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OCLC Information
Information about OCLC interlibrary
loan and cataloging, including how libraries can join OCLC, tutorials,
and services available for cataloging library materials, and FirstSearch.
Join
OCLC
Info about group services pricing, benefits, eligibility, requirements,
and more.
OCLC Documentation.
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ILLINET OCLC Documentation
Contains training guides,
handouts, and more.
OCLC Online Tutorials
CatExpress
Web-based interface to OCLC's WorldCat allowing you to search for records,
set your holdings, and receive files of your records for your local
system.
Connexion
Browser
Covers the various features
of OCLC Connexion browser.
Connexion
Client
Learn how to use Connexion to create and edit bibliographic and authority
records.
Intro
to Marc Tagging
Covers the basics of bibliographic records, specifically MARC records—what
they are, how and why they are used, and how to read them.
Using
Interlibrary Loan (PDF)
Discover the main functions of the OCLC borrowing and lending cycle
as well as general ILL concepts. Other topics include OCLC ILL Custom
Holdings, multiple constant data, "Reasons for saying No,"
and OCLC ILL Direct Requests.
OCLC FirstSearch
Access
OCLC FirstSearch (password required)
The Illinois State Library
(ISL) will continue to provide ILLINET member libraries with access
at no charge to selected FirstSearch databases until further notice.
NSLS offers FirstSearch training sessions to member library staff. Training
dates are announced in the nsls.info
weekly e-newsletter.
FirstSearch Databases
ABI/INFORM
Covers nearly every aspect of business, including company histories
and new product development.
ArticleFirst
Describes items listed in the table of contents of more than 13,000
journals. Describes one article, news story, letter, or other item from
a journal in each record.
ClasePeriodica
Index of Latin American journals in the sciences and humanities.
Ebooks
OCLC catalog of online electronic books available through libraries
worldwide.
Electronic Collection
Online (ECO)
Bibliographic information for hundreds of journals devoted to the sciences
and humanities.
ERIC
Guide to published and unpublished sources of educational topics.
GPO Monthly
Records published by the Government Printing Office since July, 1976.
IllinoisCatalog
OCLC catalog of materials in Illinois libraries. Use
this database.
MEDLINE
All areas of medicine and indexes over 3,500 journals.
PapersFirst
Access to individual papers presented at conferences worldwide.
Periodical Abstracts
General reference database, with indexing and abstracts for over 1,500
popular and academic periodicals. Includes transcripts of more than
80 news-oriented television and radio shows.
ProceedingsFirst
Tables of contents of papers presented and conferences worldwide.
OCLC Union List of Periodicals
Over 7 million listings linked to over 750,000 bibliographic records
in WorldCat and provides holdings information.
Wilson Select Plus
General reference full-text database of approximately 1,300 journals.
Full-text articles will link to citations throughout the FirstSearch
service.
World Almanac: Full Text
Key aspects of a wide variety of subjects internationally, essential
facts about the U.S. including federal, state, and local governments.
Includes information and facts of interest to middle-school children
and teachers.
WorldCat
OCLC's Online Union Database with over 36 million bibliographic records
covering 370 languages and over 640 million holdings locations. Many
records include Internet links and monographs may contain an image of
the book cover.
FirstSearch Help
Questions about FirstSearch?
Contact Laurie Bartolini of the Illinois State Library's OCLC office staff, (217) 524-6313.
