ZackTOC - books with fulltext

Introduction

ZackTOC is a web service for finding table of contents of books. The contents of books are available in parts or full in different ways:

libraries scanned the copyright-free Table of Contents (TOC).
book publishers provide a short description
scientific papers published in fulltext in repositories

Example

https://z3950.de/zack/cgi/ZackTOC?isbn=0-596-00270-X

{
   "list" : [
      {
         "content_type" : "application/pdf",
         "url" : "http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&amp;doc?library=BVB01&amp;doc?number=009960413&amp;line?number=0001&amp;func?code=DB?RECORDS&amp;service?type=MEDIA"
      },
      {
         "content_type" : "application/pdf",
         "url" : "http://digitale-objekte.hbz-nrw.de/storage2/2019/07/19/file_106/8540179.pdf"
      },
      {
         "content_type" : "application/pdf",
         "url" : "http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=443069"
      },
      {
         "content_type" : "text/html",
         "url" : "http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0715/2002025832-d.html"
      }
   ],
   "meta" : {
      "copyright" : "Copyright (c) 2008-2025 ZACK Gateway - https://z3950.de/zack/fulltext.html",
      "query" : {
         "isbn" : "0-596-00270-X"
      },
      "region" : "de",
      "status" : true
   }
}

ZackTOC API

isbn:           isbn to search for
verbose:        debug level, valid values are: 0, 1, 2
region:         regional area to search, valid values are: de, ch, eu, us, world

Terms of Use

ZackTOC is available for non-commercial use only
500 hits/day limit - please avoid daytime between 8:00 - 16:00 UTC
no parallel requests are allowed
this service is provided `AS IS'', use it at your own risk!

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