# The Book Sources search: another neat thing Wikipedia can do...

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**Created:** [October 11, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-sources-search-another-neat-thing-wikipedia-can-do/325777 "2005-10-11T17:08:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-book-sources-search-another-neat-thing-wikipedia-can-do/325777/1 "2005-10-11T17:08:05Z")

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While mucking about on the Wikipedia site on the weekend, I discovered the [Book Sources](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Booksources) function. Put in an ISBN, and Wikipedia pops up a page with dozens and dozens of canned searches at local and national and university libraries, at booksellers, plus information on searching for other editions of the book with different ISBNs. And all the search links have the ISBN built in, ready for following.

Amazing. Just amazing.

I love the Net.