Besides the existing types of creating new publications it would be great to have the opportunity to give the isbn or lccn number.
In a second step BibDesk would have a look for this item on certain websites (Amazon, Library of Congress, German National Library and so on). After this a new bibtex entry (maybe one for each website) will be suggested. Now the user can easily pick the one which matches closest and if necessary modify this entry.
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This should be done through search groups. Z39.50 servers usually support searching for ISBN or ICCN.