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1. 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.

2. 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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   • Type of site: Network of library content and services

   • Launched: January 21, 1998; 25 years ago
   • Owner: Online Computer Library Center

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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.

   WorldCat Identities - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.

   WorldCat Identities - 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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   How many people are in WorldCat?

   • 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.

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4. 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.

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

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   Jan 3, 2021 · The WorldCat global catalog collates data on library holdings, offering a range of tools including the novel WorldCat Identities. This is based on author profiles and provides indicators relating to the availability of their books in library catalogs.

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

   • Publish Year: 2021

6. help.oclc.org › Discovery_and_Reference › WorldCatAbout the WorldCat.org database - OCLC Support

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   The WorldCat.org database contains: All the records cataloged by OCLC member libraries and millions of journal articles. Includes records representing 400 languages.

7. help.oclc.org › Metadata_Services › WorldCatAbout WorldCat Entities - OCLC Support

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   Feb 29, 2024 · Overview. WorldCat Entities allows users to search, view, and download WorldCat Entities and their associated information. Browse through entity results and explore how each entity links to other WorldCat Entities, external vocabularies, and authority files for further context.