Answered By: Amanda Pruka
Last Updated: Jun 23, 2025     Views: 71

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.     

OneSearch vs WorldCat by Format

OneSearch

WorldCat

Tips

Book by title

Yes

Yes, most comprehensive

See: Find Books

Book chapter by chapter title

Yes

Yes

See: Scans of chapters

Dissertations

Yes

Yes

See Dissertations

Peer-reviewed article by article title

Yes

Yes

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 OneSearch News Articles

Search: 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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