ISBN
The Wikipedia software recognizes inline International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs).[1]
The software automatically creates a search link to a specific book.[2] in the same way that it does for Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs). No template is required to enable this feature.
When a ISBN is known, it may be helpful to use it[3] in the same way as it is good practice to use DOI for other sources.
It is important when making a link to avoid using a colon after "ISBN" followed by the numbers.
- Example
- Correct: ISBN 9780674017535
- Incorrect: ISBN: 9780674017535
- The formatted citation is displayed as a blue link:
- ISBN 9780674017535
- Alternate example
- Okay: 13-ISBN 9780674017535
- Incorrect: ISBN-13 9780674017535
- 13-ISBN 9780674017535