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Enter the ISBN number (with or without hyphens) an click on
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If you have registered ResourceMateŽ, and your support is up to date, ResourceMateŽ will lookup the isbn number on the Library of Congress or any other libraries chosen by clicking on the
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button. A local table is searched even if you don't have internet access on this computer.
If nothing was found for the entered isbn, you will see

If you click Yes the Library Search screen will appear. You can then search by title or author.
Note:
To configure more z3950 sites for ISBN Retrieval, click on Utilities, ISBN Retrieval Library Configuration.
You can right click on the isbn number, choose Select All, then right click again and choose Copy to copy the entered isbn into the Windows clipboard. You could then paste the isbn number into any online web research page, if desired.
See Also
The description of this field can be changed by doing the following:
Regular - Utilities, Field Settings, Item - change the Default Label value
Plus - File, Resource Types, Detail, choose the resource type, General Fields, change the substitute label value
This information may be set to read only or invisible by doing the following
Regular - Utilities, Field Settings, Item - check ReadOnly or Invisible in the Field Settings column
Plus - File, Resource Types, Detail, choose the resource type, General Fields, check ReadOnly or Invisible in the Field Settings column
To make sure something gets entered in this field, do the following
Regular - Utilities, Field Settings, Item - check Required in the Field Settings column
Plus - File, Resource Types, Detail, choose the resource type, General Fields, check Required in the Field Settings column
To set a default value whenever new items are added, do the following
Regular - Utilities, Field Settings, Item - enter a value in the Default value column
Plus - File, Resource Types, Detail, choose the resource type, General Fields, enter a value in the Default value column
To indicate whether this field is searchable by patrons, do the following
Regular or Plus - Utilities, Field Settings, Item - check the box in the "Patron Can Search" column
To indicate whether this field is available in a keyword search, do the following
Regular or Plus - Utilities, Field Settings, Item - check the box in the "Include in Keyword Search" column
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