wsu digital collections content thru WSU WorldCat

With the inclusion of OAIster database content in WorldCat.org, an extensive amount of WSU digital collections data is now accessible through WSU WorldCat.

Take the Kimble Northwest History collection data as an example. In terms of objects, this is the largest online WSU digital collection. Items from this database are interfiled with other results retrieved from WSU WorldCat searches. Here are some sample searches, with results limited to the NW History database:

Subjects: bonneville dam | Senator William E. Borah | Mining - machinery and equipment

Box numbers: 81 | 82 | 83
(the collection is stored in boxes in a nonpublic area of the Holland Library)

The addition of OAIster in WSU WorldCat brings the WSU Libs one step closer to the "single search box" vision for library resources.