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- External IDs - If this publication is listed by a supported third party bibliographic source which has assigned a permanent ID to it, select the source from the drop-down list on the left and enter the ID in the field on the right. If you need to enter additional External IDs, click the "Add External ID" button. Note that you can enter multiple External IDs per source if needed, e.g. OCLC/WorldCat frequently has more than one record per ISBN. The following third party bibliographic sources are currently supported:
| ID | Name/Link | Description | Where to find it |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASIN | Amazon Standard Identification Number | Look for the "ASIN" line in the "Product Details" section of the page. If the ASIN matches the ISBN10 of the book, do not record it. Most ASINs will start with B but for some older books, there may be exceptions. | |
| Audible-ASIN | Audible | Valid only for audiobooks | Look for the "ASIN" in the address bar. It will look something like https://www.audible.com/pd/Good-Omens-Audiobook/B0036KV7Y4. Extract the B number (B0036KV7Y4 in this case). Please note that for audiobooks, you will usually have both this ASIN and the regular ASIN above. Also note that, unlike regular Amazon ASINs, we record Audible ASINs even when they match the ISBN-10. |
| Biblioman | Библиоман (Biblioman) | Catalog of Bulgarian publications | Appears to the right of "Книги / № "at the top of the page. Also the numeric part of the address bar (URL). |
| BL | The British Library | Look for the "system number" part of the "Identifier" line. Alternatively, get it from the UIN number by removing the leading "BLL01". At this time all BL numbers start with 0. | |
| Bleiler Gernsback | Everett F. Bleiler, Richard Bleiler. Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years. Kent State University Press, 1998, xxxii+730pp | Use the number printed next to each record. Not available online at this time. | |
| Bleiler Early Years | Richard Bleiler, Everett F. Bleiler. Science-Fiction: The Early Years. Kent State University Press, 1991, xxiii+998 p. | Use the number printed next to each record. Not available online at this time. | |
| Bleiler Supernatural | Everett F. Bleiler. The Guide to Supernatural Fiction. Kent State University Press, 1983, xii+723 p. | Use the number printed next to each record. Not available online at this time. | |
| BN | Barnes and Noble | Look for the EAN. If it is a real EAN, it will start with 294. If it matches the ISBN13, do not record it as a BN number but as an ISBN. | |
| BNB | The British National Bibliography | Part of the British Library. | Look for the "BNB" entry on the "Identifier" line. Do not use numbers starting with BLL. Even though they can find the book, these are BL numbers (see above how to strip them for find the BL number). |
| BNF | Bibliothèque nationale de France | These always start with "cb" and can be found as the last part of the "Citer la notice" part of the BNF page. Do not use the notice number (these usually start with FR). | |
| COBISS.BG | COBISS.BG | Bulgarian catalog system | Value of the COBISS.BG-ID field. Also the numeric part of the address bar (URL). |
| COBISS.SR | COBISS.SR | Serbian catalog system | Value of the COBISS.SR-ID field. Also the numeric part of the address bar (URL). |
| COPAC | UK/Irish union catalog | The record ID in the COPAC site. Contains only numbers. | |
| DNB | Deutsche Nationalbibliothek | The ID in the DNB site. Contains numbers and x/X. | |
| FantLab | Laboratoria Fantastiki | Russian: Лаборатория Фантастики | We require the edition ID rather than the work ID. Strip the word 'edition' from the last part of the URL and use just the number. If you are looking at the work URL, click on the exact edition. |
| Goodreads | Goodreads | Social cataloging site | Use just the number from the ID - remove all other texts (usually the numbers are followed by - and a stylized version of the title; we need only the numbers) |
| JNB/JPNO | Japanese National Bibliography | Japanese: 全国書誌データ提供, part of the National Diet Library (NDL) | The name of the field in the library page is JP番号 (in Japanese) or "National Bibliography No.(JPNO)" (in English). Usually contains only numbers. |
| KBR | De Belgische Bibliografie/La Bibliographie de Belgique | Hosted by De Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België / La Bibliothèque royale de Belgique | Numeric part of the address bar (URL) |
| LCCN | Library of Congress Control Number | Both the complete string (87000023) and the hyphen one (87-23) are accepted. | |
| Libris | National Library of Sweden edition identifier | Numeric identifier. Get it either from the url (the number after /bib/) or from the LIBRIS-ID field in the Details tab. You can also find the identifier in the /resource/bib/ link of the Libris XL interface. | |
| Libris XL | National Library of Sweden (universal identifier) | Identifier for the new linked data platform. These will eventually replace the Libris identifiers. | An alphanumeric identifier using lowercase letters e.g. 4mfbn91g2dzt9tw. Can be found in the url after /katalogisering/ or above the title to the right. Can also be gotten by following the other formats link generated by the Libris identifier (in the url after the link has resolved). |
| LTF | La Tercera Fundación | Spanish bibliography | Record the numbers only; we need the publication IDs and not the title ones (the URLs should contain "ver/libro/" and not "ver/ficha/" before the ID. If you are looking at the ficha one, click on the exact edition. |
| NDL | National Diet Library | Japanese: 国立国会図書館 | Open the 'NDL Online' (Public Libraries Catalog ) link of the publication and use the 'NDL Bibliographic ID' number for the External ID. |
| NILF | Numero Identificativo della Letteratura Fantastica/nilf.it | Italian bibliography; Catalogo (Vegetti) della Letteratura Fantastica; Fantascienza | Record the numbers only; If the ID starts with NILF, remove that part. |
| NooSFere | NooSFere | French bibliography | Some of the IDs start with "-", make sure you copy the complete ID. |
| OCLC/WorldCat | WorldCat | Publicly available catalog of the Online Computer Library Center | Look for the line which starts with "OCLC Number:" |
| Open Library | Open Library | We require the edition ID (such as OL24303521M with 'M') rather than the work ID (such as OL15168504W with 'W'). If you are looking at the work webpage, the exact edition may be listed, or the option to list more editions may be useful. URL ending with ISBN for the edition, such as | |
| PORBASE | Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal | National Library of Portugal | Look for "Link persistente deste registo", take the numeric part in the pop up window |
| PPN | De Nederlandse Bibliografie | Look for the "Perma" button/link at the bottom of any publication-specific Web page and take the PPN number part | |
| Reginald-1 | R. Reginald. Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974, with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II. Gale Research Co., 1979, 1141p. | First edition of English-language SF books published prior to 1975 | A number is printed next to ever record; reprints which use a different title usually append a single letter ("A", "B", etc) to the end of the number. Not available online at this time, but an electronic copy can be borrowed from the Internet Archive for 14 days. |
| Reginald-3 | Robert Reginald. Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991: A Bibliography of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Fiction Books and Nonfiction Monographs. Gale Research Inc., 1992, 1512 p. | First edition of English-language SF books published between 1975 and 1991 | A number is printed next to every record; reprints which use a different title usually append a single letter ("A", "B", etc) to the end of the number. Not available online at this time. |
| SFBG | Catalog of sff books published in Bulgaria | Bulgarian: SFBG (no name in Cyrillic used). The name СФБГ can be found at certain sites. | The ID is embedded in the address bar - everything after /book/. |