WikiPedia:ISBN
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The Wikipedia software recognizes inline ISBNs;
for example: the wikitext ISBN 0-12-345678-9 becomes ISBN 0-12-345678-9 (the dashes are optional), which corresponds to Special:Booksources/0123456789.
This is a link to a special booksource page, the page Wikipedia:Book sources with each instance of MAGICNUMBER on this page replaced with the ISBN (so a template with a parameter, but with a special syntax just for this application). It links to sites where one may search for the best price for the book or access information about the book such as reviews and reader reactions. It is important when making a link to not put a colon after "ISBN".
Some think that this is useful, as it allows readers to go to online stores and purchase books. However, ISBNs only identify a particular edition of a book, and the reader will not see the full range of versions of the book for sale. Please do not use ISBNs alone to identify books: add a proper citation as well as the ISBN. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style, Wikipedia:Cite your sources.
To suggest additions to the page, see Wikipedia talk:Book sources.
ISBNs are sometimes referred to as "ISBN numbers", but since the "N" in "ISBN" already expands to "number", "ISBN number" is redundant, much like "PIN number," "ATM machine," or "SAT test". Please use "ISBN" or "ISBNs" without following it with "number(s)"; not only is it correct, but it's also shorter.
Note that books before 1970 usually do not have an ISBN. A good place to get the numbers is the Library of Congress catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov/)
See also
- Wikipedia:PMID, PubMed Identifierda:Wikipedia:ISBN
de:ISBN ja:Wikipedia:ISBN nl:ISBN pl:Wikipedia:Książki zh-cn:Wikipedia:ISBN
