Friday, January 20, 2012

How can I find isbn of book with just the title?

I have a list of 500 books with just title and author. I need to know the isbn of each one of them and dont want to manually enter them. Is there software or online batch system to make search easier and just adds the isbn to the titles.


I have them in excel.|||An ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is a unique number which indicates the publisher and edition of a book. http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/鈥?/a>





A book title could have many different ISBNs - different editions, paperback edition, different publishers.





You can use the WorldCat database to search for library book records:


http://www.worldcat.org





Your local library may subscribe to a database called Books in Print. Check the library Website.


http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/|||A good place to start would be a book selling website like Amazon or Borders etc. If they sell the book and it has an ISBN number you can all that info by searching the site.

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