Book sources

Search for book sources

This page links to catalogs of libraries, booksellers, and other book sources where you will be able to search for the book by its International Standard Book Number (ISBN).

  • If you arrived at this page by clicking an ISBN link in a Wikipedia page, you will find the full range of relevant search links for that specific book by scrolling to the find links below. To search for a different book, type that book's individual ISBN into this ISBN search box.
  • Spaces and dashes in the ISBN do not matter. Also, the number starts after the colon for "ISBN-10:" and "ISBN-13:" numbers. 
  • An ISBN identifies a specific edition of a book. 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. Check to see if the book exists or not.
  • The master copy of this page is located at Wikipedia:Book sources.

Online text

Google Books and Amazon.com may be particularly helpful if you want to verify citations in Wikipedia articles, because they often enable you to search an online version of the book for specific words or phrases, or you can browse through the book (although for copyright reasons the entire book is usually not available).

Online databases

Subscription eBook databases

Libraries

Worldwide

Africa

Nigeria

Südafrika

Simbabwe

Central America and the Caribbean

Barbados

Guatemala

Jamaika

Mexiko

Trinidad und Tobago

Kanada

Public libraries

Universities and colleges

Vereinigte Staaten

Public libraries by state

Alabama

California

Colorado

Delaware

Florida

Georgien

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Washington state

Wisconsin

Universities and colleges

Asia

Bangladesch

China, People's Republic

Hong Kong, S.A.R. of China

Indien

Indonesien

Iran

Israel

Japan

Korea

Malaysia

Philippinen

Universities and colleges
Other libraries

Singapur

Taiwan, Republic of China

Thailand

Australasia and Oceania

Australien

Public libraries
Academic libraries

Neuseeland

Public libraries
Academic libraries

Europa

Österreich

Belgien

Bosnien und Herzegowina

Kroatien

Tschechische Republik

Dänemark

Estland

Finnland

Frankreich

Deutschland

Griechenland

Ungarn

Island

Irland

Italien

Luxemburg

Montenegro

Niederlande

Norwegen

Polen

Portugal

RF

Serbien

Slowenien

Spanien

Schweden

Schweiz

Türkei

Vereinigtes Königreich

Public libraries
Universitäten

Bookselling and swapping

Price comparison sites

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

Search many booksellers

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

Non-English book sources

If the book you are looking for is in a language other than English, you might find it helpful to look at the equivalent pages on other Wikipedias, linked below – they are more likely to have sources appropriate for that language.

Bibliographical information

These links produce citations in various referencing styles.

Find other editions

You can 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 using xISBN. xISBN's linkages are determined algorithmically, based on the concepts of the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.

You can also convert between 10 and 13 digit ISBN numbers with these tools:

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