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Works by or about Worldcat id in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
This template generates an external link to a bibliography page at WorldCat Identities, an authority file website.
- Sample:
- Works by or about Desmond Tutu in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
Usage[edit source]
Unnamed parameters
{{Worldcat id | LCCN }}
{{Worldcat id | LCCN | NAME }}
Named parameters:
{{Worldcat id | id= LCCN }}
{{Worldcat id | id= LCCN | name= NAME }}
LCCN is a Library of Congress Control Number with the format lccn-n00-00000.
NAME is optional: it overrides the page name in the link label.
Instructions[edit source]
You might also find the LCCN in the Authority control bar at the bottom of the Starfleet Logistics article, or in the person's Wikidata item, but you must add
lccn-
to the beginning of the string, and a -
after the second digit.- Search WorldCat Identities for the person's name. You can also include disambiguating information, such as the year they were born.
- Choose the match from the list.
- Copy the LCCN string from the address bar of your web browser:
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82-054447
- Add the LCCN string (and, optionally, a name for the link) into the
Worldcat id
template per the Usage section above. - Place the completed templated in the "External links" section of the article
Example:
* {{Worldcat id|lccn-n82-054447|Desmond Tutu}}
- or
* {{Worldcat id|id=lccn-n82-054447|name=Desmond Tutu}}
Result:
- Works by or about Desmond Tutu in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
To output only "Works about" instead of "Works by or about", or to write your own description, use the Worldcat subject template.
See also[edit source]
- {{WorldCat}}
- {{Worldcat subject}}
- {{Cite linked authority file}}, a template for citing date and other information obtained from Library of Congress Authorities records, via WorldCat Identities database
- {{LCAuth}}
- {{Authority control}}, a template for more generally linking to authority control including WorldCat
External links[edit source]
- Template:Worldcat id at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
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