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Authoritative bibliographic database
Search-Discover-Connect
40 Million Global Titles

Overview

Books In Print ® is the leading bibliographic database for libraries, publishers, and retailers around the world. From the enriched metadata that is supplied by publishers, Books In Print provides a valuable resource for Libraries in the process of making smart collection development and purchasing decisions.

Books In Print helps you search the marketplace, find the right title and explore all known formats options.

Catalog Enrichment

Syndetics Unbound is now integrated in Books in Print. Libraries around the world are embracing the industry's best catalog enrichment solution to improve discoverability and help students and patrons expand their research horizons. Books in Print, now featuring Syndetics Unbound, is an unparalleled reader's advisory tool.

Character Search

Character Search allows you to search for a character from their favorite books and view search results for all titles the character appears in, and includes a brief synopsis of the character.

Find Similar

Find Similar allows you to see suggested similar titles based on search criteria, or search by specific tags found in Syndetics Book Profiles.

Search

Search everything in the market from books, ebooks, audio books, and videos, through a single Google-like search box, or create targeted result sets with Advanced Search.

Connect

Find favorite authors, genres, and purchase points. Libraries worldwide consult Books In Print® to find titles, create lists and decide which vendor, ebook platform, or online retailer to source the title.

Discovery

Find the right titles, save those titles and streamline workflows. Books In Print combines the most trusted and authoritative source for bibliographic information with powerful search, discovery and collection development tools designed specifically to streamline the book discovery and acquisition process.

Two Subscription Levels

United States Edition – Contains U.S. publications.
Global Edition – Offers global coverage, including U.S., U.K., Canadian, European, and Australian publications.

One-Stop Shop Discovery Environment

Titles within Books In Print® offer a vast amount of information: professional reviews, tables of contents, full-text previews, cover images, author biographies, awards information, summaries and annotations, and much more.

Global Offering

Books In Print® contains over 40 million global titles (in print, out of print, and forthcoming), including books, ebooks, audio books, and multimedia. Books In print is available in two subscription levels; United States and Global edition.

Support & Training

ProQuest offers best-in-class customer service, technical support, and training so you can hit the ground running with your ProQuest products and leverage everything they can do.

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