Talk:International Standard Serial Number

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[edit] ISSN Applications

It would be very useful to have a section on applying for an ISSN, particularly (if it's indeed possible) for international publishers, since the US website only gives advice for US citizens. Rufous 18:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Broken link in Availability section

This link ISSN checking facility mentioned in the Availability section of the article appears to be broken. I spent a few minutes figuring out how to fix/correct it ... and didn't get very far. Keesiewonder 14:21, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

As a stopgap, consider using this web service: http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/js-misc0.htm#SN8. Fill the ISSN into the lower box (the one marked 'Complete'), then hit the question-mark button, and it will report on validity. I sent an email to the issn.org web site that their digit-checking service was broken. Of course, if you become a paid subscriber of issn.org, I assume you can find out if the candidate ISSN was really issued and get the name of the publication. Another option is to look up a publication in worldcat.org. If it's in there, and if it's a recent journal, it should give the ISSN. EdJohnston 17:06, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

There is also a one month free trial. Or you can get [[WP:AWB] and my ISSN checking script which I will try to publish soon. Rich Farmbrough, 19:26 2 December 2006 (GMT).