I’d hit Amazon? https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSECommerceService/latest/DG/EX_LookupbyISBN.html Sent from mobile > On May 15, 2018, at 6:49 AM, Pikas, Christina K. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi All, > Current bibliometrics project is in a humanities/social sciences area (not typically my specialty). I'm looking for book descriptions for maybe ~1000 books. Even if I could automate filling in a few more of these, I would be happy. I could scrape a catalog page, but that might be frowned upon. I could also download the free MARC files from LoC, but that's way too much. We (JHA) don't maintain a cataloging subscription to WorldCat (JHE - our parent org, I'm sure must). OpenLibrary appears to not have descriptions. > > Thanks in advance for any help! > > Christina > > ------ > Christina K. Pikas, BS, MLS, PhD > Librarian > The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory > Baltimore: 443.778.4812 > D.C.: 240.228.4812 > [log in to unmask]