(Open)WorldCat and Aleph
FAQ
What is WorldCat?
WorldCat is a union catalog of library collections, including UF's, administered by OCLC, the Online Computer Library Center.
What is Open WorldCat?
Open WorldCat is a service OCLC provides whereby institutions with holdings in WorldCat can choose to have their collections accessible to users through Web sites, such as Google Scholar and Amazon. UF participates in OpenWorldCat.
Is everything in Aleph included in WorldCat?
No, but much is. WorldCat includes all types of UF material (e.g., books, maps, serials, videos) with some exceptions.
Not included in WorldCat:
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Provisional records for material on order or on course reserve
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E-journal records provided through Serials Solutions
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Selected e-book packages - ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online), EEBO (Early English Books Online), Wright American Fiction Collection, History E-books, Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Vendor records we are not allowed to upload to WorldCat per license agreements; these records include the status DO NOT OFFLOAD in the technical view
- Some microform sets - ESTC (English Short Title Catalog), Evans (or Early American imprints, first series), Anti-slavery propaganda in the Oberlin College Library
- UF ETDs (electronic theses and dissertations) with no access (usually a 6 month restriction) and with UF-only access (beginning late 2007 UF-only ETDs are being added to WorldCat; plans are underway to add earlier UF-only ETDs retrospectively)
Are UF holdings accurate in WorldCat?
That depends. For non-serials, the holdings are mostly accurate although some microanalytic and e-book records do not have UF holdings attached. Marcive government document records started including our holdings in early 2005.
For serials, the holdings are not accurate because we have not participated in OCLC's Union List for years. A near-term cataloging priority is to bring our serials holding information in WorldCat up-to-date.
Are any UF resources included in WorldCat, but not Aleph?
Yes, temporarily. Marcive records for government documents are not fully reflected due to delays in batchloading since migration to Aleph.
Do the records in WorldCat and Aleph match exactly?
Not necessarily. Catalogers sometimes revise records when they are loaded into the catalog in order to add local information or to add or correct headings. Also, license agreements with some vendors prevent us from sharing data with WorldCat (e.g., Blackwell's table of contents).
Is the UF material in WorldCat accessible through Open WorldCat?
Yes. However, OpenWorldCat also includes SFX links to UF's e-journal databases as well as Netlibrary and Books24x7 titles.
Indexed: (Open)WorldCat and Aleph FAQ
(Open)WorldCat and Aleph FAQ
Prepared by: Betsy Simpson
Created: May 4, 2006
