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{{for|how to add an ISBN to an article|Wikipedia:ISBN}}Many Wikipedia articles have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) alongside the International Standard Book Number entry for each book. Clicking on the International Standard Book Number 10- or 13-digit number allows readers to automatically check to see if that particular book is available in a International Standard Book Number catalogue, at WorldCat, at WorldCat, at major booksellers, or at other websites throughout the world.
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Many Wikipedia articles have an [[International Standard Book Number]] (ISBN) alongside the [[Bibliography|bibliographical]] entry for each book. Clicking on the [[hyperlink|linked]] 10- or 13-digit number allows readers to automatically check to see if that particular book is available in a [[library]] catalogue, at [[WorldCat]], at [[Google Books]], at major booksellers, or at other websites throughout the world.
An example of a bibliographical entry as a reference or a suggestion for further reading would look like this.

An example of a bibliographical entry as a reference or a suggestion for further reading would look like this:
:*{{Cite book
| last = Carr
| first = Edward Hallett
| title = What is history? : the George Macauley Trevelyan lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge, January-March 1961
| publisher = Penguin Books
| isbn = 0-14-020652-3
| location = Harmondsworth; Ringwood
| date = 1972
}}


The ISBN might lack dashes between the digits, or it might contain spaces between the digits, but it still provides the link. Note that different editions of the same book may have different ISBNs and books published prior to the 1970s do not have ISBNs, unless subsequently reprinted.
The ISBN might lack dashes between the digits, or it might contain spaces between the digits, but it still provides the link. Note that different editions of the same book may have different ISBNs and books published prior to the 1970s do not have ISBNs, unless subsequently reprinted.


==See also==
==See also==
*is the page to which each ISBN links. It links to many sources for a book throughout the world. You can also manually enter an ISBN.
*[[Special:BookSources]] is the page to which each ISBN links. It links to many sources for a book throughout the world. You can also manually enter an ISBN.
*includes all Wikipedia articles and templates directly related to ISBNs.
*{{cl|International Standard Book Number}} includes all Wikipedia articles and templates directly related to ISBNs.
*Use to add an ISBN to an article, or inside and similar citation templates describes in detail how to add an ISBN to an article.
*Use {{tl|ISBN}} to add an ISBN to an article, or {{para|isbn}} inside {{tl|cite book}} and similar citation templates. [[Wikipedia:ISBN]] describes in detail how to add an ISBN to an article.


==External links==
==External links==
* International ISBN Agency—coordinates and supervises the worldwide use of the ISBN system.
* [http://www.isbn-international.org International ISBN Agency]—coordinates and supervises the worldwide use of the ISBN system.
* Free conversion tool: ISBN-10 to ISBN-13 & ISBN-13 to ISBN-10 from the ISBN agency. Also shows correct hyphenation & verifies if an ISBN is valid or not.
* [http://www.isbn.org/converterpub.asp Free conversion tool: ISBN-10 to ISBN-13 & ISBN-13 to ISBN-10] from the [http://www.isbn.org/ ISBN agency]. Also shows correct hyphenation & verifies if an ISBN is valid or not.


[[Category:Reader help]]
[[Category:Reader help]]

Revision as of 10:21, 3 March 2022

Many Wikipedia articles have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) alongside the bibliographical entry for each book. Clicking on the linked 10- or 13-digit number allows readers to automatically check to see if that particular book is available in a library catalogue, at WorldCat, at Google Books, at major booksellers, or at other websites throughout the world.

An example of a bibliographical entry as a reference or a suggestion for further reading would look like this:

  • Carr, Edward Hallett (1972). What is history? : the George Macauley Trevelyan lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge, January-March 1961. Harmondsworth; Ringwood: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-020652-3.

The ISBN might lack dashes between the digits, or it might contain spaces between the digits, but it still provides the link. Note that different editions of the same book may have different ISBNs and books published prior to the 1970s do not have ISBNs, unless subsequently reprinted.

See also

External links