help.Rmd

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### Instructions

#### 1. Get the data

Find the OCLC number of a publication. This can be found on the publication's page on the [WorldCat website](https://www.worldcat.org/), or in its URL.

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![A book's OCLC number can be found either in the "Details" box or the URL of the item's page on worldcat.org.](images/paste-709E2A5A.png){width="600"}

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Click "Get the data". Some summary statistics and an interactive table of the returned data will appear in the "Results" tab.

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![Click the "Get the data" button to fetch the results. Summary statistics and a searchable table will be displayed.](images/paste-73F142F9.png){width="600"}

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#### 2. Download the data

You can choose to download the data in either CSV or XLSX formats with the sidebar buttons to open it in another application.

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![The results can be downloaded in two different formats: CSV or XLSX](images/paste-40EB5E30.png)

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#### 3. Map the cities

If a map is needed, select the type of map you want to create ("interactive" or "static"). The visualisation will appear in the "Map" tab.

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![Pick between "Interactive" and "Static" to generate a map. The "Map" tab should automatically get focused.](images/paste-9D60BF88.png){width="600"}

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### About

This tool was developed using the [OCLC API](https://developer.api.oclc.org/), the [R programming language](https://www.r-project.org/) and the [Shiny](https://shiny.rstudio.com/) framework.

For further help or to report issues, please contact either:

-   Stéphane Guillou: s.guillou (at) uq.edu.au

-   Technology trainers: training (at) library.uq.edu.au