PESWiki:Book sources

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This page links to catalogs of libraries, booksellers, and other book sources where you will be able to search for the book with ISBN MAGICNUMBER.

Notes  

  • Use Special:Booksources (http://peswiki.com/index.php?title=Special:Booksources) to manually search on an ISBN.
  • Learn how to bypass this page and go to the same book source every time.
  • An ISBN identifies a specific edition of a book, and any given title may therefore have a number of different ISBNs. See xISBN below for finding other editions.
  • An ISBN registration, even one corresponding to a book page on a major book distributor database is not definite proof that such a book actually exists. A title may have been cancelled or postponed after the ISBN was assigned. Both ISBN and other registration have been abused in attempted hoaxes on PESWiki in the past.
  • The master copy of this page is located at PESWiki:Book sources.

Booksellers

Individual online booksellers

Price comparison sites

Find your book on a site that compiles results from other online sites:

Search many individual booksellers

These sites allow you to search the catalogs of many individual booksellers.

  • Find this book (http://dogbert.abebooks.com/abe/BookSearch?isbn=MAGICNUMBER&sortby=2) on Abebooks (Mostly used and out-of-print books. Large number of listings.)
  • Find this book (http://www.alibris.com/search/search.cfm?qisbn=MAGICNUMBER) on Alibris (Used books, out of print books, etc. A network of independent booksellers. Large number of listings.)
  • Find this book (http://www.antiqbook.com/books/search.phtml?sKeyword=MAGICNUMBER) on Antiqbook (http://www.antiqbook.com) (Used, rare and out of print books. 6 million books, 700 booksellers from all over the world.)
  • Find this book (http://www.biblio.com/isbnsearch.php?isbn=MAGICNUMBER) on Biblio (http://www.biblio.com) (Used, rare and out of print books. 35 million books, 4700 booksellers, many countries.)
  • Find this book (http://www.bookavenue.com/isbnsearch.php?isbn=MAGICNUMBER) on Bookavenue (http://www.bookavenue.com) (out of print, rare, used books from booksellers worldwide)
  • Find this book (http://www.booksense.com/product/info.jsp?isbn=MAGICNUMBER) on Book Sense
  • Find this book (http://www.choosebooks.com/index.html?axx=wiki_ISBNen&isbn=MAGICNUMBER) on ChooseBooks (http://www.choosebooks.com) (Millions of titles, sellers from all over the world in the rare books trade.)

Libraries

Worldwide

  • Find this book (http://www.google.com/custom?cx=010897078278572180631%3Adhkk_ymtfpc&cof=CX%3Awww.google.com%3BFORID%3A1&hl=en&client=pub-0147199382062428&q=site:worldcatlibraries.org+isbn+MAGICNUMBER&sa=Search) at your local library through WorldCat & Google
  • Find this book (http://search.yahoo.com/search?&vs=worldcatlibraries.org&dups=1&p=MAGICNUMBER) at your local library through WorldCat & Yahoo!
  • Find this book (http://worldcat.org/isbn/MAGICNUMBER) at your local library through WorldCat

General search engine sites also offer a way to search for books:

  • Find this book (http://a9.com/MAGICNUMBER?a=ob) on A9.com
  • Find this book (http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=MAGICNUMBER&tiled=1&scoring=p) on Froogle (Google's shopping search service)
    • Also available in the UK (http://froogle.google.co.uk/froogle?q=MAGICNUMBER)
  • Find this book (http://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=MAGICNUMBER) on Google Book Search
  • Find this book (http://shopping.yahoo.com/search/proxy?p=MAGICNUMBER&field=isbn) on Yahoo! Shopping

North America

United States

Public libraries

Universities and colleges

Books available from free resources

  • Find this book (http://www.bookcrossing.com/search/?title=&author=&category=&isbn=MAGICNUMBER&bcid=&status=0&screenname=) on BookCrossing.com.
  • Find this book (http://www.bookmooch.com/m/search?w=MAGICNUMBER) on BookMooch.com
  • Find this book (http://www.frugalreader.com/book.php?isbn=MAGICNUMBER) on FrugalReader.com
  • Find this book (http://www.paperbackswap.com/book/browse_advanced.php?ti=&ti_type=a&a=&a_type=a&i=MAGICNUMBER&p=&p_type=e&pd=&pd_type=e&bd=&g=&b%5B%5D=Paperback&b%5B%5D=Hardcover&b%5B%5D=Audio+Cassette&b%5B%5D=Audio+CD&l=10&lp=n&sby=title&oby=ASC&r=n&s_type=w) on PaperBackSwap.com.

Online databases

ISBN plausibility check

  • Check ISBN for plausibility (http://www.isbn-check.de/checkisbn.pl?isbn=MAGICNUMBER) on ISBN-Check (http://www.isbn-check.com/). For faulty ISBNs a list of nearby correct ones is listed.

Find other editions

  • Related ISBNs from xISBN (http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/xisbn/default.htm). This service will look up ISBNs for different editions of the same book, hardback or paperback, first print or a reprint, even re-editions where the title has changed. xISBN's linkages are determined algorithmically, based on the concepts of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.
  • Related ISBNs from LibraryThing's thingISBN (http://www.librarything.com/thingology/2006/06/introducing-thingisbn_14.php) service. Works like xISBN, but based on the collective intelligence of LibraryThing users, who "combine" and "separate" books to create "works." thingISBN is less complete and weaker on library editions, but stronger for many paperbacks and non-English books.
    • Results in XML (http://www.librarything.com/api/thingISBN/MAGICNUMBER)
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