records.  Ensure that the Enable MARC Record Delivery option is set to Use institution settings.
  4. Is the delivery frequency for record delivery set to daily?
    • Remember that delivery frequency can be set per collection and this collection-level setting will override the institution-level delivery frequency set under Collection Manager > Settings. If you set your collection to Weekly or Monthly record delivery, then they will have to wait for your first delivery.  If you change delivery to Daily, an initial delivery is triggered.  After receiving this initial delivery, you can then set it to Monthly or Weekly for on-going delivery of records if necessary.

Manage WorldCat holdings

  1. Navigate to Institution Settings > WorldCat Holdings.
  2. Set Maintain holdings in WorldCat to Yes.

The collection-level setting for knowledge base collections will be enabled by default. For complete instructions, see Institution Settings, WorldCat holdings.

Download files

Download your files and records using My Files, located under the Metadata tab in the WorldShare interface. You do not need additional credentials to download records from the WorldShare interface.

See Download files in My Files for complete instructions or follow these basic steps:

  1. Sign in to the WorldShare interface and navigate to Metadata > My Files.
  2. Click Downloads.
  3. Use the options to filter the file list. Click Download to download your file.

Additionally, see  Download files with FTP for FTP/sFTP options for downloading files and records.

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