If an institution has subscription access to WorldCat by virtue of a Cataloging or WorldCat Resource Sharing authorization, does that meet the requirement for subscription access to WorldCat?
No, the institution will need to have subscription access to WorldCat on the FirstSearch reference service, which requires a FirstSearch authorization. • In a library group setting where access to WorldCat on FirstSearch is shared and/or attached only to the main library’s OCLC symbol, are the holdings of all group libraries visible through WorldCat.org? Yes, the holdings of the entire group are visible, as long as the WorldCat subscription is identified within OCLC systems as a group authorization and group libraries are identified as affiliates of the group.
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