WorldCat Local contains tables of contents that are not included in our catalog. For example, a student was looking for the play "Crumbs from the table of joy" today.
A catalog search found one anthology that is checked out.
Searching WorldCat local revealed that the play is also in another anthology that is not checked out.
I've had similar success with other searches that are coming up empty, because WorldCat Local includes more tables of contents than our OPAC.
You can find WorldCat local on the Databases A-Z page.
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Look like the student checked that anthology already.
ReplyDeleteAnd how interesting that it's not in our PLAY INDEX database. Hmph. Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteBowker has a new product that could help make TOCs more searchable. I'm going to look into it.
ReplyDeleteFor plays, please also remember Inter-Play, which identified the same anthology as WorldCat.
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