CatalogPLUS

The standard WU catalog displays the following holdings: printed materials (books and journals), eBooks and eJournals, WU theses, and the Language Resource Center’s collections. The CatalogPLUS offers a broader range of results. It includes over 300 million references and full texts from the library’s databases, as well as open access sources in the search results.


Accessing online resources

Do you ever wish to access electronic resources from the convenience of your home? If you’re a member of WU (WU students and staff), you can do this at any time. Just make sure that you’re connected to WU via VPN for remote access.

The search bar of the WU catolog, the tab “Catalog” is highlighted.
The search bar of the WU Catalog, the tab “Catalog” is selected, the option “CatalogPlus” is visible.

Filters & Functions

The CatalogPLUS enables you to refine your search results based on specific criteria. You can also expand the list of search results to get more items. Additionally, you can access more results that are relevant for your search. Some of these techniques are explained here.

Peer-reviewed Filter

By using the Peer-reviewed Journals filter, you narrow down your search results to scientific journal articles that have undergone peer review. If you’re curious about how it all works, just click here.

A result in the WU CatalogPlus, the label “peer reviewed” and the corresponding filter are highlighted.

Open access filter

This filter offers you “free to read” content, including open access materials. This implies that these results are publicly accessible and come at no cost, even if you are not affiliated with WU.

A result in the WU CatalogPlus, the label “free to read (incl. Open Access)” and the corresponding filter are highlighted.

Citation Trail

The up arrow leads you to journal articles that cite this publication. Conversely, the down arrow takes you to journal articles that have been cited in this publication, meaning they are listed in its bibliography.

A result in the WU CatalogPlus, the two arrows are highlighted.