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WorldCat: From Local to Social: Links and Sharing

A resource guide about how library users can use the social tools that are available in WSU WorldCat to organize, annotate, and share resources.

Important Information for WSU Users

11/18/2013 Update: Important: The WSU Libraries migrated from WSU WorldCat/WorldCat Local to Search It/Primo in mid-December 2013. Griffin and WSU WorldCat links will no longer work, and if you have a WSU WorldCat account you will still be able to see your saved items if you log in to Open WorldCat (www.worldcat.org), but saved lists and saved searches in WSU Worldcat did not transfer to Search It (although Search It has something similar: see the EShelf). You can still see and search WSU WorldCat, but you'll see it is not fully functional  - click here. Summit is still functional; you can find it here.

Sharing Resources

Items in WorldCat can be shared or embedded via the assigned permalink that every item has. Each item also can be shared on Twitter, blogs, social bookmarking sites, etc. via the orange Share button. Note: If you are searching in another college's version of WorldCat Local or the public WorldCat.org, you can edit the permalink URL to refer to your specific version/flavour/instance of WorldCat.

Sharing in WorldCat

Sharing Dynamic Searches

WSU WorldCat (and other college library WorldCat Local versions) embeds search terms and filters into the URL for the results, so you can also save the link to a search and embed it in a webpage, email, etc (note searches can also be saved to your WorldCat account and run with one click from your profile page): this search is looking for items in WSU WorldCat that include the phrase "testament of youth," are books, and are non-fiction in libraries worldwide.

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