Answered By: Amanda Pruka
Last Updated: Feb 06, 2025     Views: 27

Catalogs and databases, such as WorldCat and OneSearch, have different levels of indexing. This affects what part of an article you can search by. For example, some index the title of news articles while others only index the titles of news publications.                                   

WorldCat vs OneSearch

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Book by title Yes Yes, most comprehensive WorldCat is highly recommended for book searches. 
            

Unable to locate a book? Request a known book via the blank form in OneSearch.

Book chapter by chapter title Yes Yes Scans of chapters from Krueger holdings can also be requested. 
Dissertations Yes Yes                See Dissertations for additional info. 
Peer-reviewed article by article title              Yes Yes Google Scholar can be helpful for finding DOI or other article information.
            

Use LibKey to search by DOI or PMID 

Magazine article by article title Yes Yes

Try news databases such as Proquest or Browzine           

Looking for historical magazines? See Archives and Primary Source databases.

News by article title Yes No          

Search across multiple databases for news articles in OneSearch News Articles

Search specific news databases: Proquest:or other Databases with news articles

Looking for historical newspapers? See Archives and Primary Source databases.    

Trade journal article by title of article Yes Yes Try news and research databases                  
            

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