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Article
The Library Catalog as Experimental Sandbox
OLA Quarterly
  • Thomas W. Larsen, Portland State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Subjects
  • Online library catalogs,
  • Online information services,
  • Electronic information resources -- Management
Abstract

The article offers information on the modern online public access catalog (OPAC) which is available on the Internet through WorldCat in the U.S. As stated, modern OPAC improves on previous catalogs with enhanced search capabilities and is accessible from any computer with an Internet connection. In addition, WorldCat.org offers an interface that displays search results that guide users to the nearest library that holds the item in question, thus allowing the user to find the quickest way of obtaining the item from a library.

Rights

This is the author's peer reviewed final manuscript as accepted for publication.

Description

This work was published in the Spring 2009 issue of OLA Quarterly.

Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9102
Citation Information
Thomas W. Larsen. "The Library Catalog as Experimental Sandbox" OLA Quarterly (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/tom_larsen/5/