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How to Auto-Catalog Books by ISBN Number

Step-by-step walkthrough for the Auto-Catalog window: select the ISBN search type and a search site such as Library of Congress, enter or scan one or more ISBN numbers, run the web search, review found items, and click Add Checked Items to populate your book table. Also explains how to review not-found items and adjust the field mapping.

On the Miscellaneous toolbar click Auto Catalog.

• In the Search Type (1) box select isbnBook (search by ISBN number).
• In the Search Site (2) box select Library of Congress or any predefined search site.
• (3) Scan ISBN barcodes, type in, or load them from a text file (3). Don't enter spaces, dashes, or any other characters, just numbers.
• Click Web Search (4).
• Check messages on the status line (5).
• Click on the item in the Found Items (6) table and review details.
• Click Add Checked Items (7) to add all found items into the table.
• Click Close (8) to close the window.

Review new items in the book table.

In the Field Mapping box you can define the way the data will be saved in your book catalog.

Review not found items in the Not Found Items box.

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