Work with search results
4. Search results
The Search Results screen provides an item overview for each record in the results list. The item overview contains the following information:
- Title - Click the title to view the Item Details screen for the item.
- Author/Authors - Click an author's name to view additional works by the author.
- If a WorldCat record contains a WorldCat Entity URI in the 100 $1, 110 $1, 700 $1, or 710 $1, a Person card avatar (
) appears before the author's name. Hover over the avatar to open the Person card, which contains the following information.
- Author - The given name of the author. This data is pulled from the WorldCat Entities givenName property.
- Description - A description of the author. The description will appear if the Person entity includes a description. This data is pulled from the WorldCat Entities description property.
Note: The Author and Description information displays in the same language as your browser settings. You can change the language in the site footer.
- Date of birth and date of death - The birthdate and, if applicable, death date of the author. This data is pulled from the WorldCat Entities dateOfBirth and dateOfDeath properties.
- Copy URI - Click to automatically copy the entity's unique Universal Resource Identifier to your clipboard.
- Works by author - Click to perform a WorldCat Entity as Author search (e.g., ua: https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/...6dFKBQVqXxwbv3).
- Works about author - Click to perform a WorldCat Entity as Subject search (e.g., us: https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/...6dFKBQVqXxwbv3).
- If a WorldCat record contains a WorldCat Entity URI in the 100 $1, 110 $1, 700 $1, or 710 $1, a Person card avatar (
- Summary - Click Show More to view the entire item summary.
- Item format and publication year (e.g., eBook: 2008)
- Language of the item
Image display in WorldCat.org
Due to the large volume of titles covered in WorldCat, OCLC does not load cover art for individual titles. Instead, we load large files from a variety of providers with whom we have contractual relationships.
Titles that do not include cover art will show the default images below.
- Cover art default icons
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Format facet in WorldCat.org Cover art default icon Book 
Audiobook 
Article, Chapter 
Archival Material 
Music 
Musical Score 
Video 
Toy 
Image 
Visual Material 
Map 
Journal, Magazine 
Newspaper 
Interactive Multimedia 
Computer File 
Kit 
Object 
Website 
Encyclopedia Article 
View thumbnails from digital repositories synced through WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway
Collections from CONTENTdm and other OAI-PMH compliant digital repositories which have been synced through WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway will display a thumbnail image in the brief results and detailed view in WorldCat Discovery. For more information on syncing your collection, see Digital Collection Gateway.
Note: CONTENTdm sites automatically include a thumbnail. If you are using a different OAI-PMH compliant repository, see Use the Digital Collection Gateway, Add a thumbnail image for more information.
| Digital repository | Required fields/subfields to display thumbnail in WorldCat Discovery |
|---|---|
| CONTENTdm |
WorldCat Discovery will use the URL in the 856 u to display as the thumbnail. |
| Other OAI-PMH compliant digital repositories |
WorldCat Discovery will use the URL in the 856 u to display as the thumbnail. |