Template:OCLC

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Usage

This template generates a link for looking up a (print or online) publication in WorldCat by its OCLC Number.

Up to nine parameters may be used for situations where a unique publication appears more than once in the OCLC union catalog.

Multiple publications are separated by ",", but the word between the last two publications can be configured using the 'leadout' parameter (f.e. 'leadout=and', 'leadout=or', 'leadout=as well as' or 'leadout=,'.

It is also possible to link to all editions of a publication at once using the 'show=all' parameter (whereby "all" is a special token, causing the display of "(all editions)". The text between parentheses can be changed by specifying a different text using the 'show' parameter.

Example #1

• Usage: {{OCLC|22239204}}
• Links to: https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22239204
• Renders as: OCLC 22239204

Example #2

• Usage: {{OCLC|46908525|50074837}}
• Links to: https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46908525 and https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50074837
• Renders as: OCLC 46908525, 50074837

Example #3

• Usage: {{OCLC|12345678|98765432|24680975}}
• Links to: https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12345678, https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/98765432, https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24680975
• Renders as: OCLC 12345678, 98765432, 24680975

Example #4

• Usage: {{OCLC|12345678|98765432|24680975|leadout=and}}
• Links to: https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12345678, https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/98765432 and https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24680975
• Renders as: OCLC 12345678, 98765432 and 24680975

Example #5

• Usage: {{OCLC|22239204|show=all}}
• Links to: https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22239204/editions
• Renders as: OCLC 22239204 (all editions)

Example #6

• Usage: {{OCLC|22239204|show=complete list of all editions}}
• Links to: https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22239204/editions
• Renders as: OCLC 22239204 (complete list of all editions)

See also

• {{OCLC search link}} – a similar template without the "OCLC" prefix in the rendered output
• {{ISSN}}
• {{ISSN link}}
• {{Catalog lookup link}}
• {{Infobox book}}, {{Infobox journal}}, {{Infobox magazine}}, {{Infobox newspaper}} – these infobox templates include an OCLC identifier; example: |oclc=22239204
• Help:Citation Style 1 § Identifiers – CS1 citation templates include an OCLC identifier; example: |oclc=22239204
• Wikipedia:OCLC – essay about Wikipedia's relationship with OCLC

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