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• Reference Services
• May 07
• Issue: 212

“Cite This Item” Added to Three FirstSearch Databases

End-users of WorldCat, and its two derivative databases, Ebooks and WorldCat Dissertations, now see a “Cite this Item” link in the “External Resources” section of detailed records (at right). Clicking the “Cite this Item” link will bring endusers to a page that lists the citation according the five, most commonly-used reference citation guidelines: APA, Chicago, Harvard, MLA and Turabian. Users may copy and paste the needed format into a bibliography.

OCLC cautions all users that “formatting rules within a style can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study, and that they should apply the specific requirements of a reviewing body.”

“Cite This Item” feature in FirstSearch WorldCat detailed record.

Reference citation according to the most commonly-used reference citation guides.

OCLC FirstSearch Contact Information

For more information about OCLC’s FirstSearch service, please contact Nylink’s Joyce Rambo (ramboj@nylink.org) or Jennifer Hawkes (hawkesj@nylink.org). They are available via email or phone (800-342-3353/518-443-5444).