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About Union Lists of Periodicals

Subject Holdings for journals and other covered items among OCLC member libraries. It can help you determine if a library holds a specific journal issue. No longer available as a separate database; link above connects you to WorldCat.
Sources Participating OCLC member libraries.
Dates Covered Current data.
Help Documents
  • Available within database; click on Help button.
  • For Union List information (library holdings), you must click on the Expert Search tab; the Local Holdings indexes are not available in Basic or Advanced Search. On the Expert Search screen, click on the Indexed in: drop-down list, and choose an index for Local Holdings, depending on what type of data you have or are looking for. Click on the question mark icon to the right of this drop-down list, and scroll to the bottom of the Help window to the section for 'Indexes based on Local Holdings (Union List) data included in WorldCat.'
  • Using FirstSearch
  • WorldCat in Databases Notebook
Print Counterpart (backfiles) No print counterpart.
Provider OCLC Online Computer Library Center.
Access On the web, limited to current WU students, faculty, and staff. Access to restricted resources from outside the WU campuses.
Need assistance with this database?
Contact the Olin Library Help Desk, at 935-5410, or your Subject Librarian.