OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center ALA Midwinter 2006 San Antonio, TX OCLC...

OCLC ResearchOCLC Online Computer Library Center

ALA Midwinter 2006San Antonio, TX

OCLC FictionFinder & OCLC DeweyBrowser Eric ChildressOCLC Research


An OCLC experimental prototype

Supports searching & browsing of fiction materials cataloged in WorldCat

2.7M bibliographic records

1.2M works represented

Employs FRBR to:

Build a “work” view & cluster related records

Support the creation of special indexes

OCLC Research team:

Diane Vizine-Goetz (lead)

Roger Thompson

Carol Hickey

Lance Osborne

New version:

Available 1st quarter 2006

Improved navigation & work-based displays

FictionFinder


Preview of soon-to-be-released new version


Don Quixote (work display screen 1)


Don Quixote (work display screen 2)


Example 2: searching FictionFinder


DeweyBrowser

An OCLC experimental prototype

Supports searching & browsing collections organized by DDC

Presents search results at three levels corresponding to the three main summaries of Dewey

Collections available:

wcat – 2.2 million of the most widely held WorldCat records

abr14 – selected data from the Abridged Edition 14 of DDC

ebooks - 210,000+ electronic book records from WorldCat

Summaries can be displayed in:

English

French

German

Spanish

Swedish

OCLC Research team:

Diane Vizine-Goetz (lead)

Thom Hickey (lead)

Harry Wagner

Carol Hickey

Lance Osborne


DeweyBrowser- Abridged 14 collection

Selected data from the Abridged Edition 14 of DDC

Includes a collaborative editing feature that enables authorized users to suggest index terms for a DDC class (Suggested terms)

Suggested terms will be delivered to interested users via RSS


Links

OCLC FictionFinder

Interface: http://fictionfinder.oclc.org

Project page: http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/fictionfinder.htm

OCLC DeweyBrowser

Interface: http://deweyresearch.oclc.org/ddcbrowser/wcat

About DeweyBrowser: http://www.oclc.org/research/researchworks/ddc/browser.htm

Vizine-Goetz, Diane and Thomas B. Hickey. 2006. “Getting Visual with the DeweyBrowser” NextSpace no. 1 http://www.oclc.org/news/publications/newsletters/

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