Tink and list, A book from 1984 would have an ISBN, IF it was printed by a regular publisher, usually on the reverse of the title page (aka the copyright page), the back cover and/or the spine of the book. As this is a church history, however, it may well have been published by the church itself or -- if the history covers more than one church, as the title suggests -- an organization associated with the denomination. Such self-published books might or might not have an ISBN, depending on whether the church/organization knew to apply for one. But Tink is right that author/title/keyword searches will work in most library catalogues. Something with a regional appeal like this might exist only at the church(es) or possibly the local library, however. I checked worldcat.org and found no entries, but perhaps a more localized search would have a better result. Claire K. Tink Miller wrote: > One further clarification - copyright was not my point. You aren't > looking for the copyright info. You are looking for an > ISBN#. Copyright was only mentioned as a guide on to where to find > the ISBN #, if there were one. > > The ISBN# in modern books is always listed on the same page as the > copyright information. But - you don't need the copyright > information to search the library catalogs. You can use any of the > following: the ISBN#, the author, the title, or a keyword from the > title or the subject. Sorry if I confused everyone. > Tink > > > At 01:29 PM 9/19/06, you wrote: > >>I have searched the book inside out , there is no copyright . From >>the letters written about the church from many pastors in the area , >>the closest date I can get is 1984 . The book is a soft cover and on >>the back it says 200th Jubilee of 200 years of American Methodism . >> There are many names of those who designated gifts to the church >>in 1984 among them is a Mr and Mrs Merle H Bingaman , Dr and Mrs >>Richard McClarren , some other surnames ; Lowans , Pheil, Garnes , >>Beard , Grove , Chamberlain , Hawbaker , Hege , Shoop, Gossert, >>some of these families were married into my Beck family . >> There is a list of Pastors starting in 1818 with J.Caleb Reynolds >>and ending with 1980 to present ( I guess 1984 ? ) James A. Diles >> I would think that the church would have a copy , and the local >>Library too , but not sure what they would list it as ? >> >> >>Kathy >> >> >> >> >>--------------------------------- >>Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out. >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >