Help:How to

Explanations of how to do some common tasks within the ISFDB. For performing tasks within the Wiki go here.

Entering data

 * How to enter a new novel
 * How to enter a book other than a novel
 * How to clone a publication record to create a new one for an almost identical book
 * How to enter a SFBC publication
 * How to enter translated editions
 * How to enter works published under a pseudonym
 * How to enter a new author into the database
 * How to enter non-genre magazines
 * How to parse data in library catalogs
 * How to use Worldcat/OCLC data
 * How to upload images to the ISFDB wiki
 * How to use HTML in ISFDB records' note fields
 * How to interpret Doubleday's gutter codes

Connections between data

 * How to merge two authors' records
 * How to record a pseudonym
 * How to merge titles
 * How to merge publications [OBSOLETE]
 * How to record a variant title
 * How to reverse a variant title relationship
 * How to unmerge a publication from its title record
 * How to handle two authors with identical names
 * How to connect serials to titles
 * How to work with series
 * How to create a link to a US Library of Congress record (LCCN)
 * How to add a magazine issue to the magazine's issue grid
 * How to link a magazine to its wiki page and add it to a magazine series

Deleting and modifying data

 * How to delete a book from the database
 * How to update author data
 * How to update or add data to a publication record
 * How to change a content record in a publication record
 * How to remove a content record from a publication record
 * How to verify a publication record's data
 * How to convert a novel to a "chapterbook"

Finding Data

 * Help:How to Use the ISFDB's Basic Search
 * Help:How to Use the ISFDB's Advanced Search
 * Help:Searching the ISFDB with an outside search engine