There will soon be ads promoting the WorldCat serach tool (OCLC) that is available at member libraries all over the US. Below is a cross posting from the Genealogy Libratrians list. I tested the URL and found that there is a tutorial about using the WorldCat resouces that is downloadable in PDF format. You will have to have Adobe Reader on your desktop or Start Menu to open the file. If you do not have it, you can download the current version free from the Adobe.com website. To access WorldCat I log onto my local library catalog. I choose Ereference and then Internet. The Internet resource page has WorldCat (First Search) listed. Some libraries may have it listed only as First Search which you click on and then choos the next link you want. Other libraries may have differently-designated links to get to the WorldCat link. All of them will probably require you to log in with you library card number and a password you have registered. Some may permit you to login as "our guest" but they may not permit that more than a couple of times. Libraries who offer these services to patrons may have coded your library card to represent your tax distrtict. If you live in an area that is outside the library tax district it may mean that your area does not support the library and your card number will not let you access the "members only" services. If that is the case, use your card number and a "guest" access if you have that option. Or visit the library with the subscription and use the catalog on their system. Ask your librarian is there is any way you can access it with a donation/subscription to the library if you can't use any of the options above. WORLDCAT ADS TO APPEAR IN GENEALOGY MAGAZINES In response to requests by librarians for help in marketing library resources to patrons, OCLC has placed small ads promoting libraries as the source of an excellent genealogical research tool - WorldCat on FirstSearch - in three popular genealogy magazines. These ads will run for a year in Everton's Genealogical Helper, Family Chronicle, and the FGS Forum, starting with their May/June or Summer 2006 issues. OCLC chose genealogy due to the depth and breadth of printed and digitized online historical material represented in WorldCat and due to the popularity of genealogy in general. Libraries may also download materials promoting WorldCat for genealogical research from <http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/support/promoting/default.htm> including: * the base magazine ad for local genealogy newsletters or magazines. * a full page ad OCLC has placed in major genealogy conference syllabi, and * a bookmark promoting WorldCat on FirstSearch for genealogical research. All of these materials point to the WorldCat: focus on genealogy web site (http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/genealogy/), which explains to genealogists why WorldCat is an effective genealogical research tool, explains how to find it or ask for it at their library, and includes a detailed tutorial on how to use WorldCat on FirstSearch for genealogical research. Deborah L. Bendig Product Manager, Discovery View WorldCat OCLC Online Computer Library Center 6565 Frantz Rd. Dublin, OH 43017 Email: dbendig@oclc.org Phone: 1-800-848-5878, ext. 5084 or 1-614-761-5084 Fax: 1-614-718-7433 <http://www.oclc.org/worldcat> http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/genealogy/ <http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/genealogy/>