June 19, 2009
WorldCat Identities
WorldCat.org has greatly improved its display of information about books. A new piece is in incorporating WorldCat Identities to the results. These are profiles on authors or contributors. Run your search, select a book title, and look for the section on Details - click on Find More Information About.
For example, Margaret Atwood.
The Go button takes you to a WorldCat Identity for Harold Bloom.
If you want the identity to be of Margaret Atwood herself, use Advanced Search to search on author = margaret atwood. Then select a book title from the page, and proceed as above.
See WorldCat Blog - Who's your favorite WorldCat Identity? for short video.
Posted by Gwen at June 19, 2009 02:08 PM