OCLC Merging NetFirst Records into WorldCat

OCLC will be integrating the OCLC NetFirst database into WorldCat on the OCLC FirstSearch service and NetFirst will no longer be available as a separate database.  On July 23, OCLC will begin turning off access to NetFirst and access will be removed from all FirstSearch authorizations by July 31, 2002.

Please note that most of NetFirst records have been part of WorldCat since August 2000.  WorldCat also includes records for Internet resources that have been added by member libraries and netLibrary records.

By July 23, Z39.50 Administrators must remove their configurations for: database name – netfirst database short name – netf

How to Limit to Internet Only Records in WorldCat
1) AND limit term “http” to a search using:
Access Method (am) index
This retrieves any type of records with a URL in the 856 field.

2) AND limit term “internet” to a search using:
Internet Resource (ir) restrictor
This can include Internet resources or records that can also be found on the Internet.

3) AND limit term “url” to a search using:
Document Type (dt) restrictor
This results in only items that are a cataloged Internet resource, including both the NetFirst records and membership-supplied records.