Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has signed agreements with leading publishers and other content providers from around the world to add more databases and collections to WorldCat Local, its OCLC discovery service. WorldCat Local offers users integrated access to more than 800 million items in libraries worldwide.
Libraries using WorldCat Local can offer users access to 1,400 databases and collections, and more than 500 million articles.
OCLC recently signed agreements with publishers to make more content available through WorldCat Local. These include Annual Reviews; the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE); Berkeley Electronic Press; Gale; Genealogy Today; the Institution of Engineering and Technology; Karger; M.E. Sharpe; Modern Language Association; National Institute of Justice; and Oxford University Press.
WorldCat Local provides access to books, journals and databases from a variety of publishers and information providers from around the world; the digital collections of groups like HathiTrust, OAIster and Google Books; open access materials; and the collective resources of libraries worldwide through WorldCat. OCLC continues to negotiate access to critical library content on behalf of the cooperative to ensure access to libraries' most popular resources.
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