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Directly harvest WorldCat records

Download and process metadata that enables users of your Web application to link to WorldCat library lookup for published content

Illustration: XML-format WorldCat metadata

With authorization from OCLC, you can download a subset of the WorldCat database for harvesting by your search engine or other enterprise Web application. Once WorldCat metadata is integrated, end users can Find in a Library®, discovering an alternate source for published materials, complementary information and links to electronic full text and library-based services such as Ask a Librarian.

The WorldCat Record Harvesting Set contains XML-format metadata from more than four million records representing many popular titles and a selection of unique items cataloged in WorldCat. Metadata fields in records generally include:

URL of corresponding WorldCat Web record
Title
Language
Author

Publisher name and year
Edition
Genre (e.g. fiction)

Applicable standard numbers (e.g. ISBN)
Subject headings
Related Library of Congress descriptions

Download an XML file with sample WorldCat metadata for 15 titles

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