Computer library service and research organisation OCLC, US, has announced that WorldCat Local has added more databases and collections from leading publishers and other information providers to make content more accessible to library users through the Web. WorldCat Local is OCLC's discovery service that offers users integrated access to more than 800 million items in libraries around the world.
WorldCat Local offers access to books, journals and databases from a variety of international publishers and information providers; the digital collections of groups like HathiTrust, OAIster and Google Books; open access materials; and the collective resources of libraries worldwide through WorldCat.
With these latest additions, libraries using WorldCat Local can now offer users access to 1,400 databases and collections, and more than 500 million articles. 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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