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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.

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

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   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. The WorldCat persons dataset (mined from WorldCat) included over 100 million people. Related pages. Copac; Open Library

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   What is a WorldCat identity page?

   • A typical WorldCat Identities page will include a list of most widely held-by-libraries works by and about the identity, a list of variant forms of name the identity has been known by, a FAST tag cloud of places, topics, etc. closely related to works by and about the person, links to co-authors, and more.

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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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   How do I search WorldCat Identities?

   • Options for more sophisticated searches of WorldCat have remained available through the FirstSearch interface. In 2007, WorldCat Identities began providing pages for 20 million "identities", which are metadata about names—predominantly authors and persons who are the subjects of published titles.

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   What information does WorldCat provide?

   • The pages include information derived from WorldCat and other sources ( VIAF, FAST) plus with unique data derived or created through a variety of special processing activities (e.g., WorldCat Identities provides statistical data about how widely held a work is).

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

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   A typical WorldCat Identities page will include a list of most widely held-by-libraries works by and about the identity, a list of variant forms of name the identity has been known by, a FAST tag cloud of places, topics, etc. closely related to works by and about the person, links to co-authors, and more.

6. 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.

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   Apr 27, 2024 · The Identity Maps can be used to explore the interconnectivity between WorldCat Identities. 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).

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8. www.worldcat.org › identities › lccn-no97071763Council on Library and Information Resources [WorldCat ...

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   CLIR issues by Council on Library and Information Resources ( ) in English and Undetermined and held by 363 WorldCat member libraries worldwide. Aims to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning. The Library of Congress National Recording ...

9. digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu › cgi › viewcontentUsing WorldCat Identities

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   WorldCat Identities beta was released in 2007. Mining data from the authority records available in WorldCat, WorldCat Identities can be used to access an “identity web page” for authors, characters from books or films, ships, corporate entities, etc. Each entity can have a personal identity, a controlled personal identity, a corporate ...