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1. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › WorldCat_IdentitiesWorldCat Identities - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...

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   WorldCat is a union catalog that lists the collections of 17,900 libraries in 123 countries and territories that participate in the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) global cooperative. It is operated by OCLC, Inc. The subscribing member libraries work together to maintain WorldCat's database. It is the world's largest bibliographic database.

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WorldCatWorldCat - Wikipedia

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   In May 2022, OCLC announced WorldCat Entities, a new infrastructure for library linked data. Maintenance of WorldCat Identities was suspended and the service will be discontinued as it is being replaced by WorldCat Entities.

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   What is a WorldCat identity?

   • A WorldCat Identity can be a person, a thing (e.g., the Titanic), a fictitious character (e.g., Harry Potter), or a corporation (e.g., IBM). The WorldCat Identities Network gives users the opportunity to visually explore the interconnectivity and relationships between WorldCat Identities.

   WorldCat Identities Network - OCLC

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   What is WorldCat Identities (Wi)?

   • WorldCat offers a wide range of functions in addition to its core index, such as the experimental WorldCat Identities (WI). This tool brings together the “complete works” of any given author, reporting the library diffusion data of their works overall for the author and by individual publication.

   Exploring WorldCat identities as an altmetric information ... - Springer

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   What is the WorldCat Identities API?

   • The WorldCat Identities API provides up to 10 Related Identities for each Identity. These Related Identities are then displayed as a visual network map that allows users to easily jump from Identity Network to Identity Network by clicking the Identity name on the map.

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   How many 'identities' are there in WorldCat?

   • In 2007, WorldCat Identities began showing pages for 20 million "identities." Identities are mostly authors and people who books are about. In May 2019, WorldCat held over 450 million bibliographic records in 484 languages. Record over 2.8 billion physical and digital library items.

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4. www.oclc.org › en › worldcatWorldCat Entities | OCLC

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   Use the search box on entities.oclc.org to find and view WorldCat Entities for Persons, Places, Events, and Works. Browse through different languages and explore the way each entity links to other external vocabularies and authority files for further context.

5. www.oclc.org › areas › data-scienceWorldCat Identities - OCLC

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   WorldCat Identities has a summary page for every name in WorldCat (currently some 30 million names) including named persons, organizations and fictitious characters.

6. link.springer.com › article › 10Exploring WorldCat identities as an altmetric information ...

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   Jan 3, 2021 · WorldCat offers a wide range of functions in addition to its core index, such as the experimental WorldCat Identities (WI). This tool brings together the “complete works” of any given author, reporting the library diffusion data of their works overall for the author and by individual publication.

   • Author: Daniel Torres-Salinas, Wenceslao Arroyo-Machado, Mike Thelwall

   • Publish Year: 2021

7. www.oclc.org › research › areasWorldCat Identities Network - OCLC

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   The WorldCat Identity Network used the WorldCat Identities Web Service and the WorldCat Search API to create an interactive Related Identity Network Map for each Identity in the WorldCat Identities database. The Identity Maps were used to explore the interconnectivity between WorldCat Identities.

8. hangingtogether.org › libraries-think-they-areLibraries think they are notable: Using WorldCat holdings ...

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   Sep 9, 2020 · WorldCat Identities is an experimental project that provides library holdings data for personal, corporate, or subject-based identities. While it is not the only source of such data, it is especially useful for contributing to gap projects for three reasons.