Document (#21714)

Author

Mason, M.G.

Title

Reference revolutions

Source

Journal of library administration. 25(1998) nos.2/3, S.55-63

Year

1998

Abstract

As the bibliographic database WorldCat has grown, libraries have found other uses for it that goes beyond cataloguing. Foremost among them has been resource sharing. With the introduction of the FirstSearch servie in 1991, OCLC moved beyond bibliography to provide not just information about information, but the information itself. The next stage of development for FirstSearch will see the introduction of OCLC FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online, Electronic Archiving, and Inttegrated Searching

Footnote

Contribution to the first of 2 volumes commemorating the 30th anniversary of OCLC's founding on 6 July 1967

Theme

Informationsdienstleistungen

Object

OCLC
WorldCat
FirstSearch

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