Knowledge base collections Fundamentals
Use Collection Manager Fundamentals to manage your electronic resources. Use your collection data with other OCLC services, display full-text links, and get WorldCat records for OCLC Cataloged Collections.
Note: If you are a WMS library or using full WorldShare Collection Manager, see Knowledge base collections.
- About knowledge base collections in Collection Manager Fundamentals
- See an overview of the Collection Manager Fundamentals interface as it relates to knowledge base collections. Find a list of collections available in the global WorldCat knowledge base.
- Choose a method to add or create a knowledge base collection (Fundamentals)
- Choose a method to add your knowledge base collection data in Collection Manager Fundamentals. Most libraries adding more than one collection use more than one method.
- Add open access content (Fundamentals)
- Create a database-only collection (Fundamentals)
- Create a knowledge base collection (Fundamentals)
- Create a print serial collection (Fundamentals)
- Map titles from an alternate knowledge base supplier (Fundamentals)
- Modify a collection to select your subset of titles (Fundamentals)
- Providers and contacts for automatic collection loading (Fundamentals)
- Request government document collections (Fundamentals)
- Select a knowledge base collection in full (Fundamentals)
- Share knowledge base collections (Fundamentals)
- Configure institution settings (Fundamentals)
- Configure institution settings for knowledge base collections.
- Get WorldCat MARC records for knowledge base collections (Fundamentals)
- Collection Manager delivers records for titles in OCLC Cataloged collections only. It automatically outputs new, updated, and delete records so your collections, access URLs, and title metadata stay up-to-date. Follow the instructions to enable MARC record delivery and customize your records.
- Use collection data with other services (Fundamentals)
- See how to use knowledge base collection data with other OCLC services. Find instructions to use your data for full-text links, in conjunction with a resource sharing deflection policy, and more .
- Display full-text links and elevate links from a specific provider (Fundamentals)
- Download knowledge base data to analyze your selections or for a third-party (Fundamentals)
- Get It Now (unmediated service) for Fundamentals
- Get reports on patron use of e-resources (Fundamentals)
- Deflect lending requests with knowledge base collections (Fundamentals)
- Knowledge base publication types: Links in your A-to-Z list and WorldCat Discovery (Fundamentals)
- Surface your materials in Google Scholar (Fundamentals)
- Maintain your knowledge base collections (Fundamentals)
- Find everything you need for KBART formatting. See how to use the Activity History, report errant OCLC numbers, and request link schemes to maintain your knowledge base collections in Collection Manager Fundamentals.
- About DDA collections (Fundamentals)
- Deselect a collection or a title (Fundamentals)
- Discontinued knowledge base collections (Fundamentals)
- Download large files for Internet Archive and HathiTrust collections and for My Selected Titles in Collection Manager Fundamentals (KBART)
- KBART values and formatting (Fundamentals)
- Link scheme values and overrides (Fundamentals)
- Manage broken link reports from WorldCat Discovery (Fundamentals)
- Mismatched records and best practices for cooperative edits (Fundamentals)
- Report errant knowledge base links (Fundamentals)
- Report errant OCLC numbers (Fundamentals)
- Upload and download locations for knowledge base collections (Fundamentals)
- Cooperative management (Fundamentals)
- Help manage global knowledge base data by using the cooperative management features. Update title information, add a new collection, and approve or deny changes made by other libraries to the global knowledge base.
- Knowledge base collection Activity History (Fundamentals)
- Find information about using the Collection History, Title History, and Loads and Feeds Activity History for knowledge base collections.