Hi RobertC, By Voyager, I assume you mean the Library of Congress Voyager database (one of the default targets in Evergreen). Is this correct?
Now, I did a quick search on the LC (http://catalog.loc.gov) by that ISBN, and also did not get any results. This leads me to believe that LC simply doesn't have a bibliographic record with this ISBN. In this case, the publisher probably simply may've applied a new ISBN for the different format, and may not have submitted the alternate format to the LC. In short, the LC Voyager database does /not/ include all USA-published books (and may even include some non-US published titles). I'm sure there's a cataloger on-list that probably knows more than I about the LC process... If so, please share ;) --Don On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:18 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been using the Z38.50 (voyager) search to import bib records into EG. > This is working well > and saving a ton of typing :-) but I have noticed one point that seems a bit > strange. > > Sometimes I don't find the exact ISBN number of a book. I know that the copy > is being loaded has > been out for a while (since we acquired it several years ago). > > Example: > The Da Vinci Code paperback ISBN 0-385-51322-4 Publisher: Doubleday. The > search yields nothing > for this ISBN > > When searching for Da Vinci in the Title and Brown, Dan in the Author there > are 2 found: > ISBN 0385513755 Special Illustrated edition (my paperback has no pictures) > ISBN 0385504209 This is the hardcover edition. > > Neither of these 2 seem to be correct for the paperback I have in hand. My > assumption so far has > been that the Voyager search would find at lease all USA published books. Is > this incorrect? > > Thanks for any info. > > RobertC > > > > > >
