WikiCite 2016/Proposals/Using WorldCat to create citations using either an ISBN or an OCN (OCLC Control Number)

Proposal

Background

Creating citations is a pain -- the visual editor has a way to assist with creating citations using a DOI or URL: can we use ISBNs or OCNs (OCLC Control Numbers -- not all books that are published have an ISBN!) to take the pain out of creating citations using the OCLC APIs.

Aim

Take the pain out of creating citations for published works.

Questions

• Is there a WorldCat service to check whether an ISBN/OCN exists in WorldCat?
• Does it show Google Books links for those present in Google Books? If not, that's an excellent source that should not be missed

Demo

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Participants

• Merrilee
• Mvolz (WMF) (talk) (remotely participating)
• User:Mikeshowalter

IRC

#wikimedia-services^connect (Channel to talk about citoid and other services)