ILL Tip of the Week

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Sarah Pitkin
Fri, Mar 21, 2025 4:16 PM

Good morning,

OCLC has improved searching for items in WorldShare ILL. I've noticed that
better results come up when searching for requested items. In most cases,
the less information input into the request is better than more.

For this week the focus is on the Title, Author, and ISBN fields:

  • Title: input the Title of the item (add a note in ( ) if there is
    something you'd like me to see as soon as the request is opened, like an
    item in a different language, or a large print copy),
  • Author: last name first, first name last (this helps immensely!)
  • ISBN: Not required, but it is helpful, especially for items like
    manga, graphic novels, CDs, independently published items, etc.

Any other info., such as a Publisher, or OCLC #, etc., are not used to
search, since the goal is to find the highest number of lenders for the
item requested.

Thank you for offering this service to your patrons! And as always, please
let me know if you have any questions, or need to make any changes to your
WorldShare ILL account.

Sincerely,

Sarah Pitkin

ILL Librarian

State Library Division https://library.utah.gov/ | 801.715.6738

250 North 1950 West, Ste. A

Salt Lake City, Utah 84116-7901

https://www.facebook.com/UtahStateLibrary/
https://www.instagram.com/utahstatelibrary/

Good morning, OCLC has improved searching for items in WorldShare ILL. I've noticed that better results come up when searching for requested items. In most cases, the less information input into the request is better than more. For this week the focus is on the Title, Author, and ISBN fields: - *Title*: input the Title of the item (add a note in ( ) if there is something you'd like me to see as soon as the request is opened, like an item in a different language, or a large print copy), - *Author*: last name first, first name last (this helps immensely!) - *ISBN*: Not required, but it is helpful, especially for items like manga, graphic novels, CDs, independently published items, etc. Any other info., such as a Publisher, or OCLC #, etc., are not used to search, since the goal is to find the highest number of lenders for the item requested. Thank you for offering this service to your patrons! And as always, please let me know if you have any questions, or need to make any changes to your WorldShare ILL account. Sincerely, Sarah Pitkin ILL Librarian State Library Division <https://library.utah.gov/> | 801.715.6738 250 North 1950 West, Ste. A Salt Lake City, Utah 84116-7901 <https://www.facebook.com/UtahStateLibrary/> <https://www.instagram.com/utahstatelibrary/>