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'''OttoBib.com''' is a website with a free tool to generate an alphabetized [[bibliography]] of books from a list of [[International Standard Book Number]]s (ISBN) with output in [[MLA Style Manual|MLA]], [[APA style|APA]], [[The Chicago Manual of Style|Chicago]]/[[Turabian]], [[BibTeX]] and Wikipedia {{tl|cite book}} format.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.lifehacker.com/software/back-to-school/back-to-school-automate-your-citations-with-ottobib-204479.php
|title=Back to School: Automate your citations with Ottobib
|publisher=[[Lifehacker.com]]
|date=2006-10
|author=Boswell, Wendy}}</ref> Each query also generates a "temporary" [[permalink]] (self-destructs in about one month) which can be used to recall the bibliography without reentering the ISBN data. The site is a [[metasearch engine]], integrating data from several sources, including the U.S. [[Library of Congress]] API, the [[Amazon.com]] database of books, and [[ISBNdb.com]]. OttoBib accepts ISBNs with either 10 or 13 digits.
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== Functionality ==
OttoBib.com performs the two basic functions outlined.<!--It does not seem to perform the second (it does via permalink)--> Marcus P. Zillman, an Internet information retrieval consultant and speaker said "this website is the start of a new paradigm of citing sources."<ref>[http://zillman.blogspot.com/2006/12/ottobib-free-auto-bibliography.html Internet Happenings, Events and Sources] December 11, 2006 post by Marcus P. Zillman, accessed December 24, 2006</ref> [[Jason Clarke (writer)|Jason Clarke]], a writer and web developer, said OttoBib is a "tool that solves a simple problem in a simple manner."<ref>[http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/09/20/ottobib-automatic-bibliographies-for-back-to-schoolers/ Downloadsquad review] posted Sep 20th 2006 by [[Jason Clarke]]</ref>
== Developments ==
In January 2007, OttoBib introduced a [[Representational State Transfer|REST]] interface to allow a citation to be generated from a URL that contains the ISBN. For example, ISBN 0-19-511797-2 can be used in the URL:
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