What is Discovery Online?

Discovery Online (DOL) is the name given to an online database that holds millions of book cover images as well as over 700,000 summaries and bibliographic data, provided by Nielsen BookData. Using DOL will add all this to your resource database.  

When the catalogue is searched, a picture of the front cover and/or summary can appear on screen. Discovery Online will also automatically find the bibliographic details of new resources added to the catalogue and will open up retroactive cataloguing to a much wider range of users beyond educational establishments. It will automatically fill in any gaps in field entries in the catalogue.