Information about the WorldCat Discovery “Road Map”:
Below is a summary of the current planned road map to introduce various features so we can be ready to evaluate features of interest, and better plan when to roll WorldCat Discovery out for our users. (Please note that development schedules may change, so these dates should be considered targets and not final.)
WorldCat Discovery Features
Available Now (as of April 24 release)
- Knowledge Base links for direct access to full text
- Advanced Search form
- Boolean searching
- Pre-limits
- Field-level searching
- Facets including Full Text, Peer Reviewed, and Format
- Search scoping
- Users can save lists of records for their search session
- Users can export saved lists to email
- Search box documentation allows Discovery search to be embedded in any web site
- Users can capture of bookmark permanent URL for each record
- The search box offers type-ahead search suggestions
- Users can view real-time availability from support ILS
- Including LHR data
- Users can see library-configured group-level views and check availability
- www.stats.oclc.org usage statistics
Not Yet Available
- Availability link and panel on brief results; full record only
- Editions and Formats link on brief results; full record only
- Adobe SiteCatalyst statistics
Available July
- Full support for Remote Database Search metasearch
- Users can exporting to RefWorks and EndNote
- Support for Service Config “Treat as Held” option at database level
- Library staff can log in for staff-only features:
- MARC record display
- Display of holdings symbols by title
- Query of holdings by institution
Available September
- Staff who log in can submit ILL requests directly into WorldShare ILL
- Support for searching by LHR data
- Support for list display and export of LHR-based call numbers
- Users can see and click 856 links/masterlinks
- Users can view Local Bibliographic Data
- Support for Google Analytics
- Libraries can embed the QuestionPoint widget
- Brief results will display Availability
Available 2014
- Discovery will use Knowledge Base holdings to determine article-level Held By
- Citation formatting in MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, Harvard formats
- Display title-level links to Google Books
- Support Share widget for title-level sharing to social networks
Available Early 2015
- Support for saving Permanent Lists to user account
- Offer the Subject/Content facet
- Support “Search Inside Publication”
- Add 780/785 fields and linking to display
- Display of evaluative content (reviews, tags)
- Support full-text search including found-in “snippets”
- Support “Find More By This Author”
- Display Knowledge Card using WorldCat Identities
- Results will display Works records for WorldCat
