Take a look at the latest British National Bibliography records to help you decide whether to obtain a particular publication.

The following information is given for each title:

• Dewey number
• Title and statement of responsibility
• Publication details
• Physical description
• ISBN
• BNB number
• Library of Congress Subject Headings
• Prepublication record flag, where appropriate.

Search BNB online for full details of a title.

  

List of the latest records in PDF format

The lists covering the most recent 25 weeks are available to download. The records are brief, but each PDF runs to several hundred pages.

• 15/09/2021 (PDF format 2,371 KB)
• 08/09/2021 (PDF format 2,720 KB)
• 01/09/2021 (PDF format 2,434 KB)
• 25/08/2021 (PDF format 2,896 KB)
• 18/08/2021 (PDF format 3,059 KB)
• 11/08/2021 (PDF format 2,964 KB)
• 04/08/2021 (PDF format 5,666 KB)
• 28/07/2021 (PDF format 2,462 KB)
• 21/07/2021 (PDF format 2,077 KB)
• 14/07/2021 (PDF format 3,021 KB)
• 07/07/2021 (PDF format 2,126 KB)
• 30/06/2021 (PDF format 2,109 KB)
• 23/06/2021 (PDF format 2,264 KB)
• 16/06/2021 (PDF format 2,465 KB)
• 09/06/2021 (PDF format 2,688 KB)
• 02/06/2021 (PDF format 3,901 KB)
• 26/05/2021 (PDF format 2,360 KB)
• 19/05/2021 (PDF format 2,459 KB)
• 12/05/2021 (PDF format 1,960 KB)
• 05/05/2021 (PDF format 2,775 KB)
• 28/04/2021 (PDF format 2,684 KB)
• 21/04/2021 (PDF format 2,416 KB)
• 14/04/2021 (PDF format 2,920 KB)
• 07/04/2021 (PDF format 2,570 KB)
• 24/03/2021 (PDF format 2,106 KB)
• 17/03/2021 (PDF format 2,913 KB)

List of the latest records in RDF/XML

The weekly files are made available in a basic RDF/XML representation as documented in this mapping table (PDF format 68 KB).

Not all fields are present in the source MARC 21 records, but when they are, they are output as described in the mapping. These files are distributed under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication licence. Please read our terms and conditions for RDF and CSV datasets.

The RDF/XML files covering the most recent 25 weeks will be available to download below.

• 15/09/2021 (bnbrdf_N3662.zip 797 KB)
• 08/09/2021 (bnbrdf_N3661.zip 813 KB)
• 01/09/2021 (bnbrdf_N3660.zip 706 KB)
• 25/08/2021 (bnbrdf_N3659.zip 972 KB)
• 18/08/2021 (bnbrdf_N3658.zip 934 KB)
• 11/08/2021 (bnbrdf_N3657.zip 938 KB)
• 04/08/2021 (bnbrdf_N3656.zip 1,886 KB)
• 28/07/2021 (bnbrdf_N3655.zip 726 KB)
• 21/07/2021 (bnbrdf_N3654.zip 687 KB)
• 14/07/2021 (bnbrdf_N3653.zip 922 KB)
• 07/07/2021 (bnbrdf_N3652.zip 704 KB)
• 30/06/2021 (bnbrdf_N3651.zip 652 KB)
• 23/06/2021 (bnbrdf_N3650.zip 679 KB)
• 16/06/2021 (bnbrdf_N3649.zip 817 KB)
• 09/06/2021 (bnbrdf_N3648.zip 799 KB)
• 02/06/2021 (bnbrdf_N3647.zip 1,295 KB)
• 26/05/2021 (bnbrdf_N3646.zip 878 KB)
• 19/05/2021 (bnbrdf_N3645.zip 797 KB)
• 12/05/2021 (bnbrdf_N3644.zip 657 KB)
• 28/04/2021 (bnbrdf_N3642.zip 921 KB)
• 21/04/2021 (bnbrdf_N3641.zip 777 KB)
• 14/04/2021 (bnbrdf_N3640.zip 944 KB)
• 07/04/2021 (bnbrdf_N3639.zip 942 KB)
• 24/03/2021 (bnbrdf_N3638.zip 716 KB)
• 17/03/2021 (bnbrdf_N3637.zip 950 KB)