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.

• 11/12/2019 (PDF format 1,451 KB)
• 04/12/2019 (PDF format 2,895 KB)
• 27/11/2019 (PDF format 1,988 KB)
• 20/11/2019 (PDF format 2,387 KB)
• 13/11/2019 (PDF format 1,940 KB)
• 06/11/2019 (PDF format 3,150 KB)
• 30/10/2019 (PDF format 1,837 KB)
• 23/10/2019 (PDF format 1,761 KB)
• 16/10/2019 (PDF format 2,207 KB)
• 09/10/2019 (PDF format 2,038 KB)
• 02/10/2019 (PDF format 1,592 KB)
• 25/09/2019 (PDF format 1,917 KB)
• 18/09/2019 (PDF format 1,937 KB)
• 11/09/2019 (PDF format 1,392 KB)
• 04/09/2019 (PDF format 3,489 KB)
• 28/08/2019 (PDF format 2,728 KB)
• 21/08/2019 (PDF format 2,129 KB)
• 14/08/2019 (PDF format 2,080 KB)
• 07/08/2019 (PDF format 3,281 KB)
• 31/07/2019 (PDF format 2,593 KB)
• 24/07/2019 (PDF format 1,552 KB)
• 17/07/2019 (PDF format 1,973 KB)
• 10/07/2019 (PDF format 1,918 KB)
• 03/07/2019 (PDF format 2,391 KB)
• 26/06/2019 (PDF format 2,482 KB)
• 19/06/2019 (PDF format 1,185 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.

• 11/12/2019 (bnbrdf_N3574.zip 416 KB)
• 04/12/2019 (bnbrdf_N3573.zip 920 KB)
• 27/11/2019 (bnbrdf_N3572.zip 598 KB)
• 20/11/2019 (bnbrdf_N3571.zip 743 KB)
• 13/11/2019 (bnbrdf_N3570.zip 646 KB)
• 06/11/2019 (bnbrdf_N3569.zip 952 KB)
• 30/10/2019 (bnbrdf_N3568.zip 574 KB)
• 23/10/2019 (bnbrdf_N3567.zip 563 KB)
• 16/10/2019 (bnbrdf_N3566.zip 675 KB)
• 09/10/2019 (bnbrdf_N3565.zip 630 KB)
• 02/10/2019 (bnbrdf_N3564.zip 519 KB)
• 25/09/2019 (bnbrdf_N3563.zip 631 KB)
• 18/09/2019 (bnbrdf_N3562.zip 638 KB)
• 11/09/2019 (bnbrdf_N3561.zip 459 KB)
• 04/09/2019 (bnbrdf_N3560.zip 1,221 KB)
• 28/08/2019 (bnbrdf_N3559.zip 832 KB)
• 21/08/2019 (bnbrdf_N3558.zip 680 KB)
• 14/08/2019 (bnbrdf_N3557.zip 649 KB)
• 07/08/2019 (bnbrdf_N3556.zip 995 KB)
• 31/07/2019 (bnbrdf_N3555.zip 812 KB)
• 24/07/2019 (bnbrdf_N3554.zip 497 KB)
• 17/07/2019 (bnbrdf_N3553.zip 627 KB)
• 10/07/2019 (bnbrdf_N3552.zip 645 KB)
• 03/07/2019 (bnbrdf_N3551.zip 887 KB)
• 26/06/2019 (bnbrdf_N3550.zip 835 KB)
• 19/06/2019 (bnbrdf_N3549.zip 348 KB)