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WorldCat Discovery User Guide

Personal Lists

  • Users can save up to 100 records in a list by clicking on the Save icon that appears next to the item. When users reach the limit, the interface displays text as a warning message: "Your list is full. Please remove records from your list or clear your list to add more records." Users can close the message and continue to search; However, they will not be able to add another record to the list until one or more records are removed.
  • Users can remove one record at a time by using the icon beside each record. Users can delete all records in the list by clicking Select All, then clicking the Delete icon.
  • Privacy notice: If you are using a public computer and you leave the terminal, your list will be visible to others until the session times out.

My Items and My Personal Lists

To create and save a personal list:

  1. Search for the items you would like to include in a list. 
  2. Click the Save icon to add the citation to the list.
  3. When finished, click Saved Items in the upper right corner to display the list.
  4. Click on the Create List icon.
  5. Provide a List Name (required) and List Description (optional).
  6. Select a Privacy preference.
    1. Shared: a permalink is generated for others to view, site and share the list. Changes to the list are updated in real-time after the page is refreshed.
    2. Private: the default value, no permalink is created, and the list is only visible to its creator.
      This option can be changed after the list has been saved. If a Shared list is changed to Private, the list content automatically becomes inaccessible to anyone with the original permalink.
  7. Click Save.

Email item(s) from My Items or My Personal Lists:

  1. Go to the list or saved item you want to share. 
  2. Click the Email icon. An Email List window appears.
  3. Enter up to five email addresses, separated by commas in the Email Address(es) field.
  4. Provide a Subject and (optional) Message (limit 500 characters).
  5. Click Send Email or Send List. Your items or list will be sent.

Cite multiple items from My Items or My Personal Lists:

  1. Go to the list containing items you want to cite.
  2. Click the check box next to the items you want to create citations for or check the Select All box.
  3. Click the Cite icon. A Cite List window appears.
  4. Select the citation style. The citations appear in a Copy & Paste box.
  5. Export the citations by clicking on one of the Export options or copy and paste them from the text box.

To move items from My Personal Lists or My Items to a Personal List:

  1. Go to the list containing items you want to move.
  2. Click the check box next to the items you want to move, or select all by checking the Select All box.
  3. Click the Move icon.
  4. A Move Records window opens. Select the list to which you want to move the items.
  5. Click Select List.

To clear entries from your temporary list:

  1. Select individual items to be removed from the list or click the box to Select All.
  2. Click the Delete icon.
  3. A message opens to confirm this action.
  4. Click Delete Records to continue or Cancel to return to the list.