OCLC numbers

Does anybody know of a way to get OCLC numbers without a Worldcat account? I really hate being forced into signing up for accounts when there's absolutely no reason to except for tracking my usage (especially ones with really annoying password rules and obligatory two-factor.)

Just to let you know that I sympathise with your view, but regret I am unable to answer your question.

>1 melannen: WorldCat account won't help anyway. OCLC number is not editable. To have it among your data, it needs to come from the source you use. So use libraries and check whether they include it by clicking the ? on the right, which opens all data provided. Not all libraries include it, or perhaps it depends when they catalogued the book, but either way, it's not always there.

ETA: Just checked my books and FWIW I've had most success with Brooklyn Public Library, Seattle (which IIRC is currently not working) and San Francisco. LoC has less than 10 of 400+ books, British Library none in over 900.

>3 SandraArdnas: I'm not looking to add them to LT entries, I just need them in order to place OCLC holds. I hadn't realized that any LT entries had them at all! Do you know if there's a way to see if there's one on LT without adding it from the library yourself?

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>4 melannen: Not sure if it can be found by searching LT, but you can use Add Book search to find them, copy them and not add the book in the end

ETA: one of the recent ones of mine that has it: paste The Long Ships, Frans Gunnar Bengtsson in Add Book search and choose Brooklyn Public Library as a source. When you expand the data by clicking ? you can see and copy from those that have OCLC number

Thanks! That was really helpful. (For future reference, Melcat seems to have them and has a very large collection.)